Alert archive / South Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 9, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this tornado warning at May 7, 2006, 1:49 PM EDT for Berkeley County, South Carolina. It was in force for 26 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
- May 7, 2006, 1:49 PM EDT (17:49 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 2006, 2:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Berkeley County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 2:00 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Saint Stephen, SC | QUARTER HAIL IN SAINT STEPHEN AND 2 MI S OF SAINT STEPHEN |
| May 7, 2:00 PM EDT | TORNADO | 2 S Saint Stephen, SC | WCIV CHANNEL 4 RELAYED REPORT FROM PUBLIC OF DAMAGE TO A MOBILE HOME OFF HWY 52. A TORNADO WAS REPORTEDLY OBSERVED BY NUMEROUS PERSONS. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 12:48 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 293 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1075 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 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 071749 TORCHS SCC015-071815- /O.NEW.KCHS.TO.W.0009.060507T1749Z-060507T1815Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 149 PM EDT SUN MAY 7 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... BERKELEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 215 PM EDT * AT 147 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR BONNEAU BEACH...OR ABOUT OVER SAINT STEPHEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE... BONNEAU BEACH AND BONNEAU... SAINT STEPHEN... 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 3343 8013 3327 8002 3344 7958 3364 7970 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS52 KCHS 071755 SVSCHS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 155 PM EDT SUN MAY 7 2006 SCC015-071815- /O.CON.KCHS.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-060507T1815Z/ BERKELEY- 155 PM EDT SUN MAY 7 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM EDT FOR BERKELEY COUNTY... AT 153 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WILDER...OR ABOUT OVER SAINT STEPHEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...SAINT STEPHEN. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV. LAT...LON 3341 8001 3333 7997 3338 7981 3347 7994 $$
000 WWUS52 KCHS 071811 SVSCHS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 210 PM EDT SUN MAY 7 2006 SCC015-071820- /O.EXP.KCHS.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-060507T1815Z/ BERKELEY- 210 PM EDT SUN MAY 7 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR BERKELEY COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 215 PM EDT... AT 210 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. ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN EASTERN ORANGEBURG COUNTY ALONG THE SOUTHERN BEACHES OF LAKE MARION JUST WEST OF EUTAWVILLE WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN BERKELEY COUNTY THROUGH 230 PM. THIS STORM HAS SHOWN SIGNS OF STRONG ROTATION AND ANOTHER TORNADO WARNING MAY BE NEEDED. 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 3341 8001 3333 7997 3338 7981 3347 7994 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 12:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Allendale | 36 min |
| May 7, 12:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Allendale | 48 min |
| May 7, 1:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Hampton, Jasper | 44 min |
| May 7, 1:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Hampton | 40 min |
| May 7, 1:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Allendale | 34 min |
| May 7, 1:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Berkeley | 33 min |
| May 7, 1:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Colleton | 59 min |
| May 7, 2:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Dorchester | 26 min |
| May 7, 2:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Beaufort | 43 min |
| May 7, 2:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Berkeley | 56 min |
| May 7, 2:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Dorchester | 61 min |
| May 7, 2:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Colleton | 35 min |
| May 7, 3:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Berkeley | 53 min |
| May 7, 3:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Charleston | 43 min |
| May 7, 3:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Dorchester | 38 min |
| May 7, 3:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Jasper | 41 min |
| May 7, 4:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Beaufort | 39 min |
| May 7, 4:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Colleton | 24 min |
| May 7, 5:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Charleston | 29 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.