Alert archive / South Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this tornado warning at Mar 19, 1992, 2:31 PM EST for Lexington County, South Carolina. It was in force for 59 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, 2:31 PM EST (19:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 19, 1992, 3:30 PM EST
- In force
- 59 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, 7.5 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 191940 RRA TORCAE SCC063-192030- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 231 PM EST THU MAR 19 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CAROLINA ...LEXINGTON COUNTY AT 230 PM EST WEATHER RADAR INDICATE A TORNADO ABOUT 9 MILES WEST OF THE COLUMBIA AIRPORT. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING EAST AT 45 MJPH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM! SEEK SHELTER NOW!
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, 2:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lexington | 61 min |
| Mar 19, 2:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Richland | 66 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
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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.