Alert archive / South Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this tornado warning at Mar 24, 2012, 2:36 PM EDT for Charleston County, Colleton County, Dorchester County, South Carolina. It was in force for 23 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
- Mar 24, 2012, 2:36 PM EDT (18:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 24, 2012, 2:59 PM EDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Charleston County, SC, Colleton County, SC, Dorchester County, SC
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 24, 1:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 28 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
- 588 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 734 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
086 WFUS52 KCHS 241836 TORCHS SCC019-029-035-241915- /O.NEW.KCHS.TO.W.0007.120324T1836Z-120324T1915Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 236 PM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WEST CENTRAL CHARLESTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA... SOUTHEASTERN COLLETON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA... SOUTHEASTERN DORCHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA... * UNTIL 315 PM EDT * AT 237 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ADAMS RUN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... ADAMS RUN...BEARS BLUFF...YONGES ISLAND...RAVENEL...HOLLYWOOD... DELEMAR CROSSROADS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS TORNADO MAY BE WRAPPED IN RAIN AND NOT EASILY SEEN. IF YOU WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR IT COMING IT MAY BE TOO LATE. TAKE SHELTER NOW. REPORT HAIL...DOWNED TREES...LIMBS...AND POWER LINES DIRECTLY TO THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 1-888-383-2024. && LAT...LON 3295 8015 3273 7997 3257 8047 3268 8054 TIME...MOT...LOC 1837Z 237DEG 25KT 3265 8044 $$
2 follow-up statements
626 WWUS52 KCHS 241845 SVSCHS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 245 PM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012 SCC019-029-035-241915- /O.CON.KCHS.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120324T1915Z/ DORCHESTER SC-CHARLESTON SC-COLLETON SC- 245 PM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM EDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLLETON...WEST CENTRAL CHARLESTON AND SOUTHEASTERN DORCHESTER COUNTIES... AT 245 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FENWICK...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTH OF EDISTO BEACH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...ADAMS RUN...DELEMAR CROSSROADS...HOLLYWOOD...JAMES ISLAND COUNTY PARK... JOHNS ISLAND...MAYBANK BRIDGE...MEGGETT...MIDDLETON PLACE... RAVENEL...SHADOWMOSS...WADMALAW ISLAND AND YONGES ISLAND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME. TAKE COVER NOW. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. && LAT...LON 3261 8044 3269 8049 3295 8015 3273 7997 TIME...MOT...LOC 1845Z 236DEG 24KT 3268 8039 $$
361 WWUS52 KCHS 241859 SVSCHS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 259 PM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012 SCC019-029-035-241909- /O.CAN.KCHS.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120324T1915Z/ DORCHESTER SC-CHARLESTON SC-COLLETON SC- 259 PM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLLETON...WEST CENTRAL CHARLESTON AND SOUTHEASTERN DORCHESTER COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED... ALTHOUGH THE RISK FOR A TORNADO HAS ENDED...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO MOVE ACROSS WESTERN CHARLESTON COUNTY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES. 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 3261 8044 3269 8049 3295 8015 3273 7997 TIME...MOT...LOC 1859Z 236DEG 24KT 3273 8030 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 9:19 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Berkeley | 26 min |
| Mar 24, 12:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Jasper | 58 min |
| Mar 24, 1:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Beaufort, Colleton, Jasper | 62 min |
| Mar 24, 1:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Hampton | 33 min |
| Mar 24, 1:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Beaufort | 46 min |
| Mar 24, 2:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Colleton | 39 min |
| Mar 24, 2:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Beaufort, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester, Jasper | 62 min |
| Mar 24, 2:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Berkeley | 61 min |
| Mar 24, 3:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Charleston | 60 min |
| Mar 24, 3:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Berkeley | 46 min |
| Mar 24, 4:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Georgetown | 21 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.