Alert archive / South Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2013
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 2013, 9:22 PM EDT for Beaufort 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
- Jun 6, 2013, 9:22 PM EDT (01:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2013, 9:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Beaufort County, SC
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:25 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 92 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
- 345 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 548 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 183 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 154 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
708
WFUS52 KCHS 070122
TORCHS
SCC013-070145-
/O.NEW.KCHS.TO.W.0008.130607T0122Z-130607T0145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
922 PM EDT THU JUN 6 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF...
BEAUFORT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 945 PM EDT
* AT 922 PM EDT...RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING A WATERSPOUT THAT COULD MOVE ONSHORE AS A TORNADO 9 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF PARRIS ISLAND...MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
PARRIS ISLAND...PORT ROYAL...LADYS ISLAND...SHELL POINT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WATERSPOUTS THAT MOVE ONSHORE BECOME TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE ALONG THE
SHORE...SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...FIND A
LOW SPOT AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
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 3221 8067 3238 8084 3248 8055 3228 8054
3227 8057 3227 8059 3225 8062 3226 8065
3224 8064 3225 8063 3224 8063 3223 8062
3221 8066
TIME...MOT...LOC 0122Z 167DEG 34KT 3225 8061
$$3 follow-up statements
298
WWUS52 KCHS 070131
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
931 PM EDT THU JUN 6 2013
SCC013-070145-
/O.CON.KCHS.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-130607T0145Z/
BEAUFORT SC-
931 PM EDT THU JUN 6 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM EDT FOR PORTIONS
OF BEAUFORT COUNTY...
AT 930 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LANDS END...OR
ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND...MOVING NORTH AT 40
MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...CAT
ISLAND...PARRIS ISLAND...PORT ROYAL...LADYS ISLAND...LEMON ISLAND
AND SHELL POINT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU
SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE. TAKE COVER NOW.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IN A HOME OR
BUSINESS IS AN INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE.
AVOID WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 3225 8067 3238 8084 3248 8055 3228 8054
3227 8057 3227 8059 3225 8062 3225 8063
3226 8065 3228 8065 3226 8065 3225 8064
TIME...MOT...LOC 0130Z 168DEG 33KT 3231 8062
$$695
WWUS52 KCHS 070136
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
936 PM EDT THU JUN 6 2013
SCC013-070145-
/O.CON.KCHS.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-130607T0145Z/
BEAUFORT SC-
936 PM EDT THU JUN 6 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM EDT FOR PORTIONS
OF BEAUFORT COUNTY...
AT 937 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SCOTT...OR ABOUT
OVER PORT ROYAL...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...CAT
ISLAND...PARRIS ISLAND...PORT ROYAL...LADYS ISLAND AND SHELL POINT.
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.
TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU
SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3232 8068 3240 8078 3248 8055 3235 8056
3231 8062
TIME...MOT...LOC 0137Z 167DEG 32KT 3236 8064
$$909
WWUS52 KCHS 070145
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
945 PM EDT THU JUN 6 2013
SCC013-070154-
/O.EXP.KCHS.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-130607T0145Z/
BEAUFORT SC-
945 PM EDT THU JUN 6 2013
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF BEAUFORT COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...
AT 945 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM THAT
PROMPTED THE WARNING WEAKENED...AND WAS NO LONGER CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING TORNADOES OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER. THE TORNADO WARNING HAS
THEREFORE BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
ALTHOUGH THE TORNADO WARNING HAS EXPIRED...WEAK ROTATION CONTINUES IN
THIS STORM. IF THE STORM RESTRENGTHENS...ANOTHER TORNADO WARNING MAY
BE REQUIRED.
LAT...LON 3232 8068 3240 8078 3248 8055 3235 8056
3231 8062
TIME...MOT...LOC 0143Z 167DEG 32KT 3241 8065
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 9:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Beaufort | 30 min |
| Jun 6, 9:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Beaufort | 26 min |
| Jun 6, 10:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Colleton | 43 min |
| Jun 6, 11:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Charleston | 32 min |
| Jun 7, 11:30 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CHS | 13 hr | |
| Jun 7, 4:14 PM EDT | Rip Current Statement | CHS | 3 hr |
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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.