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Tornado Warning 29, NWS Charleston, SC

June 13, 2006Jasper County, South Carolina

NWS Charleston, SC issued this tornado warning at Jun 13, 2006, 6:44 PM EDT for Jasper County, South Carolina. It was in force for 46 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, 6:44 PM EDT (22:44 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2006, 7:30 PM EDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, SC
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Jasper County, SC

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:45 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 13, 2:25 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 109 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 2006-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 288 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2006-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -11 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS52 KCHS 132244
TORCHS
SCC053-132330-
/O.NEW.KCHS.TO.W.0029.060613T2244Z-060613T2330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
644 PM EDT TUE JUN 13 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 730 PM EDT

* AT 639 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
  SWITZERLAND...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RIDGELAND...MOVING
  NORTH AT 30 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE...
  SWITZERLAND AND JASPER...
  TILLMAN AND RIDGELAND...
  TARBORO...
  GILLISONVILLE AND PINELAND...
  GRAYS...

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 3232 8114 3230 8094 3263 8094 3272 8101
      3261 8119

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS52 KCHS 132309
SVSCHS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
709 PM EDT TUE JUN 13 2006

SCC053-132330-
/O.CON.KCHS.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-060613T2330Z/
JASPER-
709 PM EDT TUE JUN 13 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM EDT FOR JASPER
COUNTY...

AT 706 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF SPAWNING A TORNADO.  THIS 
POTENTIALLY TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR 
GILLISONVILLE...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF RIDGELAND...MOVING NORTH 
AT 30 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
GILLISONVILLE...GRAHAMVILLE...GRAYS...RIDGELAND AND PINELAND.

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 3261 8119 3242 8095 3263 8094 3274 8101

$$
000 
WWUS52 KCHS 132330
SVSCHS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
730 PM EDT TUE JUN 13 2006

SCC053-132340-
/O.EXP.KCHS.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-060613T2330Z/
JASPER-
730 PM EDT TUE JUN 13 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR JASPER COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 730 PM EDT...

AT 730 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 3261 8119 3242 8095 3263 8094 3274 8101

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 6:14 AM EDTWind AdvisoryCHSAllendale, Berkeley, Dorchester, Hampton23 hr
Jun 13, 6:38 AM EDTFlood WatchCHSAllendale, Berkeley, Colleton, Dorchester, Hampton22 hr
Jun 13, 1:34 PM EDTTornado WarningCHSJasper26 min
Jun 13, 2:19 PM EDTTornado WarningCHSBeaufort41 min
Jun 13, 6:32 PM EDTTornado WarningCHSCharleston43 min
Jun 13, 6:56 PM EDTTornado WarningCHSAllendale34 min
Jun 13, 7:34 PM EDTTornado WarningCHSCharleston26 min
Jun 13, 7:59 PM EDTTornado WarningCHSBerkeley, Charleston61 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.