Alert archive / South Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2001

Tornado Warning 3, NWS Wilmington, NC

July 6, 2001Georgetown County, South Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this tornado warning at Jul 6, 2001, 4:47 PM EDT for Georgetown County, South Carolina. It was in force for 43 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
Jul 6, 2001, 4:47 PM EDT (20:47 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 2001, 5:30 PM EDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, NC
Area
Whole counties

County Georgetown County, SC

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 87 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 2001-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1341 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 2001-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 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
1341 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-58 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
994 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
10 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 KILM 062049
TORILM

SCC043-062130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
447 PM EDT FRI JUL 6 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN GEORGETOWN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 530 PM EDT

* AT 442 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A THUNDERSTORM WITH A TORNADO OVER MURRELLS INLET...MOVING         
  SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH. A TORNADO HAS BEEN REPORTED IN MYRTLE BEACH   
  WITH THIS STORM.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
   MURRELLS INLET AT 450 PM EDT
   BROOKGREEN GARDENS AT 500 PM EDT
   PAWLEY'S ISLAND AT 515 PM EDT

THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A 
TORNADO IS ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR 
HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER 
YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

.END

$$

DIGIORGI

The office that day

Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 6, 4:09 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILMHorry96 min
Jul 6, 4:33 PM EDTTornado WarningILMHorry27 min
Jul 6, 5:49 PM EDTTornado WarningILMGeorgetown51 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in South Carolina, 2001Every tornado warning in 2001Tornadoes in 2001

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.