Alert archive / South Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 1989
Tornado Warning 9, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this tornado warning at May 5, 1989, 7:23 PM EDT for Richland County, South Carolina. It was in force for 67 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
- May 5, 1989, 7:23 PM EDT (23:23 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 1989, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 67 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 7:30 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Richland, 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, 11.4 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 360 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 728 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 222 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KCAE 052323
TORCAE
SCC079-060030-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
723 PM EDT FRI MAY 5 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTH CAROLINA
...RICHLAND
RADAR SHOWS A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBLY TORNADOS
MOVING INTO WESTERN RICHLAND COUNTY. THERE HAVE BEEN MANY DAMAGE
REPORTS WITH THIS LINE OF STORMS IN THE WESTERN PARTS OF THE STATE.
TAKE IMMEDIATE COVER IF YOU ARE IN THE VICINITY OF THESE
THUNDERSTORMS.
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 FLOOR. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 4:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Chesterfield | 60 min |
| May 5, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Saluda | 60 min |
| May 5, 6:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Newberry | 57 min |
| May 5, 7:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lexington | 66 min |
| May 5, 7:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Fairfield | 55 min |
| May 5, 7:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Chester, York | 57 min |
| May 5, 7:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Kershaw, Lancaster | 59 min |
| May 5, 7:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Bamberg, Orangeburg | 62 min |
| May 5, 7:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Calhoun | 62 min |
Nearby
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.