Alert archive / South Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this tornado warning at Mar 15, 2008, 7:09 PM EDT for Berkeley County, Colleton County, Dorchester County, South Carolina. It was in force for 66 min. 5 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, 7:09 PM EDT (23:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 15, 2008, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Berkeley County, SC, Colleton County, SC, Dorchester County, SC
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 7:35 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Ridgeville, SC | TREES UPROOTED. 1 MOBILE HOME ROOF REMOVED. 1 MOBILE HOME MOVED. |
| Mar 15, 7:55 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Walterboro, SC | TREES DOWN IN AND AROUND THE CITY OF WALTERBORO AT POPLAR AND SIXTH, 639 BAY STREET, 200 BLOCK OF WILKEY AND AT MILE MARKER 51 OF 95 NORTHBOUND. |
| Mar 15, 8:02 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 1 Nw Walterboro, SC | QUARTER AND DIME SIZE HAIL. |
| Mar 15, 8:07 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | 1 N Walterboro, SC | SPOTTER REPORTED PENNY SIZE HAIL OCCURRING PRESENTLY. |
| Mar 15, 8:08 PM EDT | TORNADO | 1 N Ridgeville, SC | EF1 TORNADO CONFIRMED BY NWS CHARLESTON STORM SURVEY. TOUCHED DOWN ALONG HWY 78 WITH A PATH LENGTH OF 2.2 MILES AND A PATH WIDTH OF ABOUT 40 YARDS. DAMAGED 2 MOBILE HOMES...MOVING ONE HOME 5 FT OFF ITS FOUNDATION AND PRODUCED SIGNIFICANT ROOF/WINDOW/DOOR DAMAG |
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 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 62 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
- 585 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -85 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 636 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS52 KCHS 152309
TORCHS
SCC015-029-035-160015-
/O.NEW.KCHS.TO.W.0007.080315T2309Z-080316T0015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
709 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL BERKELEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...
NORTHERN COLLETON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...
DORCHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 815 PM EDT
* AT 709 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 25 MILES
NORTHWEST OF LODGE...OR ABOUT 6 MILES WEST OF DENMARK...MOVING EAST
AT 45 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE...
LODGE...
PADGETTS...
SMOAKS...WILLIAMS...
RUFFIN...
REEVESVILLE...
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.
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 3310 8093 3307 8091 3314 8087 3334 8051
3327 8041 3328 8035 3328 8029 3333 8025
3331 8013 3276 8045 3308 8099
TIME...MOT...LOC 2309Z 288DEG 42KT 3334 8119
$$3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KCHS 152326
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
726 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008
SCC015-029-035-160015-
/O.CON.KCHS.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-080316T0015Z/
BERKELEY SC-DORCHESTER SC-COLLETON SC-
726 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN
COLLETON...DORCHESTER AND WEST CENTRAL BERKELEY COUNTIES...
AT 726 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 13 MILES NORTH OF
LODGE...OR ABOUT OVER BAMBERG...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...CANADYS...
COLLETON...COTTAGEVILLE...DORCHESTER...GIVHANS...HARLEYVILLE...
JACKSONBORO...LODGE...PADGETTS...REEVESVILLE...RIDGEVILLE...ROUND
O...RUFFIN...SAINT GEORGE...SMOAKS...WALTERBORO AND WILLIAMS.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS HAIL...DOWNED TREES...LIMBS...AND
POWER LINES...PLEASE CONTACT THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO
CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV.
LAT...LON 3310 8093 3307 8091 3314 8087 3334 8051
3327 8041 3328 8035 3328 8029 3333 8025
3331 8013 3276 8045 3308 8099
TIME...MOT...LOC 2326Z 288DEG 47KT 3325 8092
$$000
WWUS52 KCHS 152342
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
742 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008
SCC015-029-035-160015-
/O.CON.KCHS.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-080316T0015Z/
BERKELEY SC-DORCHESTER SC-COLLETON SC-
742 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN
COLLETON...DORCHESTER AND WEST CENTRAL BERKELEY COUNTIES...
AT 742 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF
REEVESVILLE...OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF SAINT GEORGE...MOVING
EAST AT 45 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...CANADYS...
COLLETON...COTTAGEVILLE...DORCHESTER...GIVHANS...HARLEYVILLE...
JACKSONBORO...LODGE...PADGETTS...REEVESVILLE...RIDGEVILLE...ROUND
O...RUFFIN...SAINT GEORGE...SMOAKS...WALTERBORO AND WILLIAMS.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
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 3310 8093 3307 8091 3314 8087 3334 8051
3327 8041 3328 8029 3329 8026 3333 8025
3331 8013 3276 8045 3308 8099
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 278DEG 40KT 3325 8071
$$000
WWUS52 KCHS 160017
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
817 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008
SCC015-029-035-160027-
/O.EXP.KCHS.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-080316T0015Z/
BERKELEY SC-DORCHESTER SC-COLLETON SC-
817 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN COLLETON...DORCHESTER AND WEST
CENTRAL BERKELEY COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 815 PM EDT...
AT 817 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH
PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...THUS THE
TORNADO WARNING BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS...TV OR YOUR LOCAL NEW
SOURCE FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER
OR STORM RELATED DAMAGE TO LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OR LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS AND ASK THEM TO IMMEDIATELY RELAY THE REPORT TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS HAIL...DOWNED TREES...LIMBS...AND
POWER LINES...PLEASE CONTACT THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO
CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV.
LAT...LON 3310 8093 3307 8091 3314 8087 3334 8051
3327 8041 3328 8029 3329 8026 3333 8025
3331 8013 3276 8045 3308 8099
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 278DEG 40KT 3325 8071
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 5:45 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | CHS | Allendale, Berkeley, Colleton, Dorchester, Hampton | 5 hr |
| Mar 15, 6:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Allendale | 64 min |
| Mar 15, 6:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Berkeley | 45 min |
| Mar 15, 7:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Allendale, Colleton, Hampton | 46 min |
| Mar 15, 7:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Allendale | 60 min |
| Mar 15, 7:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester | 54 min |
| Mar 15, 7:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Colleton, Hampton | 64 min |
| Mar 15, 7:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Berkeley, Charleston, Dorchester | 63 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.