Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 19, 1992, 2:14 PM EST for Lexington County, South Carolina. It was in force for 61 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
- Mar 19, 1992, 2:14 PM EST (19:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 19, 1992, 3:15 PM EST
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lexington County, SC
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 2:39 PM EST | Hail 1 | Lexington, 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, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 763 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -93 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -90 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 191916 SVRCAE SCC063-192015- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 214 PM EST THU MAR 19 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 315 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CAROLINA ...LEXINGTON COUNTY AT 215 PM EST RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN LEXINGTON COUNTY ABOUT 20 MILES WEST OF COLUMBIA. THE STORM WAS MOVING TOWARD THE CITY ABOUT 45 MPH. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. LOWE
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, Mar 19, 12:39 PM EST, 1 hour 35 minutes before
SCZ003-004-191845- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 1245 PM EST THU MAR 19 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA TIL 4 PM EST...INCLUDING NEWBERRY AND SALUDIA COUNTIES... AT 1230 PM EST THERE WERE NO THUNDERSTORMS IN THE PIEDMONTS OF SOUTH CAROLINA. THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER THE SOUTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS AND WILL BE MOVING INTO THE PIEDMONTS OF SOUTH CAROLINA DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. PERSONS IN OR CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND LISTEN TO THIS STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Mar 19, 1:41 PM EST, 33 minutes before
SCZ003-004-005-006-191930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 140 PM EST THU MAR 19 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE FOOTHILLS...PIEDMONTS ...MIDLANDS...AND PARTS O
The office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 1:47 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Newberry, Saluda | 58 min |
| Mar 19, 2:07 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Fairfield | 68 min |
| Mar 19, 2:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Richland | 66 min |
| Mar 19, 2:31 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CAE | Lexington | 59 min |
| Mar 19, 2:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Kershaw | 64 min |
| Mar 19, 2:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Saluda | 59 min |
| Mar 19, 2:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Calhoun, Sumter | 61 min |
| Mar 19, 3:16 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lee | 59 min |
| Mar 19, 3:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lexington, Richland | 66 min |
| Mar 19, 3:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Clarendon | 61 min |
| Mar 19, 3:36 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Darlington, Florence | 69 min |
| Mar 19, 3:36 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Chesterfield | 69 min |
| Mar 19, 3:48 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Calhoun, Orangeburg, Sumter | 57 min |
| Mar 19, 3:56 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Marlboro | 64 min |
| Mar 19, 4:54 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Bamberg, Orangeburg | 66 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 1992Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1992
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.