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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Charleston, SC

September 23, 2000Allendale County, South Carolina

NWS Charleston, SC issued this tornado warning at Sep 23, 2000, 12:23 AM EDT for Allendale County, South Carolina. It was in force for 37 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
Sep 23, 2000, 12:23 AM EDT (04:23 UTC)
Expired
Sep 23, 2000, 1:00 AM EDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, SC
Area
Whole counties

County Allendale County, SC

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 23, 12:30 AM EDTTornado F2Martin, SCFatality occurred in a camper that was one of 10 other campers at a hunt club. The camper was the second one in the line and it appeared to have disintegrated. One of the other campers was turned on its side while the others remained upright, for the most pa

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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 23, 12:00 AM EDTTornado WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 127 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 2000-09-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1102 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 2000-09-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 111 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
1102 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
630 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
274 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
6.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KCHS 230423
TORCHS

SCC005-230500-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1223 AM EDT SAT SEP 23 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN ALLENDALE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.

* UNTIL 100 AM EDT.

* AT 1223 AM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO NEAR MILLETT...OR ABOUT
  13 MILES NORTHWEST OF ALLENDALE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE...
  APPLETON.
  SEIGLING.
  ULMER.

TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU
SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE. TAKE COVER NOW!

$$

LAT...LON 3315 8162 3297 8156 3306 8112 3328 8120

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 22, 11:48 PM EDTTornado WarningCHSAllendale27 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.