Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 51, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 22, 1992, 6:48 PM EST for Newberry County, Saluda County, South Carolina. It was in force for 57 min. 3 reports 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
- Nov 22, 1992, 6:48 PM EST (23:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 22, 1992, 7:45 PM EST
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Newberry County, SC, Saluda County, SC
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 22, 6:55 PM EST | Tornado F3 | Saluda, SC | |
| Nov 22, 7:13 PM EST | Tornado F2 | Newberry, SC | |
| Nov 22, 7:30 PM EST | Tornado F3 | 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, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 484 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 561 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 165 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 168 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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, Nov 22, 2:47 PM EST, 4 hours 1 minute before
GAZ007-SCZ004-222145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORR HEADING... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUGUSTA GA 240 PM EST SUN NOV 22 1992 ...TORNADO WATCHES #918 AND #919 ARE IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST FOR ALL OF THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA COUNTIES WEST OF A LINE FROM EDGEFIELD SOUTH CAROLINA TO AUGUSTA GEORGIA TO SWAINSBORO GEORGIA... AT 230 PM EST WEATHER RADAR INDICATES ONLY LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS IN EAST-CENTRAL GEORGIA AND WEST-CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA. HOWEVER...A LINE OF VERY STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR GAINSVILLE GEORGIA SOUTHWEST TO COLUMBUS. THIS LINE IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING INTO THE WESTERN COUNTIES OF THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA WITHIN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Nov 22, 4:10 PM EST, 2 hours 38 minutes before
GAZ007-SCZ004-222315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUGUSTA GA 409 PM EST SUN NOV 22 1992 ...TORNADO WATCHES NUMBERS 918 AND 919 ARE IN EFFECT UNTIL 8PM EST FOR ALL OF THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA COUNTIES WEST OF A LINE FROM EDGEFIELD SOUTH CAROLINA...TO AUGUSTA GEORGIA...TO SWAINSBORO GEORGIA.... AT 405 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS ACROSS GEORGIA INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO JUST WEST OF MACON GEORGIA TO ATHENS GEORGIA. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS A PAST HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THIS LINE WERE LOCATED IN JONES COUNTY...20 MILES WEST OF MILLEDGEVILLE GEORGIA. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. PEOPLE ACROSS THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA...ESPECIALLY IN THE COUNTIES OF HANCOCK...WILKES AND WASHINGTON SHOULD LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR TV OR LOCAL RADIO STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
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.