Alert archive / South Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 1989

Tornado Warning 2, NWS Columbia, SC

April 4, 1989Newberry County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this tornado warning at Apr 4, 1989, 6:37 PM EDT for Newberry County, South Carolina. It was in force for 68 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: Apr 4, 1989, 6:37 PM EDT (22:37 UTC)
Expired: Apr 4, 1989, 7:45 PM EDT
In force: 68 min
Issued by: NWS Columbia, SC
Area: Whole counties

County Newberry 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 4, 7:08 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind 0	Newberry, 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

Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 161 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 30 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -310 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 670 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 141 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 67 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCAE 042238
TORCAE
SCC071-042345-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
637 PM EDT TUE APR 4 1989
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  745 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN  SOUTH CAROLINA
          ...NEWBERRY
 
AT 635 PM THE PUBLIC REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD ABOUT 1 MILE NORTH OF THE
CITY OF NEWBERRY. THIS STORM IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST NOTHEAST ABOUT
50 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 LOWEST F\LOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 4, 6:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Newberry	68 min
Apr 4, 6:51 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CAE	Chester, York	69 min
Apr 4, 6:51 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CAE	Fairfield	69 min
Apr 4, 7:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Lexington, Richland	56 min
Apr 4, 7:29 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CAE	Lexington, Richland	61 min
Apr 4, 7:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Lancaster	57 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in South Carolina, 1989 Every tornado warning in 1989 Tornadoes in 1989

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.