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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Wilmington, NC

October 5, 1995Horry County, Marion County, South Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this tornado warning at Oct 5, 1995, 6:14 AM EDT for Horry County, Marion County, South Carolina. It was in force for 46 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 5, 1995, 6:14 AM EDT (10:14 UTC)
Expired
Oct 5, 1995, 7:00 AM EDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, NC
Area
Whole counties

Counties Horry County, SC, Marion County, SC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 144 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 00:00Z on 1995-10-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2000 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1995-10-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 115 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2000 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
577 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
115 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
149 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.3
Supercell composite
6.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KILM 051028 RRA
TORILM
SCC051-067-051100-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
614 AM EDT THU OCT 5 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA

   ...WESTERN HORRY
   ...MARION

AT 612 AM EDT...A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY WILMINGTON
DOPPLER RADAR JUST NORTH OF BRITTON NECK MOVING NORTH AT 50 MPH.

THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE AROUND...
        AYNOR                   BY 620 AM EDT
        GALIVANTS FERRY         BY 622 AM EDT
        RAINS                   BY 626 AM EDT
        GAPWAY                  BY 630 AM EDDT

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IN A HOME OR
BUSINESS IS AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE.  AVOID
WINDOWS.


SQI

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 5, 5:44 AM EDTTornado WarningILMDarlington31 min
Oct 5, 6:11 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMWilliamsburg44 min
Oct 5, 6:39 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMMarlboro31 min
Oct 5, 6:52 AM EDTTornado WarningILMDillon48 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.