Alert archive / South Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 16, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this tornado warning at Apr 19, 2007, 10:51 PM EDT for Hampton County, South Carolina. It was in force for 54 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
- Apr 19, 2007, 10:51 PM EDT (02:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 19, 2007, 11:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Hampton County, SC
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:53 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 129 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
- 40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -125 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 880 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 79 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 217 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 200251
TORCHS
SCC049-200345-
/O.NEW.KCHS.TO.W.0016.070420T0251Z-070420T0345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1051 PM EDT THU APR 19 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
HAMPTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 1145 PM EDT
* AT 1051 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 12 MILES
NORTHWEST OF SHIRLEY...OR ABOUT 9 MILES EAST OF SYLVANIA...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE...
SHIRLEY...
SCOTIA...
GARNETT...
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 3274 8141 3277 8132 3264 8118 3256 8129
3257 8130 3257 8134 3262 8141 3268 8140
3270 8142
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KCHS 200344
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1144 PM EDT THU APR 19 2007
SCC049-200354-
/O.EXP.KCHS.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-070420T0345Z/
HAMPTON SC-
1144 PM EDT THU APR 19 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR HAMPTON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 1145 PM
EDT...
AT 1144 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH
PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...THUS THE
TORNADO WARNING BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS...TV OR YOUR LOCAL NEW
SOURCE FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER
OR STORM RELATED DAMAGE TO LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OR LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS AND ASK THEM TO IMMEDIATELY RELAY THE REPORT TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR
REPORTS TO CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV.
LAT...LON 3274 8141 3277 8132 3264 8118 3256 8129
3257 8130 3257 8134 3262 8141 3268 8140
3270 8142
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 10:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Allendale | 38 min |
| Apr 19, 10:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Allendale | 33 min |
| Apr 19, 11:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Jasper | 60 min |
| Apr 20, 12:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Jasper | 45 min |
| Apr 20, 12:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Beaufort | 50 min |
| Apr 20, 12:58 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Jasper | 34 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in South Carolina, 2007Every tornado warning in 2007Tornadoes in 2007
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.