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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Columbia, SC

November 22, 1992Lexington County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this tornado warning at Nov 22, 1992, 8:24 PM EST for Lexington County, South Carolina. It was in force for 66 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 22, 1992, 8:24 PM EST (01:24 UTC)
Expired
Nov 22, 1992, 9:30 PM EST
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
Area
Whole counties

County Lexington County, SC

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Charleston AFB, SC at 00:00Z on 1992-11-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1475 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Charleston AFB, SC at 00:00Z on 1992-11-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 137 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1475 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
550 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
137 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
140 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.5

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KCAE 230124 RRA
TORCAE
SCC039-063-071-079-230230-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
824 PM EST SUN NOV 22 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  930 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN  SOUTH CAROLINA
 
   ...FAIRFIELD COUNTY...NORTHERN LEXINGTON COUNTY
   ...SOUTHERN NEWBERRY COUNTY...NORTHWESTERN RICHLAND COUNTY
 
AT 8PM EST...WEATHER SPOTTER AT DREHER ISLAND STATE PARK IN SOUTHERN
NEWBERRRY COUNTY REPORTED A TORNADO. AT 815 PM...WEATHER RADAR CONFIRMED
AT TORNADO IN SOUTHER NEWBERRY COUNTY. THESE SEVERE STORMS HAVE BEEN
MOVING NORTHEAST ABOUT 50 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.
 
 
 
HAWKS

The office that day

Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 22, 7:44 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAENewberry, Saluda61 min
Nov 22, 7:57 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEFairfield63 min
Nov 22, 8:24 PM ESTTornado WarningCAEFairfield, Newberry, Richland66 min
Nov 22, 9:22 PM ESTTornado WarningCAEKershaw, Lancaster53 min
Nov 22, 9:50 PM ESTTornado WarningCAEChesterfield55 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.