Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 19, 1992, 2:44 PM EST for Hampton 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, 2:44 PM EST (19:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 19, 1992, 3:45 PM EST
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hampton County, SC
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 3:00 PM EST | Hail 1 | Hampton, 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, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 107 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 KCHS 191948 SVRCHS SCC049-192045- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 244 PM EST THU MAR 19 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 345 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CAROLINA ...HAMPTON COUNTY THIS INCLUDES THE COMMUNITY OF HAMPTON A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS DETECTED BY CHARLESTON WEATHER RADAR 35 MILES WEST OF HAMPTON SOUTH CAROLINA...MOVING EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. 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 W ARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
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, 1:31 PM EST, 1 hour 13 minutes before
SCZALL-170300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 130 PM EST THU MAR 19 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CAROLINA COASTAL COUNTIES EXCEPT FOR GEORGETOWN AND HORRY UNTIL 7PM EST.... THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED ON RADAR FROM 45 MILES WEST OF CHARLOTTE NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH THE GREENVILLE AREA TO 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF AUGUSTA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT ABOUT 45 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO RADIO..TV..OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS LATER THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING...AS THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH THE COASTAL COUNTIES. JFT
Special weather statement, Mar 19, 1:54 PM EST, 50 minutes before
GAC029-031-043-051-103-109-267-279-191945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAVANNAH GA 149 PM EST THU MAR 19 1992 AT 145 PM TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 91 IS IN EFFECT FOR A PORTION OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA UNTIL 7 PM. AT 145 PM NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS INDICATED BY RADAR IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED JUST SOUTHWEST OF AUGUSTA...AND SOME LIGHT SHOWERS WERE DEVELOPING IN THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...MOVING EAST AT NEAR 30 MPH. FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED.
Special weather statement, Mar 19, 2:35 PM EST, 9 minutes before
SCZALL-192300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 230 PM EST THU MAR 19 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CAROLINA COASTAL COUNTIES EXCEPT FOR GEORGETOWN AND HORRY UNTIL 7PM EST.... THUNDERSTORMS...SOME POSSIBLY SEVERE...WERE DETECTED FROM THE CHARLOTTE AREA THROUGH THE COLUMBIA AREA TO 45 MILES SOUTH OF AUGUSTA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT ABOUT 45 MILES AN HOUR. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CONTAINING HAIL WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE GEORGIA-SC BORDER INTO ALLENDALE..HAMPTON AND COLLETON COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT TWO HOURS. STAY TUNED TO RADIO..TV..OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS LATER THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING...AS THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH THE COASTAL COUNTIES. JFT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 3:09 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CHS | Hampton | 66 min |
| Mar 19, 3:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Charleston, Colleton | 60 min |
| Mar 19, 3:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Beaufort | 60 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.