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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Columbia, SC

November 22, 1992Kershaw County, Lancaster County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this tornado warning at Nov 22, 1992, 9:22 PM EST for Kershaw County, Lancaster County, South Carolina. It was in force for 53 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: Nov 22, 1992, 9:22 PM EST (02:22 UTC)
Expired: Nov 22, 1992, 10:15 PM EST
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Columbia, SC
Area: Whole counties

Counties Kershaw County, SC, Lancaster County, SC

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Nov 22, 9:40 PM EST	Hail 1	Kershaw, 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

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 187 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 576 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 557 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 274 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 354 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.0
Supercell composite: 4.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCAE 230223
TORCAE
SCC055-057-230315-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
922 PM EST SUN NOV 22 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN  SOUTH CAROLINA
 
   ...NORTHERN KERSHAW COUNTY...SOUTHERN LANCASTER COUNTY
 
AT 915 PM RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO IN FAIRFIELD COUNTY MOVING TOWARDS
THE NORTHERN PORTION OF LAKE WATEREE. THE TORNADO IS MOVING
NORTHEASTWARD AROUND 50 MPH.
 
 
DO NOT STAY IN A CAR OR MOBILE HOME DURING A TORNADO.  CARS AND
MOBILE HOMES ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS.  IF YOU ARE
CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LE^AVE THE CAR OR MOBILE HOME AND
GO TO A STRONG BUILDING.  IF NO STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER
IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.  BE ALERT FOR FLOODING OF LOW AREAS.
 
ARDREY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 22, 7:44 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Newberry, Saluda	61 min
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, 9:50 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.