Alert archive / South Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 39, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this tornado warning at Jun 14, 2006, 12:58 AM EDT for Berkeley County, South Carolina. It was in force for 62 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 14, 2006, 12:58 AM EDT (04:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2006, 2:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Berkeley County, SC
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:01 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, 9:37 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 36 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS52 KCHS 140459
TORCHS
SCC015-140600-
/O.NEW.KCHS.TO.W.0039.060614T0458Z-060614T0600Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1259 AM EDT WED JUN 14 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
BERKELEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 200 AM EDT
* AT 1259 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 12 MILES SOUTH
OF MONCKS CORNER...OR 4 MILES NORTHEAST GOOSE CREEK...MOVING NORTH
AT 30 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE...
MONCKS CORNER...
PINOPOLIS...
BONNEAU...
BONNEAU BEACH...
SAINT STEPHEN...
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 3300 8005 3298 7993 3336 7977 3350 7998
3350 8012
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KCHS 140524
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
123 AM EDT WED JUN 14 2006
SCC015-140600-
/O.CON.KCHS.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-060614T0600Z/
BERKELEY-
123 AM EDT WED JUN 14 2006
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EDT FOR BERKELEY
COUNTY...
AT 123 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM. A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED
BETWEEN BONNEAU AND ALVIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...BONNEAU...
BONNEAU BEACH...MONCKS CORNER AND SAINT STEPHEN.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR
REPORTS TO CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV.
LAT...LON 3318 8002 3315 7991 3336 7977 3350 7998
3338 8002
$$000
WWUS52 KCHS 140556
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
155 AM EDT WED JUN 14 2006
SCC015-140604-
/O.EXP.KCHS.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-060614T0600Z/
BERKELEY-
155 AM EDT WED JUN 14 2006
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR BERKELEY COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 200 AM
EDT...
AT 155 AM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH
PROMPTED THE WARNING WAS MOVING OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...THUS THE
TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
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 3318 8002 3315 7991 3336 7977 3350 7998
3338 8002
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 10:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Beaufort | 35 min |
| Jun 13, 10:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Hampton | 26 min |
| Jun 13, 10:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Colleton | 51 min |
| Jun 13, 11:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Charleston | 23 min |
| Jun 13, 11:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester | 62 min |
| Jun 14, 12:05 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Berkeley | 55 min |
| Jun 14, 5:16 AM EDT | Lake Wind Advisory | CHS | Berkeley | 11 hr |
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.