Alert archive / South Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 10, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this tornado warning at Sep 2, 2016, 6:14 AM EDT for Jasper County, South Carolina. It was in force for 31 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
- Sep 2, 2016, 6:14 AM EDT (10:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 2, 2016, 6:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
County Jasper County, SC
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 10:47 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 109 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
- 990 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 784 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
128
WFUS52 KCHS 021014
TORCHS
SCC053-021045-
/O.NEW.KCHS.TO.W.0010.160902T1014Z-160902T1045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
614 AM EDT FRI SEP 2 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF...
JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 645 AM EDT
* AT 614 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR RIDGELAND...MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE
DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TILLMAN AND PINELAND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!
REPORT DAMAGE DIRECTLY TO THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT
1-888-383-2024 WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO.
&&
LAT...LON 3241 8101 3240 8112 3263 8117 3273 8104
TIME...MOT...LOC 1014Z 175DEG 38KT 3245 8106
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$2 follow-up statements
060
WWUS52 KCHS 021026
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
626 AM EDT FRI SEP 2 2016
SCC053-021045-
/O.CON.KCHS.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-160902T1045Z/
JASPER SC-
626 AM EDT FRI SEP 2 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 AM EDT FOR JASPER
COUNTY...
AT 626 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR RIDGELAND...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE
IS LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PINELAND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!
REPORT DAMAGE DIRECTLY TO THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT
1-888-383-2024 WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO.
&&
LAT...LON 3249 8102 3247 8113 3263 8117 3273 8104
TIME...MOT...LOC 1026Z 171DEG 27KT 3251 8108
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$428
WWUS52 KCHS 021047
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
647 AM EDT FRI SEP 2 2016
SCC053-021057-
/O.EXP.KCHS.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-160902T1045Z/
JASPER SC-
647 AM EDT FRI SEP 2 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR JASPER COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM EDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
SOUTH CAROLINA.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
CHARLESTON.
LAT...LON 3249 8102 3247 8113 3263 8117 3273 8104
TIME...MOT...LOC 1045Z 175DEG 38KT 3251 8108
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 10:04 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 86 min | |
| Sep 1, 11:44 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 61 min | |
| Sep 2, 2:00 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 60 min | |
| Sep 2, 2:56 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 64 min | |
| Sep 2, 3:33 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 57 min | |
| Sep 2, 4:05 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 55 min | |
| Sep 2, 4:27 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 2 hr | |
| Sep 2, 4:47 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 58 min | |
| Sep 2, 6:45 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 30 min | |
| Sep 2, 10:28 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 62 min | |
| Sep 2, 12:10 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Allendale, Colleton, Dorchester, Hampton | 110 min |
| Sep 2, 12:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Beaufort, Colleton, Dorchester | 36 min |
| Sep 2, 1:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester | 66 min |
| Sep 2, 1:56 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Allendale, Berkeley, Colleton, Dorchester, Hampton | 64 min |
| Sep 2, 2:02 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Charleston | 58 min |
| Sep 2, 2:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Berkeley, Charleston, Dorchester | 66 min |
| Sep 2, 3:32 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Dorchester | 58 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.