Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Watches in 2006
Tornado Watch 20
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Jan 13, 2006, 6:17 PM EST for 5 counties in Georgia; 34 counties in North Carolina; 28 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 13, 2006, 6:17 PM EST (23:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 14, 2006, 1:00 AM EST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 67 counties
Burke County, GA, Columbia County, GA, Lincoln County, GA, McDuffie County, GA, Richmond County, GA, Alamance County, NC, Alexander County, NC, Anson County, NC, Cabarrus County, NC, Catawba County, NC, Chatham County, NC, Cleveland County, NC, Cumberland County, NC, Davidson County, NC, Davie County, NC, Durham County, NC, Forsyth County, NC, Gaston County, NC, Granville County, NC, Guilford County, NC, Harnett County, NC, Hoke County, NC, Iredell County, NC, Lee County, NC, Lincoln County, NC, Mecklenburg County, NC, Montgomery County, NC, Moore County, NC, Orange County, NC, Person County, NC, Randolph County, NC, Richmond County, NC, Robeson County, NC, Rowan County, NC, Scotland County, NC, Stanly County, NC, Union County, NC, Vance County, NC, Wake County, NC, Aiken County, SC, Bamberg County, SC, Barnwell County, SC, Calhoun County, SC, Cherokee County, SC, Chester County, SC, Chesterfield County, SC, Clarendon County, SC, Darlington County, SC, Dillon County, SC, Edgefield County, SC, Fairfield County, SC, Florence County, SC, Kershaw County, SC, Lancaster County, SC, Lee County, SC, Lexington County, SC, Marion County, SC, Marlboro County, SC, McCormick County, SC, Newberry County, SC, Orangeburg County, SC, Richland County, SC, Saluda County, SC, Sumter County, SC, Union County, SC, Williamsburg County, SC, York County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:18 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.
Warnings issued inside it
7 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 13, 7:48 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CAE | Bamberg, Barnwell | 27 min |
| Jan 13, 8:14 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CAE | Orangeburg | 31 min |
| Jan 13, 8:37 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Bamberg, Orangeburg | 53 min |
| Jan 13, 8:49 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CAE | Orangeburg | 26 min |
| Jan 13, 9:31 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CAE | Clarendon | 29 min |
| Jan 13, 9:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Anson, Richmond | 34 min |
| Jan 13, 11:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett | 35 min |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 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
- 6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 661 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WWUS20 KWNS 132317
SEL0
SPC WW 132317
GAZ000-NCZ000-SCZ000-140600-
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 20
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
615 PM EST FRI JAN 13 2006
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
EXTREME EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 615 PM UNTIL
100 AM EST.
TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 65 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF RALEIGH
NORTH CAROLINA TO 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ORANGEBURG SOUTH CAROLINA.
FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).
REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 18...WW 19...
DISCUSSION...BROKEN BAND OF FORCED CONVECTION ALONG THE SURFACE COLD
FRONT IS EXPECTED TO BECOME BETTER ORGANIZED THE NEXT FEW HOURS
WHILE PROGRESSING ACROSS SC/NC IN ADVANCE OF A DEEP MID LEVEL
TROUGH. DESPITE LIMITED INSTABILITY IN THE WARM SECTOR...VERY
STRONG L0W-LEVEL SHEAR AND SOME SURFACE-BASED CAPE MAY SUPPORT
SUPERCELL STRUCTURES AND A COUPLE OF TORNADOES...ALONG WITH ISOLATED
DAMAGING WINDS.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 350.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23045.
...THOMPSON
361,0782 330,0795 330,0824 361,0811SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 13, 11:15 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien and 53 more | 90 min |
| Jan 13, 1:03 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Baldwin, Ben Hill and 75 more | 8 hr |
| Jan 13, 1:55 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Baldwin, Ben Hill, Berrien and 67 more | 95 min |
| Jan 13, 4:08 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bryan, Bulloch, Chatham, Effingham, Evans, Jenkins and 5 more | 97 min |
| Jan 13, 4:36 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brantley, Camden, Charlton, Glynn, Pierce | 84 min |
| Jan 13, 4:45 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Brantley, Bryan, Bulloch, Camden, Candler, Charlton and 12 more | 7 hr |
Nearby
Tornado Watches in North Carolina, 2006Tornado Watches in South Carolina, 2006Tornado Watches in Georgia, 2006Every tornado watch in 2006
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.