Alert archive / South Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 13, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this tornado warning at May 14, 2006, 8:10 PM EDT for Charleston County, Dorchester County, South Carolina. It was in force for 65 min. 26 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 14, 2006, 8:10 PM EDT (00:10 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 2006, 9:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Charleston County, SC, Dorchester County, SC
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:09 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 8:30 PM EDT | HAIL 1.5 | 2 N West Ashley, SC | REPORTED ON CEDARHURST AVE BY SKYWARN SPOTTER. |
| May 14, 8:32 PM EDT | HAIL 1.25 | 5 S Summerville, SC | HAIL UP TO HALF DOLLAR SIZED REPORTED AT INTERSECTION OF ASHLEY PHOSPHATE AND DORCHESTER ROAD. |
| May 14, 8:35 PM EDT | HAIL 0.25 | Oakbrook, SC | |
| May 14, 8:37 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | North Charleston, SC | ASHLEY PHOSPHATE AND PEPPERIDGE AREAS BOTH REPORTED PENNY SIZE HAIL |
| May 14, 8:40 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | North Charleston, SC | TREES DOWN ON SEVERAL HOMES IN THE PARK CIRCLE AREA. TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR. |
| May 14, 8:40 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | North Charleston, SC | PENNY SIZE HAIL ON ASHLEY PHOSPHATE ROAD. TIME ESTIMATED. |
| May 14, 8:41 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Hanahan, SC | |
| May 14, 8:41 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 55 | North Charleston, SC | WIND GUST TO 55 MPH AT CHARLESTON AIRPORT. |
| May 14, 8:41 PM EDT | HAIL 1.25 | North Charleston, SC | OCURRED AT NWS OFFICE |
| May 14, 8:48 PM EDT | TORNADO | 3 Nw Ravenel, SC | A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AT 848 PM 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF RAVENEL AND TRAVELED EAST 1.8 MILES BEFORE LIFTING AT 850 PM ABOUT 2.5 MILES NORTH OF RAVENEL. THE TORNADO SNAPPED OFF OR UPROOTED NUMEROUS TREES. THE MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH WAS 175 YARDS. THE TORNADO WAS RATED |
| May 14, 9:00 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Mount Pleasant, SC | QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN LONGPOINT SUBDIVISION |
| May 14, 9:00 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | North Charleston, SC | LARGE HAIL AND A TREE DOWN ON A HOUSE AT MERRIMAC STREET OFF ROUTE 526. |
| May 14, 9:01 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Mount Pleasant, SC | QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL SUBDIVISION |
| May 14, 9:05 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | Charleston, SC | PENNY SIZE HAIL IN WEST ASHLEY |
| May 14, 9:06 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | West Ashley, SC | PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL FALLING |
| May 14, 9:11 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Johns Island, SC | |
| May 14, 9:12 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | West Ashley, SC | LARGE HAIL AT CORNER OF SAM RITTENBURG AND ORANGE GROVE. |
| May 14, 9:16 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | West Ashley, SC | LARGE HAIL REPORTED BY OFF DUTY NWS EMPLOYEE. |
| May 14, 9:18 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | West Ashley, SC | PENNY SIZE HAIL AT ASHLEY OAKS APARTMENTS |
| May 14, 9:18 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | West Ashley, SC | GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AT ARDMORE AREA NEAR INTERSECTION OF 17 AND 61 |
| May 14, 9:19 PM EDT | HAIL 1.5 | West Ashley, SC | PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL 1/2 MILE S OF CITADEL MALL. |
| May 14, 9:20 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Charleston, SC | REPORTED IN WEST ASHLEY NEAR DRAYTON HALL |
| May 14, 9:20 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | West Ashley, SC | LARGE HAIL REPORTED. |
| May 14, 9:21 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | West Ashley, SC | |
| May 14, 9:21 PM EDT | TORNADO | North Charleston, SC | TORNADO REPORTED BY NORTH CHARLESTON FIRE DEPARTMENT VIA CHANNEL 5 TELEVISION STATION. |
| May 14, 9:25 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Mount Pleasant, SC | REPORTED ON WEST SIDE OF TOWN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 3:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| May 14, 6:52 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 8 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
- 576 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 979 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 217 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 256 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 3.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS52 KCHS 150010
TORCHS
SCC019-035-150115-
/O.NEW.KCHS.TO.W.0013.060515T0010Z-060515T0115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
810 PM EDT SUN MAY 14 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
DORCHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA
CHARLESTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 915 PM EDT
* AT 804 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 10 MILES WEST OF
DELEMAR CROSSROADS...OR ABOUT 13 MILES EAST OF WALTERBORO...MOVING
EAST AT 40 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE...
DELEMAR CROSSROADS AND ADAMS RUN...
RAVENEL AND HOLLYWOOD...
ROCKVILLE...
WADMALAW ISLAND AND SEABROOK ISLAND...
SHADOWMOSS AND CHARLESTON AIRPORT...
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.
TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY
BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024.
LAT...LON 3253 8034 3276 8043 3286 8039 3301 8016
3297 8005 3285 7995 3293 7978 3306 7968
3303 7952 3297 7961 3296 7960 3302 7946
3296 7961 3293 7958 3277 7982 3278 7994
3277 7995 3272 7987 3264 8002 3262 8001
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KCHS 150046
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
843 PM EDT SUN MAY 14 2006
SCC019-035-150115-
/O.CON.KCHS.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-060515T0115Z/
DORCHESTER-CHARLESTON-
843 PM EDT SUN MAY 14 2006
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR
DORCHESTER AND CHARLESTON COUNTIES...
AT 841 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR NORTH
CHARLESTON...OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GOOSE CREEK...MOVING EAST
AT 40 MPH. ANOTHER POTENTIAL TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR NEAR CANADY LANDING MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...ADAMS
RUN...AWENDAW...CHARLESTON AIRPORT...DELEMAR CROSSROADS...EDISTO
ISLAND...HANAHAN...HOLLYWOOD...JAMES ISLAND...JOHNS ISLAND...KIAWAH
ISLAND...LADSON...MEGGETT...MOUNT PLEASANT...NORTH CHARLESTON...
RAVENEL...ROCKVILLE...SHADOWMOSS...WADMALAW ISLAND...WEST ASHLEY AND
YONGES ISLAND.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR
REPORTS TO CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV.
LAT...LON 3255 8034 3276 8043 3285 8039 3300 8018
3296 8006 3285 7995 3293 7977 3306 7968
3303 7953 3298 7958 3302 7947 3297 7960
3293 7959 3278 7980 3278 7991 3280 7992
3277 7995 3272 7987 3265 8001 3262 8001
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 8:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Berkeley | 55 min |
| May 14, 8:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Colleton | 29 min |
| May 14, 8:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Colleton | 25 min |
| May 14, 8:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Berkeley | 36 min |
| May 14, 9:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Colleton | 29 min |
| May 14, 9:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Charleston | 63 min |
| May 14, 9:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Jasper | 31 min |
| May 14, 9:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Beaufort | 42 min |
| May 14, 9:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Berkeley | 34 min |
| May 14, 10:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Charleston | 45 min |
| May 15, 6:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Colleton | 28 min |
| May 15, 6:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Dorchester | 27 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.