Alert archive / South Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this tornado warning at May 22, 2012, 8:18 PM EDT for Berkeley County, South Carolina. It was in force for 19 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
- May 22, 2012, 8:18 PM EDT (00:18 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 2012, 8:37 PM EDT
- In force
- 19 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Berkeley County, SC
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 3:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 47 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
- 1022 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1333 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
901
WFUS52 KCHS 230018
TORCHS
SCC015-230100-
/O.NEW.KCHS.TO.W.0008.120523T0018Z-120523T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
818 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL BERKELEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 900 PM EDT
* AT 819 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF JAMESTOWN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
JAMESTOWN...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE SHELTER AS THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH.
REPORT HAIL...DOWNED TREES...LIMBS...AND POWER LINES DIRECTLY TO THE
CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 1-888-383-2024...WHEN IT IS
SAFE TO DO SO.
&&
LAT...LON 3311 7987 3328 7995 3335 7977 3332 7974
3332 7970 3330 7967 3328 7957 3324 7949
TIME...MOT...LOC 0019Z 247DEG 22KT 3323 7980
$$2 follow-up statements
514
WWUS52 KCHS 230031
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
831 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012
SCC015-230100-
/O.CON.KCHS.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120523T0100Z/
BERKELEY SC-
831 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL BERKELEY COUNTY...
AT 832 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FAREWELL CORNER...
OR ABOUT 16 MILES EAST OF MONCKS CORNER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...JAMESTOWN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. IF YOU WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO
COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS HAIL...DOWNED TREES...LIMBS...AND
POWER LINES...PLEASE CONTACT THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO
CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.
&&
LAT...LON 3314 7978 3329 7979 3335 7977 3332 7974
3332 7970 3330 7967 3328 7957 3324 7949
TIME...MOT...LOC 0032Z 247DEG 22KT 3326 7972
$$829
WWUS52 KCHS 230037
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
837 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012
SCC015-230047-
/O.CAN.KCHS.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120523T0100Z/
BERKELEY SC-
837 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL BERKELEY COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...
AT 837 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH
PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED...AND WAS NO LONGER CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING TORNADOES OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER. THE TORNADO WARNING HAS
THEREFORE BEEN CANCELED. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA THROUGH 900 PM EDT
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.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3314 7978 3329 7979 3335 7977 3332 7974
3332 7970 3330 7967 3328 7957 3324 7949
TIME...MOT...LOC 0037Z 247DEG 22KT 3327 7969
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 8:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Berkeley, Charleston | 53 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.