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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Charleston, SC

June 13, 2000Hampton County, South Carolina

NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2000, 6:02 PM EDT for Hampton County, South Carolina. It was in force for 43 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 13, 2000, 6:02 PM EDT (22:02 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2000, 6:45 PM EDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, SC
Area
Whole counties

County Hampton County, SC

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 13, 6:10 PM EDTHail 0.75Estill, 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, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 107 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 2000-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1092 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 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 2000-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1092 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-60 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
738 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
3 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
30 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.

801 
WUUS52 KCHS 132202
SVRCHS
SCC049-132245-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
ISSUED BY COLUMBIA SC
602 PM EDT TUE JUN 13 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  HAMPTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT.

* AT 552 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER ESTILL...OR ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTH OF
  ALLENDALE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HAMPTON...VARNVILLE AT 620 PM EDT

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

REPORT ANY HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS OR FLOODING TO YOUR COUNTY SHERIFF
OR TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN CHARLESTON.

CDL

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Charleston, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 13, 1:50 PM EDT, 4 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 1:50 PM EDT, 4 hours 12 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
150 PM EDT TUE JUN 13 2000

H5 RIDGE MAINTAINS A GRIP OVER THE AREA THROUGH NEXT 48 HOURS. H5
TROF CURRENTLY OVER UPPER MIDWEST WILL PUSH EAST BUT WILL GET
SHUNTED NORTH AS IT ENCOUNTERS THE RIDGE WED NIGHT. AT THE
SFC...BERMUDA HI MOVES LITTLE THROUGH THE WEEK AND WILL CONTINUE TO
PUMP HOT AND HUMID AIR UP FROM THE SOUTH. LOOKS LIKE 70+ DEWPOINTS
WILL CONTINUE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. MODELS INDICATE LITTLE APPRECIABLE
CHANGE IN THE 1000-850 MB THICKNESS FIELD THROUGH THU SO EXPECT A
PERSISTENCE FCST WILL WORK OUT WELL. FWC IS ADVERTISING CHANCE POPS
NEXT TWO DAYS...APPARENTLY A RESULT OF A GOOD AMOUNT OF SFC-BASED
INSTABILITY. CAN'T SEE ANY SYNOPTIC CONTRIBUTION AND DON'T THINK
CHANCE POPS ARE WARRANTED FOR HIT OR MISS SEABREEZE-TYPE
DEVELOPMENT. ATTM THINK WIDELY SCATTERED WILL SUFFICE.

EXTENDED...MRF SHOWS UPPER RIDGE AXIS SLOWLY MOVING EAST BY THE END
OF THE WEEK BUT HAVING ENOUGH OF AN INFLUENCE TO MINIMIZE THE CHANCE
FOR ORGANIZED PRECIP THROUGH SUN. WILL STILL INCLUDE MENTION OF
ISOLATED OR WIDELY SCATTERED AFTN/EVENING TSTMS.

COASTAL...LITTLE CHANGE TO CURRENT TRENDS. SLY FLOW WILL PERSIST
AROUND SFC HI PRES WELL OFF THE SE U.S. COAST.

PRELIMINARY NUMBERS
CHS 75/92/74 121     SAV 73/92/73 121
CHL 79/88/78 121     NBC 74/92/74 121

.CHS...
SC...NONE.
GOA...NONE.

MORGAN

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.