Alert archive / South Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2004
Tornado Warning 34, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this tornado warning at Sep 6, 2004, 12:35 PM EDT for Charleston County, Colleton County, South Carolina. It was in force for 40 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 6, 2004, 12:35 PM EDT (16:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 6, 2004, 1:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Charleston County, SC, Colleton County, SC
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 52 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1111 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 595 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 132 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 224 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 4.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KCHS 061636 TORCHS SCC019-029-061715- /X.NEW.KCHS.TO.W.0018.040906T1635Z-040906T1715Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1235 PM EDT MON SEP 6 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CHARLESTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA... COLLETON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA... * UNTIL 115 PM EDT * AT 1232 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EDISTO BEACH...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 25 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE... EDISTO BEACH... EDISTO ISLAND... BENNETTS POINT... ADAMS RUN AND JACKSONBORO... A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME. TAKE COVER NOW. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. THIS TORNADO MAY BE WRAPPED IN RAIN AND NOT EASILY SEEN. IF YOU WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR IT COMING IT MAY BE TOO LATE. TAKE SHELTER NOW TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EDT FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. LAT...LON 3232 8028 3242 8010 3283 8037 3270 8061 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 9:19 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 56 min | |
| Sep 6, 8:14 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 61 min | |
| Sep 6, 8:19 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 56 min | |
| Sep 6, 9:01 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Beaufort | 29 min |
| Sep 6, 9:17 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 58 min | |
| Sep 6, 10:56 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Jasper | 34 min |
| Sep 6, 11:49 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 41 min | |
| Sep 6, 12:30 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 30 min | |
| Sep 6, 12:55 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 95 min | |
| Sep 6, 2:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Beaufort, Jasper | 28 min |
| Sep 6, 3:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Beaufort, Jasper | 30 min |
| Sep 6, 6:21 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 54 min | |
| Sep 6, 6:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Charleston, Colleton | 44 min |
| Sep 6, 7:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Charleston | 35 min |
| Sep 6, 7:12 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 93 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.