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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Wilmington, NC

April 26, 2006Williamsburg County, South Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 2006, 3:50 PM EDT for Williamsburg County, South Carolina. It was in force for 40 min. 4 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, 3:50 PM EDT (19:50 UTC)
Expired: Apr 26, 2006, 4:30 PM EDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Williamsburg County, SC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:50 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, 4:02 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Kingstree, SC	QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN KINGSTREE.
Apr 26, 4:02 PM EDT	TORNADO 3	8 W Kingstree, SC	TORNADO SIGHTED AT MARTINS CROSSROADS.
Apr 26, 4:02 PM EDT	TORNADO	8 W Kingstree, SC	TORNADO SIGHTED AT MARTINS CROSSROADS.
Apr 26, 4:05 PM EDT	HAIL 0.75	Kingstree, SC	PENNY SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN KINGSTREE.

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, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 93 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 KILM 261950
TORILM
SCC089-262030-
/O.NEW.KILM.TO.W.0005.060426T1950Z-060426T2030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
350 PM EDT WED APR 26 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN WILLIAMSBURG COUNTY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 430 PM EDT

* AT 346 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
  KINGSTREE...OR OVER KINGSTREE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
   KINGSTREE BY 355 PM...
   HEMINGWAY BY 430 PM...

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

IF YOU OBSERVED SEVERE WEATHER OR WEATHER RELATED DAMAGE...REPORT IT
TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY THE
REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN WILMINGTON
NC.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH
CAROLINA.

LAT...LON 3373 8001 3356 7994 3364 7942 3376 7938
      3381 7967

$$

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2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS52 KILM 262002
SVSILM

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
401 PM EDT WED APR 26 2006

SCC089-262030-
/O.CON.KILM.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-060426T2030Z/
WILLIAMSBURG SC-
401 PM EDT WED APR 26 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 430 PM EDT FOR WILLIAMSBURG
COUNTY...

AT 358 PM EDT...THE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR KINGSTREE...MOVING EAST 
AT 30 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
   STUCKEY BY 425 PM
   HEMINGWAY BY 430 PM

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A 
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE 
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH
CAROLINA.

LAT...LON 3373 8001 3356 7994 3364 7942 3376 7938
      3381 7967

$$

CRM

000 
WWUS52 KILM 262028
SVSILM

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
428 PM EDT WED APR 26 2006

SCC089-262038-
/O.EXP.KILM.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-060426T2030Z/
WILLIAMSBURG SC-
428 PM EDT WED APR 26 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WILLIAMSBURG COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 430 PM
EDT...

AT 428 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE 
TORNADO WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED. THEREFORE...THE 
WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 3373 8001 3356 7994 3364 7942 3376 7938
      3381 7967

$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 26, 3:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Florence, Williamsburg	61 min
Apr 26, 3:53 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILM	Florence	37 min
Apr 26, 6:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Williamsburg	38 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.