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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Charleston, SC

March 30, 1992Beaufort County, South Carolina

NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 30, 1992, 7:17 PM EST for Beaufort County, South Carolina. It was in force for 28 min.

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The facts

Issued
Mar 30, 1992, 7:17 PM EST (00:17 UTC)
Expired
Mar 30, 1992, 7:45 PM EST
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, SC
Area
Whole counties

County Beaufort County, SC

The nearest sounding before it

Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 301 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, Athens Municipal, GA at 00:00Z on 1992-03-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4 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, Athens Municipal, GA at 00:00Z on 1992-03-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 27 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-86 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
607 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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