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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Charleston, SC

June 12, 2001Beaufort County, South Carolina

NWS Charleston, SC issued this tornado warning at Jun 12, 2001, 9:36 PM EDT for Beaufort County, South Carolina. It was in force for 24 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 12, 2001, 9:36 PM EDT (01:36 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2001, 10:00 PM EDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, SC
Area
Whole counties

County Beaufort County, SC

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 12, 5:45 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 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 00:00Z on 2001-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1562 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 00:00Z on 2001-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 112 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
1562 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
604 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
112 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
175 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
5.1

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The text

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

168 
WFUS52 KCHS 130136
TORCHS
SCC013-130200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
936 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...

  BEAUFORT COUNTY IN SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA.

* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT.

* AT 936 PM EDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A TORNADO 4
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF PARRIS ISLAND...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  HILTON HEAD ISLAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE...
  PORT ROYAL.
  FRIPP ISLAND.

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 3235 8083 3219 8074 3232 8036 3252 8048

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 8:30 PM EDTTornado WarningCHSBeaufort30 min
Jun 12, 9:04 PM EDTTornado WarningCHSBeaufort, Colleton26 min
Jun 12, 9:45 PM EDTTornado WarningCHSCharleston30 min
Jun 12, 10:56 PM EDTTornado WarningCHSCharleston34 min

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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.