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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this tornado warning at Oct 7, 2016, 3:40 PM EDT for Beaufort County, Jasper County, South Carolina. It was in force for 12 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
- Oct 7, 2016, 3:40 PM EDT (19:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 7, 2016, 3:52 PM EDT
- In force
- 12 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Beaufort County, SC, Jasper County, SC
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:41 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 7, 3:17 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 97 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
- 220 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -66 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 471 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 253 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 250 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
The text
As transmitted.
421
WFUS52 KCHS 071940
TORCHS
SCC013-053-072015-
/O.NEW.KCHS.TO.W.0013.161007T1940Z-161007T2015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
340 PM EDT FRI OCT 7 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF...
BEAUFORT COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA...
JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 415 PM EDT
* AT 340 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PORT ROYAL...MOVING WEST
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...
HILTON HEAD ISLAND...BLUFFTON...FRIPP ISLAND...FOLLY FIELD...HILTON
HEAD AIRPORT...ROSE HILL AND PARRIS ISLAND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF ON OR NEAR THE ATLANTIC...GET AWAY FROM THE WATER AND MOVE TO
SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE
ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE
LARGE CAPSIZING WAVES...EVEN ON SMALL BODIES OF WATER. MOVE INTO
DOCK AND SEEK SAFE SHELTER NOW! DO NOT BE CAUGHT ON THE WATER IN A
THUNDERSTORM.
WATERSPOUTS THAT MOVE ONSHORE BECOME TORNADOES. IMMEDIATELY SEEK
SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...FIND A LOW SPOT
AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
REPORT DAMAGE DIRECTLY TO THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT
1-888-383-2024 WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO.
&&
LAT...LON 3229 8095 3234 8044 3229 8042 3225 8058
3220 8064 3213 8091
TIME...MOT...LOC 1940Z 078DEG 39KT 3228 8047
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$1 follow-up statement
216
WWUS52 KCHS 071952
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
352 PM EDT FRI OCT 7 2016
SCC013-053-072002-
/O.CAN.KCHS.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-161007T2015Z/
BEAUFORT SC-JASPER SC-
352 PM EDT FRI OCT 7 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR BEAUFORT AND JASPER COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
SOUTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3229 8095 3234 8044 3229 8042 3225 8058
3220 8064 3213 8091
TIME...MOT...LOC 1951Z 078DEG 39KT 3225 8062
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 7, 10:44 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 46 min | |
| Oct 7, 10:55 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 35 min | |
| Oct 7, 11:24 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 2 hr | |
| Oct 7, 2:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Beaufort, Jasper | 16 min |
| Oct 7, 3:30 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 30 min | |
| Oct 7, 4:39 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 2 hr | |
| Oct 7, 5:12 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 2 hr | |
| Oct 7, 5:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CHS | Beaufort, Jasper | 17 hr |
| Oct 7, 7:53 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CHS | Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester | 14 hr |
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.