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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Charleston, SC

July 30, 2000Charleston County, South Carolina

NWS Charleston, SC issued this tornado warning at Jul 30, 2000, 7:38 PM EDT for Charleston County, South Carolina. It was in force for 32 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued
Jul 30, 2000, 7:38 PM EDT (23:38 UTC)
Expired
Jul 30, 2000, 8:10 PM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, SC
Area
Whole counties

County Charleston County, SC

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 18 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 2000-07-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2744 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2000-07-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 45 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
2744 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
456 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
44 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 
WFUS52 KCHS 302339
TORCHS

SCC019-310015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
738 PM EDT SUN JUL 30 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL CHARLESTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.

* UNTIL 810 PM EDT.

* AT 738 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A WATERSPOUT 6 MILES SOUTH OF
  KIAWAH ISLAND...OR ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHARLESTON...MOVING
  NORTH AT 15 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE...
  KIAWAH ISLAND.
  WADMALAW ISLAND.

$$

LAT...LON 3249 8011 3252 8002 3272 8008 3269 8020

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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.