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Tornado Warning 51, NWS Charleston, SC

September 7, 2004Allendale County, South Carolina

NWS Charleston, SC issued this tornado warning at Sep 7, 2004, 3:31 PM EDT for Allendale County, South Carolina. It was in force for 14 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 7, 2004, 3:31 PM EDT (19:31 UTC)
Expired
Sep 7, 2004, 3:45 PM EDT
In force
14 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, SC
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Allendale County, SC

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 7, 11:55 AM EDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 108 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 2004-09-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2597 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2004-09-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 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
2597 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
466 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
0 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
0 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 KCHS 071930
TORCHS
SCC005-071945-
/X.NEW.KCHS.TO.W.0035.040907T1931Z-040907T1945Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
331 PM EDT TUE SEP 7 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 345 PM EDT

* AT 326 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR JENNYS...OR
  ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF HAMPTON...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE...
  JENNYS...

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.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024.

LAT...LON 3310 8118 3307 8114 3307 8113 3303 8108
      3297 8118 3306 8118 3306 8118 3311 8118

$$

JR

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 6, 8:06 PM EDTTornado WarningCHSColleton39 min
Sep 7, 12:58 AM EDTTornado WarningCHSBerkeley47 min
Sep 7, 2:29 AM EDTTornado WarningCHSDorchester46 min
Sep 7, 2:40 AM EDTTornado WarningCHSJasper35 min
Sep 7, 3:13 AM EDTTornado WarningCHSBeaufort, Jasper32 min
Sep 7, 3:47 AM EDTTornado WarningCHSDorchester28 min
Sep 7, 5:09 AM EDTTornado WarningCHSAllendale21 min
Sep 7, 5:37 AM EDTTornado WarningCHSAllendale23 min
Sep 7, 7:09 AM EDTTornado WarningCHSJasper36 min
Sep 7, 10:15 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBerkeley30 min
Sep 7, 11:13 AM EDTTornado WarningCHSBerkeley, Charleston32 min
Sep 7, 11:39 AM EDTTornado WarningCHSAllendale36 min
Sep 7, 12:00 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS90 min
Sep 7, 3:14 PM EDTTornado WarningCHSHampton31 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.