Alert archive / South Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 13, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this tornado warning at Mar 15, 2008, 9:03 PM EDT for 5 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 42 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
- Mar 15, 2008, 9:03 PM EDT (01:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 15, 2008, 9:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Beaufort County, SC, Charleston County, SC, Colleton County, SC, Hampton County, SC, Jasper County, SC
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:06 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 9:06 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Coosawhatchie, SC | TREES DOWN AT EXIT 28 ON I-95. POSSIBLE TORNADO. REPORT FROM THE COUNTY WARNING POINT. |
| Mar 15, 9:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Beaufort, SC | POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR THE BEAUFORT MCAS /KNBC/. |
| Mar 15, 9:20 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Dale, SC | EMERGENCY MANAGER DETERMINED DAMAGE TO BE FROM STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. 2 LARGE PINE TREES DOWN. 2 TOPS OF PINE TREES SNAPPED. 1 LARGE OAK TREE LIMB DOWN. SHINGLE AND SKIRTING DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOME. SHED FLIPPED. CARPORT BLOWN OVER. DAMAGE HAPPENED IN ABOUT 7 SECO |
| Mar 15, 9:20 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Dale, SC | POSSIBLE TORNADO. DAMAGE TO 1 MOBILE HOME. TREES DOWN. EMERGENCY MANAGER WILL INVESTIGATE. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 4:36 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 82 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
- 966 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -56 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 741 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 0 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 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 160104
TORCHS
SCC013-019-029-049-053-160145-
/O.NEW.KCHS.TO.W.0013.080316T0103Z-080316T0145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
903 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL BEAUFORT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHWESTERN CHARLESTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHERN COLLETON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHEASTERN HAMPTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...
NORTHEASTERN JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 945 PM EDT
* AT 901 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
COOSAWHATCHIE...OR ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF YEMASSEE...MOVING
EAST AT 45 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE...
POCOTALIGO...COOSAWHATCHIE...
SHELDON...
GARDENS CORNER...WHITE HALL...
DALE...MARINE CORPS AIR STATION...
BEAUFORT...
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 SUCH AS HAIL...DOWNED TREES...LIMBS...AND
POWER LINES...PLEASE CONTACT THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024.
LAT...LON 3241 8081 3244 8082 3243 8083 3262 8101
3271 8103 3279 8061 3268 8063 3261 8032
3236 8076
TIME...MOT...LOC 0103Z 285DEG 39KT 3262 8090
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KCHS 160130 RRA
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
926 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008
SCC013-019-029-049-053-160145-
/O.CON.KCHS.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080316T0145Z/
HAMPTON SC-COLLETON SC-CHARLESTON SC-BEAUFORT SC-JASPER SC-
926 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN JASPER...NORTH CENTRAL BEAUFORT...SOUTHWESTERN
CHARLESTON...SOUTHERN COLLETON AND SOUTHEASTERN HAMPTON COUNTIES...
AT 924 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF
COOSAWHATCHIE MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM
INCLUDE...COOSAWHATCHIE...GARDENS CORNER...GRAYS... POCOTALIGO...AND
YEMASSEE.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS HAIL...DOWNED TREES...LIMBS...AND
POWER LINES...PLEASE CONTACT THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO
CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV.
LAT...LON 3241 8081 3244 8082 3243 8083 3262 8101
3271 8103 3279 8061 3268 8063 3261 8032
3236 8076
TIME...MOT...LOC 0126Z 275DEG 41KT 3255 8062
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 8:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Hampton | 17 min |
| Mar 15, 8:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Allendale, Hampton | 57 min |
| Mar 15, 8:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Allendale, Colleton, Hampton | 52 min |
| Mar 15, 8:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Berkeley | 20 min |
| Mar 15, 8:40 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 2 hr | |
| Mar 15, 8:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester | 46 min |
| Mar 15, 8:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Jasper | 56 min |
| Mar 15, 8:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Beaufort, Charleston, Colleton, Hampton, Jasper | 66 min |
| Mar 15, 9:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Hampton, Jasper | 34 min |
| Mar 15, 9:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Beaufort, Charleston, Colleton | 50 min |
| Mar 15, 9:34 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 116 min | |
| Mar 15, 9:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Jasper | 33 min |
| Mar 15, 9:38 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 97 min | |
| Mar 15, 9:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Beaufort, Jasper | 35 min |
| Mar 15, 9:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Beaufort, Charleston, Colleton | 26 min |
| Mar 15, 9:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Beaufort, Jasper | 31 min |
| Mar 15, 10:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Jasper | 45 min |
| Mar 15, 10:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Jasper | 29 min |
| Mar 15, 10:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Beaufort, Jasper | 50 min |
| Mar 15, 10:43 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 92 min | |
| Mar 15, 10:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Beaufort, Jasper | 30 min |
| Mar 15, 10:58 PM EDT | Lake Wind Advisory | CHS | Berkeley | 15 hr |
| Mar 15, 11:04 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 55 min | |
| Mar 16, 12:38 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 67 min |
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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.