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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Columbia, SC

March 19, 1986Saluda County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 19, 1986, 11:30 AM EST for Saluda County, South Carolina. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 19, 1986, 11:30 AM EST (16:30 UTC)
Expired
Mar 19, 1986, 12:30 PM EST
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
Area
Whole counties

County Saluda County, SC

The radar

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

The nearest sounding before it

Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 145 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, Athens Municipal, GA at 12:00Z on 1986-03-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 155 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Athens Municipal, GA at 12:00Z on 1986-03-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 531 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
155 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
589 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
83 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
531 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
620 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.8

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The text

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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.