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Tornado Warning 34, NWS Charleston, SC

September 6, 2004Charleston County, Colleton County, South Carolina

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 2004-09-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1111 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 2004-09-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 132 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 5, 9:19 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS56 min
Sep 6, 8:14 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS61 min
Sep 6, 8:19 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS56 min
Sep 6, 9:01 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBeaufort29 min
Sep 6, 9:17 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS58 min
Sep 6, 10:56 AM EDTTornado WarningCHSJasper34 min
Sep 6, 11:49 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS41 min
Sep 6, 12:30 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS30 min
Sep 6, 12:55 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS95 min
Sep 6, 2:32 PM EDTTornado WarningCHSBeaufort, Jasper28 min
Sep 6, 3:00 PM EDTTornado WarningCHSBeaufort, Jasper30 min
Sep 6, 6:21 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS54 min
Sep 6, 6:31 PM EDTTornado WarningCHSCharleston, Colleton44 min
Sep 6, 7:10 PM EDTTornado WarningCHSCharleston35 min
Sep 6, 7:12 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS93 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.