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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this tornado warning at Jul 8, 2021, 3:16 AM EDT for Berkeley County, Charleston County, South Carolina. It was in force for 14 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
- Jul 8, 2021, 3:16 AM EDT (07:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2021, 3:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 14 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Berkeley County, SC, Charleston County, SC
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 7:25 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 11 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 22 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
- 1185 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 801 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
385
WFUS52 KCHS 080716
TORCHS
SCC015-019-080730-
/O.NEW.KCHS.TO.W.0012.210708T0716Z-210708T0730Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Charleston SC
Issued by National Weather Service Columbia SC
316 AM EDT Thu Jul 8 2021
The National Weather Service in Charleston has issued a
* Tornado Warning for portions of...
Central Charleston County in southeastern South Carolina...
South central Berkeley County in southeastern South Carolina...
* Until 330 AM EDT.
* At 316 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Huger, 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...
Goose Creek and Huger.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a mobile
home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and
protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3296 7973 3296 7994 3314 8001 3313 7970
TIME...MOT...LOC 0716Z 178DEG 28KT 3304 7986
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
CJR1 follow-up statement
501
WWUS52 KCHS 080729
SVSCHS
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston SC
329 AM EDT Thu Jul 8 2021
SCC015-019-080738-
/O.EXP.KCHS.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-210708T0730Z/
Charleston SC-Berkeley SC-
329 AM EDT Thu Jul 8 2021
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF CHARLESTON AND BERKELEY
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 330 AM EDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore the warning will be allowed to expire.
A Tornado Warning remains in effect for northern Berkeley County.
LAT...LON 3296 7973 3296 7994 3314 8001 3313 7970
TIME...MOT...LOC 0728Z 178DEG 28KT 3314 7986
$$
SPRThe office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 9:03 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 117 min | |
| Jul 7, 9:23 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Jasper | 82 min |
| Jul 7, 10:39 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Beaufort, Jasper | 81 min |
| Jul 7, 10:46 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 89 min | |
| Jul 7, 10:58 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 32 min | |
| Jul 7, 11:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Beaufort, Colleton, Jasper | 67 min |
| Jul 7, 11:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Beaufort, Jasper | 36 min |
| Jul 7, 11:48 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 87 min | |
| Jul 8, 12:10 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Beaufort, Charleston, Colleton, Hampton, Jasper | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 12:23 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Beaufort, Colleton | 37 min |
| Jul 8, 12:49 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 56 min | |
| Jul 8, 12:57 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 93 min | |
| Jul 8, 12:59 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Charleston | 31 min |
| Jul 8, 1:08 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Berkeley, Charleston | 5 hr |
| Jul 8, 1:36 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Charleston | 24 min |
| Jul 8, 1:50 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester | 115 min |
| Jul 8, 1:54 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 2 hr | |
| Jul 8, 2:13 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Colleton | 32 min |
| Jul 8, 2:21 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 114 min | |
| Jul 8, 2:23 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Charleston | 37 min |
| Jul 8, 2:30 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 78 min | |
| Jul 8, 2:49 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Berkeley, Charleston | 26 min |
| Jul 8, 3:08 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Berkeley | 39 min |
| Jul 8, 3:36 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Dorchester | 24 min |
| Jul 8, 3:58 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Dorchester | 32 min |
| Jul 8, 4:05 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 85 min | |
| Jul 8, 4:16 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Berkeley, Charleston | 44 min |
| Jul 8, 8:05 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CHS | 14 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.