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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Columbia, SC

February 16, 1990Kershaw County, Lee County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this tornado warning at Feb 16, 1990, 2:05 PM EST for Kershaw County, Lee County, South Carolina. It was in force for 55 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 16, 1990, 2:05 PM EST (19:05 UTC)
Expired
Feb 16, 1990, 3:00 PM EST
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
Area
Whole counties

Counties Kershaw County, SC, Lee 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, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 155 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 1990-02-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1990-02-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 75 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
841 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
75 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
79 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 161906
TORCAE
SCC055-061-162000-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
205 PM EST FRI FEB 16 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  300 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN  SOUTH CAROLINA
 
   ...SOUTHERN KERSHAW COUNTY...LEE COUNTY
 
WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THE TORNADO THAT MOVED THROUGH THE TOWN OF
IRMO IN LEXINGTON COUNTY AROUND 145 PM EST WAS MOVING INTO SOUTHERN
KERSHAW COUNTY AND WILL MOVE RAPIDLY EASTWARD INTO LEE COUNTY WITHIN
THE NEXT HOUR. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM AND PEOPLE IN ITS PATH
SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE COVER.
 
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.
BROWN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 16, 1:51 PM ESTTornado WarningCAELexington, Richland69 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.