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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Charleston, SC

June 2, 1998Beaufort County, South Carolina

NWS Charleston, SC issued this tornado warning at Jun 2, 1998, 1:15 PM EDT for Beaufort County, South Carolina. It was in force for 55 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 2, 1998, 1:15 PM EDT (17:15 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 1998, 2:10 PM EDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, SC
Area
Whole counties

County Beaufort County, SC

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 2, 1:45 PM EDTHail 0.75Hilton Head Is, SC

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 89 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 1998-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 716 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 12:00Z on 1998-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 79 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
716 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-239 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1631 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
115 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

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

601 
WFUS1 KCHS 021713 RRA
TORCHS
SCC013-021810-

BULLETIN...EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
115 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN BEAUFORT COUNTY IN SOUTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 210 PM EDT

* AT 110 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A TORNADO NORTHEAST OF BLUFFTON NEAR ROUTE 278... MOVING SOUTHEAST
  AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  HILTON HEAD ISLAND BY 125 PM EDT

ABANDON MOBILE HOMES GO IN A NEARBY STURDY BUILDING. AS A LAST
RESORT LIE FLAT IN A DITCH AND COVER YOUR HEAD.

SIMENSKY

The office that day

Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 10:50 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSColleton, Dorchester45 min
Jun 2, 11:28 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSCharleston, Colleton67 min
Jun 2, 12:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBeaufort70 min
Jun 2, 12:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSJasper70 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.