Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 16, 1994, 11:53 AM EDT for Orangeburg County, South Carolina. It was in force for 37 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
- Aug 16, 1994, 11:53 AM EDT (15:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 16, 1994, 12:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Orangeburg County, SC
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 12:20 PM EDT | Tornado F1 | Neese, SC | Tornado downed trees and power lines at Neese. |
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, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 96 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
- 537 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 957 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 172 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 KCAE 161555 RRA SVRCAE SCC075-161630- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 1153 AM EDT TUE AUG 16 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CAROLINA ...WESTERN ORANGEBURG COUNTY AT 1155 AM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN WESTERN ORANGEBURG COUNTY NEAR SPRINGFIELD. IT IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND SOMETIMES DO PRODUCE TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VER4Y HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 12:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Orangeburg | 37 min |
| Aug 16, 12:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Lexington | 28 min |
| Aug 16, 12:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Lexington, Orangeburg | 50 min |
| Aug 16, 1:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Richland | 38 min |
| Aug 16, 1:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Lexington | 25 min |
| Aug 16, 2:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Newberry, Richland | 36 min |
| Aug 16, 2:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Lexington | 47 min |
| Aug 16, 2:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Fairfield | 43 min |
| Aug 16, 2:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Newberry | 51 min |
| Aug 16, 3:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Kershaw | 45 min |
| Aug 16, 3:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Lexington | 49 min |
| Aug 16, 3:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Chester | 51 min |
| Aug 16, 3:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Newberry | 46 min |
| Aug 16, 4:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Fairfield | 47 min |
| Aug 16, 4:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | York | 43 min |
| Aug 16, 5:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Fairfield | 50 min |
| Aug 16, 5:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | York | 54 min |
| Aug 16, 6:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Lexington | 34 min |
| Aug 16, 6:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Chester | 26 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.