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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Columbia, SC

November 22, 1992Chesterfield County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this tornado warning at Nov 22, 1992, 9:50 PM EST for Chesterfield County, South Carolina. It was in force for 55 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 22, 1992, 9:50 PM EST (02:50 UTC)
Expired
Nov 22, 1992, 10:45 PM EST
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
Area
Whole counties

County Chesterfield County, SC

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 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, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 00:00Z on 1992-11-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 576 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, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 00:00Z on 1992-11-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 274 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCAE 230251
TORCAE
SCC025-230345-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
950 PM EST SUN NOV 22 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN  SOUTH CAROLINA
 
   ...NORTHERN CHESTERFIELD COUNTY
 
AT 945 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUES TO INDICATE A
TORNADO IN SOUTHEAST LANCASTER COUNY JUST NORTH OF THE TOWN OF
KERSHAW. THE TORNADO IS MOVING NORTHEASTWARD AROUND 50 MPH AND IT
WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN CHESTERFIELD COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR.
RESIDENTS IN JEFFERSON AND PAGELAND...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.
 
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...LEAVE THE CAR OR MOBILE HOME AND
GO TO A STRONG BUILDING.  IF NO STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER
IN A DITCH OR LOWl SPOT.  BE ALERT FOR FLOODING OF LOW AREAS.
 
ARDREY

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, 8:24 PM ESTTornado WarningCAELexington66 min
Nov 22, 9:22 PM ESTTornado WarningCAEKershaw, Lancaster53 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.