Alert archive / South Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 1995
Tornado Warning 6, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this tornado warning at Jul 7, 1995, 7:34 PM EDT for Charleston County, Dorchester County, South Carolina. It was in force for 25 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 7, 1995, 7:34 PM EDT (23:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 1995, 7:59 PM EDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Charleston County, SC, Dorchester County, SC
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 16 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1210 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 849 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCHS 072336 TORCHS SCC019-035-080000- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 734 PM EDT FRI JUL 7 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CAROLINA ...CHARLESTON COUNTY...DORCHESTER COUNTY FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED NEAR I-26 AND ASHLEY PHOSPHATE ROAD MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. SLB
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 7, 1:56 PM EDT, 5 hours 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
156 PM EDT FRI JUL 07 1995
TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
.....COUNTY LOCATION.....
925 AM CORDESVILLE SC 1.0 INCH HAIL
07/07/95 BERKELEY BERKELEY CO SHERIFF
1225 PM NORTH CHARLESTON SC 1.0 INCH HAIL
07/07/95 CHARLESTON CHARLESTON SHERIFF DEPT
1228 PM CHARLESTON SC 0.75 INCH HAIL
07/07/95 CHARLESTON COUNTY EPD
105 PM DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON SC 60 MPH WIND
07/07/95 CHARLESTON NWS AUTOMATED WIND
EQUIPMENT
SLBLocal storm report, Jul 7, 2:15 PM EDT, 5 hours 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
156 PM EDT FRI JUL 07 1995
TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
.....COUNTY LOCATION.....
925 AM CORDESVILLE SC 1.0 INCH HAIL
07/07/95 BERKELEY BERKELEY CO SHERIFF
1225 PM NORTH CHARLESTON SC 1.0 INCH HAIL
07/07/95 CHARLESTON CHARLESTON SHERIFF DEPT
1228 PM CHARLESTON SC 0.75 INCH HAIL
07/07/95 CHARLESTON COUNTY EPD
105 PM DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON SC 60 MPH WIND
07/07/95 CHARLESTON NWS AUTOMATED WIND
EQUIPMENT
SLBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 9:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Berkeley | 65 min |
| Jul 7, 12:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Charleston | 41 min |
| Jul 7, 12:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Charleston | 33 min |
| Jul 7, 6:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Berkeley | 66 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.