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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Wilmington, NC

November 7, 1995Dillon County, Florence County, South Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this tornado warning at Nov 7, 1995, 4:25 PM EST for Dillon County, Florence County, South Carolina. It was in force for 50 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 7, 1995, 4:25 PM EST (21:25 UTC)
Expired
Nov 7, 1995, 5:15 PM EST
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, NC
Area
Whole counties

Counties Dillon County, SC, Florence County, SC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 152 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 1995-11-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 1995-11-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 363 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
669 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
363 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
419 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KILM 072128 COR
TORILM
SCC024-041-072215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
425 PM EST TUE NOV 7 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM EST
FOR EVERYONE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA

   ...FLORENCE COUNTY AND DILLON COUNTY

TORNADO WAS DETECTED BY DOPPLER RADAR JUST NORHT OF THE OF THE CITY OF
FLORENCE. THE STORM IS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH AND SHOULD BE
NEAR THE WESTERN DILLON COUNTY BORDER AT 435PM. THE STORM WILL PASS NEAR
OAK GROVE AND LATTA AT 450PM.

PEOPLE IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
ACTION TO PROTECT THEIR LIVES. GO TO A BASEMENT...THE CENTER OF
BUILDINGS...COVER YOUR HEAD. DO NOT GO NEAR DOORS OR WINDOWS. GET
OUT OF MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES. GET INTO A STURDY BUILDING OR A
DITCH.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 7, 11:25 AM ESTTornado WarningILMDillon, Florence50 min
Nov 7, 3:54 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMDarlington, Marlboro66 min
Nov 7, 4:36 PM ESTTornado WarningILMWilliamsburg54 min
Nov 7, 4:43 PM ESTTornado WarningILMMarion32 min
Nov 7, 5:04 PM ESTTornado WarningILMHorry26 min
Nov 7, 5:24 PM ESTTornado WarningILMHorry51 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.