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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Charleston, SC

May 14, 2006Charleston County, Dorchester County, South Carolina

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 14, 8:30 PM EDTHAIL 1.52 N West Ashley, SCREPORTED ON CEDARHURST AVE BY SKYWARN SPOTTER.
May 14, 8:32 PM EDTHAIL 1.255 S Summerville, SCHAIL UP TO HALF DOLLAR SIZED REPORTED AT INTERSECTION OF ASHLEY PHOSPHATE AND DORCHESTER ROAD.
May 14, 8:35 PM EDTHAIL 0.25Oakbrook, SC
May 14, 8:37 PM EDTHAIL 0.75North Charleston, SCASHLEY PHOSPHATE AND PEPPERIDGE AREAS BOTH REPORTED PENNY SIZE HAIL
May 14, 8:40 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGNorth Charleston, SCTREES DOWN ON SEVERAL HOMES IN THE PARK CIRCLE AREA. TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR.
May 14, 8:40 PM EDTHAIL 0.75North Charleston, SCPENNY SIZE HAIL ON ASHLEY PHOSPHATE ROAD. TIME ESTIMATED.
May 14, 8:41 PM EDTFUNNEL CLOUDHanahan, SC
May 14, 8:41 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 55North Charleston, SCWIND GUST TO 55 MPH AT CHARLESTON AIRPORT.
May 14, 8:41 PM EDTHAIL 1.25North Charleston, SCOCURRED AT NWS OFFICE
May 14, 8:48 PM EDTTORNADO3 Nw Ravenel, SCA 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 EDTHAIL 1Mount Pleasant, SCQUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN LONGPOINT SUBDIVISION
May 14, 9:00 PM EDTHAIL 1North Charleston, SCLARGE HAIL AND A TREE DOWN ON A HOUSE AT MERRIMAC STREET OFF ROUTE 526.
May 14, 9:01 PM EDTHAIL 1Mount Pleasant, SCQUARTER SIZE HAIL IN THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL SUBDIVISION
May 14, 9:05 PM EDTHAIL 0.75Charleston, SCPENNY SIZE HAIL IN WEST ASHLEY
May 14, 9:06 PM EDTHAIL 0.88West Ashley, SCPENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL FALLING
May 14, 9:11 PM EDTHAIL 1Johns Island, SC
May 14, 9:12 PM EDTHAIL 0.88West Ashley, SCLARGE HAIL AT CORNER OF SAM RITTENBURG AND ORANGE GROVE.
May 14, 9:16 PM EDTHAIL 1West Ashley, SCLARGE HAIL REPORTED BY OFF DUTY NWS EMPLOYEE.
May 14, 9:18 PM EDTHAIL 0.75West Ashley, SCPENNY SIZE HAIL AT ASHLEY OAKS APARTMENTS
May 14, 9:18 PM EDTHAIL 1.75West Ashley, SCGOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AT ARDMORE AREA NEAR INTERSECTION OF 17 AND 61
May 14, 9:19 PM EDTHAIL 1.5West Ashley, SCPING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL 1/2 MILE S OF CITADEL MALL.
May 14, 9:20 PM EDTFUNNEL CLOUDCharleston, SCREPORTED IN WEST ASHLEY NEAR DRAYTON HALL
May 14, 9:20 PM EDTHAIL 1West Ashley, SCLARGE HAIL REPORTED.
May 14, 9:21 PM EDTHAIL 0.88West Ashley, SC
May 14, 9:21 PM EDTTORNADONorth Charleston, SCTORNADO REPORTED BY NORTH CHARLESTON FIRE DEPARTMENT VIA CHANNEL 5 TELEVISION STATION.
May 14, 9:25 PM EDTFUNNEL CLOUDMount Pleasant, SCREPORTED 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 14, 3:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
May 14, 6:52 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC5 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Charleston AFB, SC at 00:00Z on 2006-05-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 576 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 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 00:00Z on 2006-05-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 217 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 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
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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 14, 8:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBerkeley55 min
May 14, 8:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSColleton29 min
May 14, 8:35 PM EDTTornado WarningCHSColleton25 min
May 14, 8:39 PM EDTTornado WarningCHSBerkeley36 min
May 14, 9:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSColleton29 min
May 14, 9:12 PM EDTTornado WarningCHSCharleston63 min
May 14, 9:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSJasper31 min
May 14, 9:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBeaufort42 min
May 14, 9:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBerkeley34 min
May 14, 10:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSCharleston45 min
May 15, 6:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSColleton28 min
May 15, 6:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSDorchester27 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.