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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Columbia, SC

March 13, 1986Richland County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 13, 1986, 3:34 PM EST for Richland County, South Carolina. It was in force for 56 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Mar 13, 1986, 3:34 PM EST (20:34 UTC)
Expired
Mar 13, 1986, 4:30 PM EST
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
Area
Whole counties

County Richland County, SC

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 13, 4:05 PM ESTHail 0.75Richland, SC

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 150 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 1986-03-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 926 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 1986-03-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 138 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
926 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
573 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
138 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
144 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
4.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 13, 2:03 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEKershaw57 min
Mar 13, 4:49 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEMarlboro56 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 1986Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1986

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.