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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Charleston, SC

April 26, 2006Berkeley County, Charleston County, South Carolina

NWS Charleston, SC issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 2006, 7:51 PM EDT for Berkeley County, Charleston County, South Carolina. It was in force for 24 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Apr 26, 2006, 7:51 PM EDT (23:51 UTC)
Expired: Apr 26, 2006, 8:15 PM EDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, SC
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Berkeley County, SC, Charleston County, SC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:52 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 26, 7:54 PM EDT	TORNADO	7 E Huger, SC	TORNADO SNAPPED OFF LARGE TREES AND BROKE OFF LARGE TREE LIMBS IN THE FRANCIS MARION NATIONAL FOREST. TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ABOUT 7 MILES EAST OF HUGER AT 754 PM AND TRAVELED EAST NEAR 5 MILES BEFORE DISSIPATING ABOUT 4 MILES NORTH OF AWENDAW IN CHARLESTON COUN
Apr 26, 8:00 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 50	Mcclellanville, SC	FIRE STATION REPORTED WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 26, 12:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 46 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 575 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -72 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1116 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 74 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KCHS 262351
TORCHS
SCC015-019-270030-
/O.NEW.KCHS.TO.W.0008.060426T2351Z-060427T0030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
751 PM EDT WED APR 26 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  BERKELEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA
  CHARLESTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 830 PM EDT

* AT 750 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES NORTH OF
  AWENDAW...OR ABOUT 11 MILES WEST OF MCCLELLANVILLE...MOVING EAST AT
  30 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE...
  AWENDAW...
  MCCLELLANVILLE...
  WAMBAW CORNER...

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 3317 7977 3298 7963 3311 7926 3324 7953

$$

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2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS52 KCHS 270005
SVSCHS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
805 PM EDT WED APR 26 2006

SCC015-019-270030-
/O.CON.KCHS.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-060427T0030Z/
BERKELEY-CHARLESTON-
805 PM EDT WED APR 26 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR BERKELEY
AND CHARLESTON COUNTIES...

AT 804 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF 
WAMBAW CORNER...OR ABOUT OVER MCCLELLANVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

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 3317 7963 3308 7948 3311 7926 3324 7953

$$

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000 
WWUS52 KCHS 270015
SVSCHS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
815 PM EDT WED APR 26 2006

SCC015-019-270025-
/O.CAN.KCHS.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-060427T0030Z/
BERKELEY-CHARLESTON-
815 PM EDT WED APR 26 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR BERKELEY AND CHARLESTON COUNTIES HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...

AT 814 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH
PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAD MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...THUS
THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED.

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 3317 7977 3298 7963 3311 7926 3324 7953

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 26, 3:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Berkeley	28 min
Apr 26, 3:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Charleston	44 min
Apr 26, 3:49 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CHS	Charleston	26 min
Apr 26, 4:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Charleston	48 min
Apr 26, 6:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Beaufort, Jasper	31 min
Apr 26, 6:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Berkeley	57 min
Apr 26, 6:28 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CHS	Berkeley	47 min
Apr 26, 6:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Colleton, Hampton	44 min
Apr 26, 6:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Berkeley, Charleston, Dorchester	65 min
Apr 26, 7:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Colleton	35 min
Apr 26, 7:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Berkeley	30 min
Apr 26, 7:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Berkeley	35 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.