Alert archive / South Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 18, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this tornado warning at Mar 15, 2008, 9:59 PM EDT for Beaufort County, Jasper County, South Carolina. It was in force for 31 min. 11 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, 9:59 PM EDT (01:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 15, 2008, 10:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Beaufort County, SC, Jasper County, SC
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:01 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, 10:10 PM EDT | HAIL 1.25 | 1 W Hilton Head Airport, SC | PUBLIC REPORTED QUARTER TO HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL ON HILTON HEAD PLANTATION. |
| Mar 15, 10:10 PM EDT | HAIL 2.75 | Hilton Head Airport, SC | 62 PLANES DAMAGED DUE TO GOLF BALL TO BASEBALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY BOTH EMERGENCY MANAGER AND FIXED BASE OPERATOR AT AIRPORT. ABOUT 10 PERCENT OF THE PLANES A TOTAL LOSS...25 PERCENT CANNOT BE FLOWN...AND THE REST HAVE REPAIRABLE DAMAGE. NUMEROUS CARS DAMAGE |
| Mar 15, 10:15 PM EDT | HAIL 1.25 | Bluffton, SC | |
| Mar 15, 10:15 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | Hilton Head Island, SC | |
| Mar 15, 10:20 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | Hilton Head Island, SC | |
| Mar 15, 10:20 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | 3 N Hilton Head Island, SC | HAIL RANGING FROM GOLF BALL TO PENNY SIZE...ACCUMULATING TO A DEPTH OF ABOUT 1 INCH. MINOR DAMAGE TO TREES. REPORTED BY COCORAHS OBSERVER. |
| Mar 15, 10:20 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | Hilton Head Island, SC | GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL OCCURRING IN HILTON HEAD PLANTATION. |
| Mar 15, 10:21 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Hilton Head Airport, SC | |
| Mar 15, 10:21 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Hilton Head Island, SC | |
| Mar 15, 10:22 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | Hilton Head Island, SC | |
| Mar 15, 10:30 PM EDT | HAIL 2.75 | 3 Nw Hilton Head Airpor, SC |
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, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 103 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 160159
TORCHS
SCC013-053-160230-
/O.NEW.KCHS.TO.W.0018.080316T0159Z-080316T0230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
959 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN BEAUFORT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHERN JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 1030 PM EDT
* AT 956 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
HARDEEVILLE...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTH OF RIDGELAND...MOVING EAST AT
50 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE...
HARDEEVILLE...
PRITCHARDVILLE...
BLUFFTON...
FOLLY FIELD...HILTON HEAD AIRPORT...
THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING
SITUATION. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER
IMMEDIATELY.
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 3224 8115 3228 8113 3237 8084 3231 8073
3228 8075 3227 8069 3232 8072 3227 8059
3224 8064 3229 8066 3228 8068 3226 8069
3223 8066 3220 8066 3212 8075 3206 8087
TIME...MOT...LOC 0159Z 290DEG 44KT 3230 8100
$$3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KCHS 160214
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1013 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008
SCC013-053-160230-
/O.CON.KCHS.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-080316T0230Z/
BEAUFORT SC-JASPER SC-
1013 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM EDT FOR SOUTHERN
JASPER AND SOUTHERN BEAUFORT COUNTIES...
AT 1010 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A DANGEROUS TORNADO NEAR BLUFFTON...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHWEST
OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
BLUFFTON...FOLLY FIELD...FOREST BEACH...HARDEEVILLE...HILTON HEAD
ISLAND...PRITCHARDVILLE AND HILTON HEAD AIRPORT.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. THIS
STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG TO VIOLENT TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS HAIL...DOWNED TREES...LIMBS...AND
POWER LINES...PLEASE CONTACT THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO
CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV.
LAT...LON 3224 8115 3228 8112 3237 8084 3231 8073
3228 8075 3229 8070 3232 8072 3230 8066
3227 8070 3224 8067 3229 8065 3227 8060
3224 8066 3220 8066 3212 8075 3207 8087
TIME...MOT...LOC 0213Z 290DEG 44KT 3224 8081
$$000
WWUS52 KCHS 160221
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1021 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008
SCC013-160230-
/O.CON.KCHS.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-080316T0230Z/
BEAUFORT SC-
1021 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM EDT FOR SOUTHERN
BEAUFORT COUNTY...
AT 1020 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR HILTON HEAD AIRPORT...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
AT 1020 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF A
BASEBALL IN BLUFFTON WITH THIS STORM.
SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
BLUFFTON...FOLLY FIELD...FOREST BEACH...HILTON HEAD ISLAND AND HILTON
HEAD AIRPORT.
THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. THIS
STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG TO VIOLENT TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY
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 3226 8088 3233 8078 3231 8073 3228 8075
3228 8072 3232 8071 3230 8067 3228 8071
3224 8067 3229 8065 3227 8060 3224 8066
3220 8066 3212 8075 3210 8083
TIME...MOT...LOC 0221Z 289DEG 43KT 3222 8072
$$000
WWUS52 KCHS 160232
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1031 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008
SCC013-160241-
/O.EXP.KCHS.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-080316T0230Z/
BEAUFORT SC-
1031 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN BEAUFORT COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
1030 PM EDT...
AT 1029 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH
PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD MOVED OFFSHORE AND OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA...THUS THE TORNADO WARNING BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS HAIL...DOWNED TREES...LIMBS...AND
POWER LINES...PLEASE CONTACT THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO
CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV.
LAT...LON 3226 8088 3233 8078 3231 8073 3228 8075
3228 8072 3232 8071 3230 8067 3228 8071
3224 8067 3229 8065 3227 8060 3224 8066
3220 8066 3212 8075 3210 8083
TIME...MOT...LOC 0221Z 289DEG 43KT 3222 8072
$$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, 9:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Beaufort, Charleston, Colleton, Hampton, Jasper | 42 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, 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.