Alert archive / South Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 1987

Tornado Warning 1, NWS Columbia, SC

August 8, 1987Richland County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this tornado warning at Aug 8, 1987, 7:46 PM EDT for Richland County, South Carolina. It was in force for 44 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 8, 1987, 7:46 PM EDT (23:46 UTC)
Expired
Aug 8, 1987, 8:30 PM EDT
In force
44 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 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 1987-08-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 214 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, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 1987-08-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -52 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
214 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-116 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
755 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-54 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KCAE 082346
TORCAE
SCC079-090030-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
746 PM EDT SAT AUG 8 1987
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL  830 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN  SOUTH CAROLINA
          ...RICHLAND
 
AT 745 PM EDT FAA OFFICALS REPORTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR WILLIAM
BRICE STADIUM. THE THUNDERSTORM ASSOCIATED WITH THIS TORNADO IS
MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWESTA FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

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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.