Alert archive / South Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 1991
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this tornado warning at Mar 3, 1991, 2:36 PM EST for Fairfield County, Newberry County, South Carolina. It was in force for 44 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 3, 1991, 2:36 PM EST (19:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 3, 1991, 3:20 PM EST
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Fairfield County, SC, Newberry County, SC
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 184 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 183 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 336 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCAE 031938 RRA TORCAE SCC039-071-032030- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 236 PM EST SUN MAR 3 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CAROLINA ...FAIRFIELD COUNTY...EASTERN NEWBERRY COUNTY AT 233 PM EST THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR LITTLE MOUNTAIN IN NEWBERRY COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF AVAILABLE. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 3, 8:54 AM EST, 5 hours 42 minutes before
GAZ007-SCZ004-006-031600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUGUSTA GA 855 AM EST SUN MAR 3 1991 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON TODAY FOR THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA COUNTIES IN SOUTH CAROLINA OF AIKEN...BARNWELL AND ALLENDALE... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT AND MIDLANDS... AT 850 AM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSHOWERS OVEKR EXTREME EASTERN GEORGIA AND MOST OF SOUTH CAROLINA. THE RAIN WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Mar 3, 10:09 AM EST, 4 hours 27 minutes before
GAZ007-SCZ004-006-031700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUGUSTA GA 1010 AM EST SUN MAR 3 1991 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA COUNTIES OF AIKEN...BARNWELL AND ALLENDALE IN SOUTH CAROLINA HAS BEEN CANCELLED... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT AND MIDLANDS... AT 1000 AM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WITH EMBEDDED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE EASTERN AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF SOUTH CAROLINA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Mar 3, 11:12 AM EST, 3 hours 24 minutes before
SCZ005>008-031700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 1111 AM EST SUN MAR 3 1991 ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ONLY HORRY COUNTY OF SOUTH CAROLINA UNTIL NOON EST... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE MOUNTAINS...FOOTHILLS... PIEDMONT AND MIDLANDS THIS AFTERNOON... THE TORNADO WATCH FOR MIDLANDS AND COASTAL AREA OF SOUTH CAROLINA HAS BEEN CANCELLED EXCEPT FOR HORRY COUNTY. THE TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR HORRY COUNTY UNTIL NOON EST. AT 1110 AM EST A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING THROUGH HORRY COUNTY. STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 55 MPH. AN INTENSIFYING LOW PRESSURE AREA OVER SOUTHERN GEORGIA WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHWEST SOUTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT. THIS STILL HAS THE POSSIBLILITY TO GENERATE HEAVY RAINFALL AND SOME THUNDERTORMS. BECAUSE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND...THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST AND CENTRAL SECTIONS OF THE STATE. CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO RADIO...TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. ZIMMERMAN
Special weather statement, Mar 3, 12:23 PM EST, 2 hours 13 minutes before
GAZ007-SCZ004-006-031930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUGUSTA GA 1225 PM EST SUN MAR 3 1991 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 5 PM FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL GEORGIA...INCLUDING MOST GEORGIA COUNTIES OF THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT AND MIDLANDS... AT 1215 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATEA AN AREA OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL GEORIbGA. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. RESIDENTS OF THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR VERY HEAVY RAINS... STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES.
Special weather statement, Mar 3, 12:25 PM EST, 2 hours 11 minutes before
GAZ007-SCZ004-006-031930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUGUSTA GA 1225 PM EST SUN MAR 3 1991 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 5 PM FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL GEORGIA...INCLUDING MOST GEORGIA COUNTIES OF THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT AND MIDLANDS... AT 1215 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL GEORIlGA. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. RESIDENTS OF THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR VERY HEAVY RAINS... STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 10:07 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Marion | 36 min |
| Mar 3, 5:19 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Kershaw, Lee | 56 min |
| Mar 3, 5:49 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Chesterfield | 56 min |
| Mar 3, 5:49 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Florence | 56 min |
| Mar 3, 6:21 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Dillon, Marion | 69 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.