Alert archive / South Carolina / Tornado Watches in 2006
Tornado Watch 355
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at May 14, 2006, 6:52 PM EDT for 4 counties in North Carolina; 9 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 14, 2006, 6:52 PM EDT (22:52 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 2006, 12:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 2 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
Counties Brunswick County, NC, Columbus County, NC, New Hanover County, NC, Pender County, NC, Allendale County, SC, Berkeley County, SC, Charleston County, SC, Colleton County, SC, Dorchester County, SC, Georgetown County, SC, Hampton County, SC, Horry County, SC, Williamsburg County, SC
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What SPC expected
The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.
- Two or more tornadoes
- 40%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 20%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 40%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 10%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 50%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 10%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 80%
Warnings issued inside it
19 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 6:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Horry | 20 min |
| May 14, 6:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Hampton | 34 min |
| May 14, 7:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Colleton | 57 min |
| May 14, 7:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Columbus | 61 min |
| May 14, 7:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Williamsburg | 31 min |
| May 14, 7:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Colleton | 47 min |
| May 14, 7:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Charleston, Dorchester | 68 min |
| May 14, 7:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Williamsburg | 35 min |
| May 14, 8:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Charleston, Dorchester | 65 min |
| May 14, 8:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Brunswick | 22 min |
| May 14, 8:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Berkeley | 55 min |
| May 14, 8:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Colleton | 29 min |
| May 14, 8:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Colleton | 25 min |
| May 14, 8:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Georgetown | 37 min |
| May 14, 8:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Berkeley | 36 min |
| May 14, 9:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Colleton | 29 min |
| May 14, 9:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Charleston | 63 min |
| May 14, 9:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Berkeley | 34 min |
| May 14, 10:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Charleston | 45 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
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 45 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
- 14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1136 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 193 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 142254
SEL5
SPC WW 142254
GAZ000-NCZ000-SCZ000-CWZ000-150200-
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 355
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
655 PM EDT SUN MAY 14 2006
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA
SOUTHERN NORTH CAROLINA
COASTAL SOUTH CAROLINA
COASTAL WATERS
EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY EVENING FROM 655 PM UNTIL 1000 PM EDT.
TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 130 STATUTE
MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF
MYRTLE BEACH SOUTH CAROLINA TO 50 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF MYRTLE
BEACH SOUTH CAROLINA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE
THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).
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 350...WW 351...WW
352...WW 353...WW 354...
DISCUSSION...DISCRETE SUPERCELLS THAT HAVE FORMED IN THE SAVANNAH
RVR VLY EXPECTED TO CONTINUE E/ENE IN MODERATE TO STRONGLY SHEARED
ENVIRONMENT. GIVEN POTENTIAL LONG-LIFE FOR EXISTING STORMS... AND
POSSIBILITY FOR ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH EARLY EVENING... THIS
WATCH UPGRADES EXISTING SVR TSTM WATCH FOR PARTS OF THE GA/SC/NC
CSTL PLAIN.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26035.
...CORFIDISPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 8:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Jackson, Macon, Swain | 5 hr |
| May 14, 12:21 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Jackson, Macon, Swain | 54 min |
| May 14, 12:20 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alamance, Alexander, Alleghany, Anson, Ashe, Beaufort and 68 more | 115 min |
| May 14, 12:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Bladen, Cabarrus, Caswell and 45 more | 7 hr |
| May 14, 2:42 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alamance, Anson, Beaufort, Bertie, Cabarrus, Camden and 55 more | 63 min |
| May 14, 2:47 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alamance, Anson, Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Carteret and 47 more | 7 hr |
| May 14, 3:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender | 6 hr |
| May 14, 4:35 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Carteret, Chatham, Chowan and 42 more | 55 min |
| May 14, 4:58 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alexander, Bladen, Brunswick, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba and 18 more | 92 min |
| May 14, 5:00 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Abbeville, Aiken, Anderson, Edgefield, Greenwood, Laurens and 6 more | 90 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.