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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this tornado warning at Apr 5, 2022, 4:13 PM EDT for Allendale County, South Carolina. It was in force for 17 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
- Apr 5, 2022, 4:13 PM EDT (20:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 5, 2022, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 17 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Allendale County, SC
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 3:15 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 289 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
- 529 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 593 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 170 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.3
The text
As transmitted.
257
WFUS52 KCHS 052013
TORCHS
SCC005-052030-
/O.NEW.KCHS.TO.W.0002.220405T2013Z-220405T2030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Charleston SC
413 PM EDT Tue Apr 5 2022
The National Weather Service in Charleston has issued a
* Tornado Warning for portions of...
Allendale County in southeastern South Carolina...
* Until 430 PM EDT.
* At 412 PM EDT, a tornado producing storm was located near Sycamore,
moving east at 40 mph.
HAZARD...Damaging tornado.
SOURCE...Radar confirmed tornado.
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:
Sycamore and Ulmer.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Report damage directly to the Charleston National Weather Service at
888-383-2024 when it is safe to do so.
&&
LAT...LON 3308 8115 3305 8113 3305 8110 3303 8108
3301 8111 3300 8121 3309 8128 3312 8124
3312 8120
TIME...MOT...LOC 2012Z 247DEG 33KT 3306 8117
TORNADO...OBSERVED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$1 follow-up statement
613
WWUS52 KCHS 052023
SVSCHS
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston SC
423 PM EDT Tue Apr 5 2022
SCC005-052032-
/O.EXP.KCHS.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-220405T2030Z/
Allendale SC-
423 PM EDT Tue Apr 5 2022
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF ALLENDALE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 430 PM EDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.
LAT...LON 3308 8115 3305 8113 3305 8110 3303 8108
3301 8111 3300 8121 3309 8128 3312 8124
3312 8120
TIME...MOT...LOC 2022Z 247DEG 33KT 3309 8107
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 4:38 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CHS | 25 hr | |
| Apr 5, 3:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Allendale | 46 min |
| Apr 5, 3:48 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 87 min | |
| Apr 5, 4:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Allendale, Colleton, Hampton | 47 min |
| Apr 5, 4:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Allendale, Colleton, Hampton | 23 min |
| Apr 5, 5:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Colleton, Dorchester | 43 min |
| Apr 5, 5:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Jasper | 49 min |
| Apr 5, 5:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Allendale | 45 min |
| Apr 5, 6:06 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 114 min | |
| Apr 5, 6:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Allendale, Hampton | 48 min |
| Apr 5, 6:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Beaufort, Jasper | 47 min |
| Apr 5, 6:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Berkeley | 38 min |
| Apr 5, 6:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Colleton, Dorchester, Hampton | 48 min |
| Apr 5, 6:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Allendale | 25 min |
| Apr 5, 6:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Beaufort, Colleton, Hampton, Jasper | 49 min |
| Apr 5, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Beaufort, Charleston, Colleton | 60 min |
| Apr 5, 6:49 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 86 min | |
| Apr 5, 6:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Charleston, Colleton | 46 min |
| Apr 5, 7:09 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 2 hr | |
| Apr 5, 7:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Beaufort, Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester | 46 min |
| Apr 5, 7:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Berkeley, Dorchester | 42 min |
| Apr 5, 7:31 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Charleston | 73 min |
| Apr 5, 7:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Berkeley, Charleston | 42 min |
| Apr 5, 7:55 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 97 min | |
| Apr 5, 7:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Berkeley, Charleston | 43 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.