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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this tornado warning at Jun 13, 2006, 6:32 PM EDT for Charleston County, South Carolina. It was in force for 43 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 13, 2006, 6:32 PM EDT (22:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 2006, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Charleston County, SC
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 2:25 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 33 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
- 288 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -63 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 989 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 3 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -28 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KCHS 132233 TORCHS SCC019-132315- /O.NEW.KCHS.TO.W.0028.060613T2232Z-060613T2315Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 632 PM EDT TUE JUN 13 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CHARLESTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 715 PM EDT * AT 629 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 17 MILES SOUTH OF AWENDAW...OR ABOUT 20 MILES EAST OF CHARLESTON...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE... AWENDAW... THOMPSON CORNER... THIS THUNDERSTORM IS LOCATED IN THE COASTAL WATERS AND MAY BE PRODUCING A WATERSPOUT WHICH MAY MOVE ONSHORE. WATERSPOUTS THAT MOVE ONSHORE BECOME TORNADOES. PEOPLE ALONG THE SHORELINE SHOULD BE ALERT AND SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. GO TO A NEARBY STURDY BUILDING AND AVOID WINDOWS. AS A LAST RESORT...FIND A LOW SPOT AND PROTECT YOUR HEAD AND BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024. LAT...LON 3279 7973 3294 7951 3318 7951 3298 7977 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS52 KCHS 132300 SVSCHS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 700 PM EDT TUE JUN 13 2006 SCC019-132315- /O.CON.KCHS.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-060613T2315Z/ CHARLESTON- 700 PM EDT TUE JUN 13 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EDT FOR CHARLESTON COUNTY... AT 655 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF SPAWNING A TORNADO. THIS POTENTIALLY TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF AWENDAW...OR ABOUT 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MCCLELLANVILLE...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...AWENDAW AND THOMPSON CORNER. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV. LAT...LON 3287 7973 3294 7951 3316 7958 3298 7977 $$
000 WWUS52 KCHS 132315 SVSCHS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 715 PM EDT TUE JUN 13 2006 SCC019-132325- /O.EXP.KCHS.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-060613T2315Z/ CHARLESTON- 715 PM EDT TUE JUN 13 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CHARLESTON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 715 PM EDT... AT 715 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING WEAKENED...AND WAS NO LONGER CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER. THE TORNADO WARNING HAS THEREFORE BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS...TV OR YOUR LOCAL NEW SOURCE FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. 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 3287 7973 3294 7951 3316 7958 3298 7977 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 6:14 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | CHS | Allendale, Berkeley, Dorchester, Hampton | 23 hr |
| Jun 13, 6:38 AM EDT | Flood Watch | CHS | Allendale, Berkeley, Colleton, Dorchester, Hampton | 22 hr |
| Jun 13, 1:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Jasper | 26 min |
| Jun 13, 2:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Beaufort | 41 min |
| Jun 13, 6:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Jasper | 46 min |
| Jun 13, 6:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Allendale | 34 min |
| Jun 13, 7:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Charleston | 26 min |
| Jun 13, 7:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Berkeley, Charleston | 61 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.