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Tornado Warning 40, NWS Charleston, SC

September 4, 2006Allendale County, South Carolina

NWS Charleston, SC issued this tornado warning at Sep 4, 2006, 5:35 PM EDT for Allendale County, South Carolina. It was in force for 25 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
Sep 4, 2006, 5:35 PM EDT (21:35 UTC)
Expired
Sep 4, 2006, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, SC
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Allendale County, SC

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 135 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 2006-09-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2235 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2006-09-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 54 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2235 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
526 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
79 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 042135
TORCHS
SCC005-042200-
/O.NEW.KCHS.TO.W.0040.060904T2135Z-060904T2200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
535 PM EDT MON SEP 4 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 600 PM EDT

* AT 533 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF APPLETON...OR ABOUT 9 MILES WEST OF ALLENDALE...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE...
  APPLETON...SEIGLING...HIGHWAY 3...HIGHWAY 125 BETWEEN
  MARTIN AND APPLETON...

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 3297 8150 3294 8146 3305 8130 3310 8144

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS52 KCHS 042147
SVSCHS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
546 PM EDT MON SEP 4 2006

SCC005-042200-
/O.CON.KCHS.TO.W.0040.000000T0000Z-060904T2200Z/
ALLENDALE SC-
546 PM EDT MON SEP 4 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR ALLENDALE
COUNTY...

AT 546 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST 
OF APPLETON...OR ABOUT 8 MILES WEST OF ALLENDALE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
10 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
APPLETON...SEIGLING...INCLUDING HIGHWAY 125 BETWEEN MARTIN AND
APPLETON...HIGHWAY 3.

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 3299 8146 3296 8144 3305 8130 3309 8141

$$
000 
WWUS52 KCHS 042158
SVSCHS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
558 PM EDT MON SEP 4 2006

SCC005-042208-
/O.EXP.KCHS.TO.W.0040.000000T0000Z-060904T2200Z/
ALLENDALE SC-
558 PM EDT MON SEP 4 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR ALLENDALE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 600 PM
EDT...

AT 558 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.

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 3299 8146 3296 8144 3305 8130 3309 8141

$$

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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.