Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 22, 1992, 7:44 PM EST for Newberry County, Saluda County, South Carolina. It was in force for 61 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 22, 1992, 7:44 PM EST (00:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 22, 1992, 8:45 PM EST
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Newberry County, SC, Saluda County, SC
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 322 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 351 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 12.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCAE 230045 SVRCAE SCC071-081-230145- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 744 PM EST SUN NOV 22 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CAROLINA ...NEWBERRY COUNTY...SALUDA COUNTY AT 735 PM...WEATHER RADAR DETECTED MORE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FORMING IN WESTERN SALUDA COUNTY AND IN CENTRAL NEWBERRY COUNTY. AMATEUR RADIO REPORTED TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ON HIGHWAY 178 WEST OF SALUDA FROM THESE STORMS SHORTLY AFTER 7PM. STORM MOVEMENT CONTINUES RAPIDLY NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 50 MPH. HAWKS
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 57 minutes 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, 3 hours 34 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.
Special weather statement, Nov 22, 7:26 PM EST, 18 minutes before
GAZ007-SCZ006-004-230230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUGUSTA GA 725 PM EST SUN NOV 22 1992 ...THE TORNADO WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FRON NORTHEN EDGEFIELD COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... ...TORNADO WATCHES NUMBER 918 AND 919 ARE IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA WEST OF A LINE FROM EDGEFIELD SOUTH CAROLINA TO AUGUSTA GEORGIA TO SWAINSBORO GEORGIA... ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 922 IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLWOING SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTIES OF MCCORMICK....EDGEFIELD...BARNWELL AND AIKEN UNTIL 1 AM EST... THE TORNADO WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN EDGEFIELD COUNTY HAS EXPIRED. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT 721 PM EST INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM EXTREME NORTHEASTERN COLUMBIA COUNTY IN GEORGIA...NORTHWESTWARD ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTHERN EDGEFIELD COUNTIES IN SOUTH CAROLINA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. ALTHOUGH THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DECREASED IN INTENSITY OVER THE LAST 30 MINUTES...IT IS STILL POSSIBLE THAT SEVERE WEATHER COULD OCCUR ACROSS THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA THIS EVENING. PEOPLE ACROSS THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA SHOULD STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL TV OR RADIO STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Nov 22, 7:34 PM EST, 10 minutes before
GAZ007-SCZ006-004-230230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECT DIRECTION OF LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUGUSTA GA 725 PM EST SUN NOV 22 1992 ...THE TORNADO WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FRON NORTHERN EDGEFIELD COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... ...TORNADO WATCHES NUMBER 918 AND 919 ARE IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA WEST OF A LINE FROM EDGEFIELD SOUTH CAROLINA TO AUGUSTA GEORGIA TO SWAINSBORO GEORGIA UNTIL 8 PM EST ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 922 IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTIES OF MCCORMICK....EDGEFIELD...BARNWELL AND AIKEN UNTIL 1 AM EST... THE TORNADO WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN EDGEFIELD COUNTY HAS EXPIRED. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT 721 PM EST INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM EXTREME NORTHEASTERN COLUMBIA COUNTY IN GEORGIA...NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTHERN EDGEFIELD COUNTIES IN SOUTH CAROLINA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. ALTHOUGH THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DECREASED IN INTENSITY OVER THE LAST 30 MINUTES...IT IS STILL POSSIBLE THAT SEVERE WEATHER COULD OCCUR ACROSS THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA THIS EVENING. PEOPLE ACROSS THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA SHOULD STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL TV OR RADIO STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 22, 7:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Fairfield | 63 min |
| Nov 22, 8:24 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CAE | Fairfield, Newberry, Richland | 66 min |
| Nov 22, 8:24 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CAE | Lexington | 66 min |
| Nov 22, 9:22 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CAE | Kershaw, Lancaster | 53 min |
| Nov 22, 9:50 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CAE | Chesterfield | 55 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.