Alert archive / South Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this tornado warning at May 7, 2006, 2:01 PM EDT for Williamsburg County, South Carolina. It was in force for 44 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
- May 7, 2006, 2:01 PM EDT (18:01 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 2006, 2:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Williamsburg County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 299 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 KILM 071801 TORILM SCC089-071845- /O.NEW.KILM.TO.W.0007.060507T1801Z-060507T1845Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 201 PM EDT SUN MAY 7 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN WILLIAMSBURG COUNTY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 245 PM EDT * AT 156 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TRIO...OR OVER SAINT STEPHEN...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... TRIO BY 230 PM... EARLE BY 240 PM... 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. 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. LAT...LON 3343 8004 3326 7996 3333 7968 3350 7956 $$ JAQ
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS52 KILM 071812 SVSILM SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 211 PM EDT SUN MAY 7 2006 SCC089-071845- /O.CON.KILM.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-060507T1845Z/ WILLIAMSBURG SC- 211 PM EDT SUN MAY 7 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 245 PM EDT FOR WILLIAMSBURG COUNTY... AT 207 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TRIO...OR OVER SAINT STEPHEN...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... TRIO BY 225 PM EARLE BY 235 PM SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 3346 7991 3332 7973 3333 7968 3350 7956 $$ JAQ
000 WWUS52 KILM 071824 SVSILM SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 222 PM EDT SUN MAY 7 2006 SCC089-071845- /O.CON.KILM.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-060507T1845Z/ WILLIAMSBURG SC- 222 PM EDT SUN MAY 7 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 245 PM EDT FOR WILLIAMSBURG COUNTY... AT 218 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TRIO...OR 7 MILES EAST OF SAINT STEPHEN...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... TRIO BY 240 PM EARLE BY 245 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. LAT...LON 3346 7991 3332 7973 3333 7968 3350 7956 $$ JAQ
000 WWUS52 KILM 071844 SVSILM SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 243 PM EDT SUN MAY 7 2006 SCC089-071851- /O.EXP.KILM.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-060507T1845Z/ WILLIAMSBURG SC- 243 PM EDT SUN MAY 7 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WILLIAMSBURG COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 245 PM EDT... AT 240 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION WHICH PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS WEAKENED. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. ALTHOUGH THE WARNING WILL NO LONGER BE IN EFFECT AFTER 245 PM...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND DEADLY LIGHTING WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE AS THE STORM PASSES TRIO AND EARLE THROUGH 300 PM. IF YOU OBSERVED SEVERE WEATHER OR WEATHER RELATED DAMAGE...REPORT IT TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY THE REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN WILMINGTON NC. LAT...LON 3346 7991 3332 7973 3333 7968 3350 7956 $$ JAQ
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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.