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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Charleston, SC

June 15, 2004Beaufort County, South Carolina

NWS Charleston, SC issued this tornado warning at Jun 15, 2004, 8:29 AM EDT for Beaufort County, South Carolina. It was in force for 31 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
Jun 15, 2004, 8:29 AM EDT (12:29 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 2004, 9:00 AM EDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, SC
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Beaufort County, SC

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 96 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 2004-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1119 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 2004-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 59 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
1119 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
516 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
56 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.

407 
WFUS52 KCHS 151229
TORCHS
SCC013-151300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
829 AM EDT TUE JUN 15 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  BEAUFORT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 900 AM EDT

* AT 829 AM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF
  PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PARRIS ISLAND...OR ABOUT 4
  MILES NORTH OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND...MOVING DRIFTING NORTHEAST AT 
  5 TO 10 MPH. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...
  PARRIS ISLAND...

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.

LAT...LON 3228 8078 3225 8076 3234 8063 3238 8075

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 7:55 AM EDTTornado WarningCHSBeaufort35 min
Jun 15, 9:03 AM EDTTornado WarningCHSBeaufort42 min
Jun 15, 10:05 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCHSBeaufort, Berkeley75 days
Jun 15, 10:22 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCHSCharleston84 days

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in South Carolina, 2004Every tornado warning in 2004Tornadoes in 2004

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.