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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Charleston, SC

June 13, 2006Beaufort County, South Carolina

NWS Charleston, SC issued this tornado warning at Jun 13, 2006, 10:25 PM EDT for Beaufort County, South Carolina. It was in force for 35 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, 10:25 PM EDT (02:25 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2006, 11:00 PM EDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, SC
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Beaufort County, SC

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:27 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.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 13, 9:37 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 84 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 2006-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 720 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 00:00Z on 2006-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 267 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
720 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
504 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
267 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
393 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
6.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KCHS 140225
TORCHS
SCC013-140300-
/O.NEW.KCHS.TO.W.0033.060614T0225Z-060614T0300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1025 PM EDT TUE JUN 13 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT

* AT 1022 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF DALE...OR ABOUT 11 MILES EAST OF RIDGELAND...MOVING
  NORTH AT 30 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE...
  DALE...
  SHELDON AND GARDENS CORNER...

TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU
SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE. TAKE COVER NOW

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

LAT...LON 3245 8084 3242 8070 3266 8068 3268 8084

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS52 KCHS 140236
SVSCHS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1036 PM EDT TUE JUN 13 2006

SCC013-140300-
/O.CON.KCHS.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-060614T0300Z/
BEAUFORT-
1036 PM EDT TUE JUN 13 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR BEAUFORT
COUNTY...

AT 1033 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SHELDON...OR ABOUT
8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF YEMASSEE...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...DALE...
GARDENS CORNER AND SHELDON.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT
TO 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 OR EMAIL YOUR
REPORTS TO CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV.

LAT...LON 3257 8084 3254 8066 3266 8068 3268 8084

$$
000 
WWUS52 KCHS 140251
SVSCHS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1051 PM EDT TUE JUN 13 2006

SCC013-140301-
/O.EXP.KCHS.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-060614T0300Z/
BEAUFORT-
1051 PM EDT TUE JUN 13 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR BEAUFORT COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 1100 PM
EDT...

AT 1049 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH
PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...THUS THE
TORNADO WARNING 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 3257 8084 3254 8066 3266 8068 3268 8084

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 10:34 PM EDTTornado WarningCHSHampton26 min
Jun 13, 10:39 PM EDTTornado WarningCHSColleton51 min
Jun 13, 11:07 PM EDTTornado WarningCHSCharleston23 min
Jun 13, 11:28 PM EDTTornado WarningCHSCharleston, Colleton, Dorchester62 min
Jun 14, 12:05 AM EDTTornado WarningCHSBerkeley55 min
Jun 14, 12:58 AM EDTTornado WarningCHSBerkeley62 min
Jun 14, 5:16 AM EDTLake Wind AdvisoryCHSBerkeley11 hr

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in South Carolina, 2006Every tornado warning in 2006Tornadoes in 2006

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.