Alert archive / South Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2013
Tornado Warning 9, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 2013, 10:17 PM EDT for Colleton County, South Carolina. It was in force for 43 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, 10:17 PM EDT (02:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2013, 11:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Colleton County, SC
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 68 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.
544
WFUS52 KCHS 070217
TORCHS
SCC029-070300-
/O.NEW.KCHS.TO.W.0009.130607T0217Z-130607T0300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1017 PM EDT THU JUN 6 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF...
COLLETON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
* AT 1017 PM EDT...RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING A TORNADO...NEAR WHITE HALL...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
GREEN POND...WHITE HALL...HENDERSONVILLE...RITTER...
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3289 8062 3264 8056 3262 8066 3263 8066
3262 8067 3263 8068 3264 8066 3264 8068
3265 8068 3267 8067 3267 8068 3266 8070
3268 8072 3268 8073 3280 8087
TIME...MOT...LOC 0217Z 160DEG 30KT 3268 8065
$$5 follow-up statements
201
WWUS52 KCHS 070223
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1023 PM EDT THU JUN 6 2013
SCC029-070300-
/O.CON.KCHS.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130607T0300Z/
COLLETON SC-
1023 PM EDT THU JUN 6 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR PORTIONS
OF COLLETON COUNTY...
AT 1023 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WHITE HALL...OR
ABOUT 12 MILES EAST OF YEMASSEE...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...GREEN
POND...HENDERSONVILLE...RITTER AND WHITE HALL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. IF YOU WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO
COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.
TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU
SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3289 8062 3264 8058 3264 8065 3262 8067
3263 8068 3264 8066 3265 8066 3264 8068
3267 8067 3267 8068 3266 8070 3268 8072
3268 8073 3280 8087
TIME...MOT...LOC 0223Z 161DEG 16KT 3268 8065
$$989
WWUS52 KCHS 070231
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1031 PM EDT THU JUN 6 2013
SCC029-070300-
/O.CON.KCHS.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130607T0300Z/
COLLETON SC-
1031 PM EDT THU JUN 6 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR PORTIONS
OF COLLETON COUNTY...
AT 1031 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WHITE HALL...OR
ABOUT 11 MILES EAST OF YEMASSEE...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...GREEN
POND...HENDERSONVILLE...RITTER AND WHITE HALL.
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 3289 8062 3266 8061 3265 8066 3265 8068
3267 8067 3267 8068 3267 8070 3268 8072
3268 8073 3280 8087
TIME...MOT...LOC 0231Z 160DEG 16KT 3270 8066
$$567
WWUS52 KCHS 070237
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1037 PM EDT THU JUN 6 2013
SCC029-070300-
/O.CON.KCHS.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130607T0300Z/
COLLETON SC-
1037 PM EDT THU JUN 6 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR PORTIONS
OF COLLETON COUNTY...
AT 1037 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR RITTER...OR ABOUT
11 MILES SOUTH OF WALTERBORO...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM
INCLUDE...HENDERSONVILLE AND RITTER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. IF YOU WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO
COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.
TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU
SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3289 8062 3269 8061 3268 8070 3271 8072
3281 8082
TIME...MOT...LOC 0237Z 160DEG 16KT 3276 8065
$$781
WWUS52 KCHS 070244
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1044 PM EDT THU JUN 6 2013
SCC029-070300-
/O.CON.KCHS.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130607T0300Z/
COLLETON SC-
1044 PM EDT THU JUN 6 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR PORTIONS
OF COLLETON COUNTY...
AT 1044 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR RITTER...OR ABOUT
9 MILES SOUTH OF WALTERBORO...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
HENDERSONVILLE AND RITTER.
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.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3289 8062 3273 8061 3271 8067 3272 8071
3281 8081
TIME...MOT...LOC 0244Z 162DEG 21KT 3280 8065
$$818
WWUS52 KCHS 070255
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1055 PM EDT THU JUN 6 2013
SCC029-070305-
/O.EXP.KCHS.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130607T0300Z/
COLLETON SC-
1055 PM EDT THU JUN 6 2013
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF COLLETON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
1100 PM EDT...
AT 1055 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM THAT
PROMPTED THE WARNING WEAKENED...AND WAS NO LONGER CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING TORNADOES. THE TORNADO WARNING HAS THEREFORE BEEN ALLOWED
TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER...WIND GUSTS TO 40 TO 45 MPH COULD AFFECT
WALTERBORO.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS HAIL...DOWNED TREES...LIMBS...AND
POWER LINES...PLEASE CONTACT THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO
CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV.
LAT...LON 3289 8062 3273 8061 3271 8067 3272 8071
3281 8081
TIME...MOT...LOC 0255Z 162DEG 21KT 3286 8067
$$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, 9:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Beaufort | 23 min |
| Jun 6, 9:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Beaufort | 26 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.