Alert archive / South Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 49, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this tornado warning at Dec 25, 2006, 10:58 AM EST for Allendale County, South Carolina; Screven County, Georgia. It was in force for 32 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
- Dec 25, 2006, 10:58 AM EST (15:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 25, 2006, 11:30 AM EST
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Screven County, GA, Allendale County, SC
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 143 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
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -68 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 486 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 346 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 535 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 251558 TORCHS GAC251-SCC005-251630- /O.NEW.KCHS.TO.W.0049.061225T1558Z-061225T1630Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1058 AM EST MON DEC 25 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SCREVEN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA ALLENDALE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 1130 AM EST * AT 1056 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES SOUTH OF MILLETT...OR ABOUT 15 MILES WEST OF ALLENDALE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE... MILLETT... MARTIN... 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 3299 8163 3293 8150 3311 8137 3316 8151 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS52 KCHS 251612 SVSCHS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1110 AM EST MON DEC 25 2006 GAC251-251620- /O.CAN.KCHS.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-061225T1630Z/ SCREVEN GA- 1110 AM EST MON DEC 25 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SCREVEN COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 1110 AM EST...RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAD MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV. LAT...LON 3307 8155 3303 8150 3311 8137 3316 8151 $$ SCC005-251630- /O.CON.KCHS.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-061225T1630Z/ ALLENDALE SC- 1110 AM EST MON DEC 25 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 AM EST FOR ALLENDALE COUNTY... AT 1109 AM EST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BALDOCK...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BARNWELL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...MARTIN AND MILLETT. 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 3307 8155 3303 8150 3311 8137 3316 8151 $$ JAQ
000 WWUS52 KCHS 251628 SVSCHS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1125 AM EST MON DEC 25 2006 SCC005-251635- /O.EXP.KCHS.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-061225T1630Z/ ALLENDALE SC- 1125 AM EST MON DEC 25 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR ALLENDALE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 1130 AM EST... AT 1121 AM EST...RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY. THE TORNADO WARNING WILL THEREFORE BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV. LAT...LON 3307 8155 3303 8150 3311 8137 3316 8151 $$ JAQ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 25, 3:36 AM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | CHS | Berkeley | 48 hr |
| Dec 25, 8:44 AM EST | Tornado Warning | CHS | Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester | 31 min |
| Dec 25, 10:52 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 53 min | |
| Dec 25, 11:42 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 33 min | |
| Dec 25, 12:15 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 30 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.