Alert archive / South Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2015
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this tornado warning at Jan 4, 2015, 3:29 PM EST for Beaufort County, Jasper County, South Carolina. It was in force for 20 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
- Jan 4, 2015, 3:29 PM EST (20:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 4, 2015, 3:49 PM EST
- In force
- 20 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Beaufort County, SC, Jasper County, SC
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:32 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 4, 11:37 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 118 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
- 700 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 527 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 180 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 3.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
903
WFUS52 KCHS 042029
TORCHS
SCC013-053-042115-
/O.NEW.KCHS.TO.W.0002.150104T2029Z-150104T2115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
329 PM EST SUN JAN 4 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF...
JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTH CAROLINA...
BEAUFORT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 415 PM EST
* AT 329 PM EST...METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 13 MILES WEST OF FOREST BEACH...
MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
FOREST BEACH...HILTON HEAD ISLAND...DAUFUSKIE ISLAND...
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3209 8099 3215 8101 3226 8077 3217 8071
3214 8075 3212 8079 3210 8082 3211 8083
3212 8083 3208 8087 3207 8096
TIME...MOT...LOC 2029Z 255DEG 32KT 3212 8095
$$2 follow-up statements
054
WWUS52 KCHS 042042
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
342 PM EST SUN JAN 4 2015
SCC053-042052-
/O.CAN.KCHS.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150104T2115Z/
JASPER SC-
342 PM EST SUN JAN 4 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF JASPER COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EST SUNDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA AND SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3208 8087 3219 8093 3226 8077 3217 8071
3214 8075 3212 8079 3210 8082 3211 8083
3212 8083
TIME...MOT...LOC 2042Z 255DEG 32KT 3216 8079
$$
SCC013-042115-
/O.CON.KCHS.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150104T2115Z/
BEAUFORT SC-
342 PM EST SUN JAN 4 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EST FOR PORTIONS
OF BEAUFORT COUNTY...
AT 342 PM EST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR CALIBOGUE CAY...OR ABOUT OVER HILTON HEAD ISLAND...MOVING EAST
AT 35 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...FOREST
BEACH AND HILTON HEAD 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.
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 3208 8087 3219 8093 3226 8077 3217 8071
3214 8075 3212 8079 3210 8082 3211 8083
3212 8083
TIME...MOT...LOC 2042Z 255DEG 32KT 3216 8079
$$853
WWUS52 KCHS 042049
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
349 PM EST SUN JAN 4 2015
SCC013-042059-
/O.CAN.KCHS.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150104T2115Z/
BEAUFORT SC-
349 PM EST SUN JAN 4 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF BEAUFORT COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...
AT 349 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED THAT THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH
PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED...AND WAS NO LONGER CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING TORNADOES OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER. THE TORNADO WARNING HAS
THEREFORE BEEN CANCELED.
ALTHOUGH THE TORNADO WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT...THUNDERSTORMS
ARE STILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL. THE
SAFEST COURSE OF ACTION IS TO REMAIN INDOORS UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE
PASSED.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS HAIL...DOWNED TREES...LIMBS...AND
POWER LINES...PLEASE CONTACT THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO
NWS.CHARLESTONSC@NOAA.GOV.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EST SUNDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA AND SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3208 8087 3219 8093 3226 8077 3217 8071
3214 8075 3212 8079 3210 8082 3211 8083
3212 8083
TIME...MOT...LOC 2049Z 255DEG 32KT 3217 8072
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 4, 1:46 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Colleton | 44 min |
| Jan 4, 4:49 AM EST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | CHS | 12 hr | |
| Jan 4, 2:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Jasper | 25 min |
| Jan 4, 3:03 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CHS | Jasper | 42 min |
| Jan 4, 3:48 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 57 min | |
| Jan 4, 3:53 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Beaufort | 37 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.