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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Columbia, SC

August 16, 1994Newberry County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this tornado warning at Aug 16, 1994, 2:54 PM EDT for Newberry County, South Carolina. It was in force for 51 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 16, 1994, 2:54 PM EDT (18:54 UTC)
Expired
Aug 16, 1994, 3:45 PM EDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
Area
Whole counties

County Newberry County, SC

The nearest sounding before it

Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 161 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 12:00Z on 1994-08-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 19 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 12:00Z on 1994-08-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 138 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
19 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
708 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
138 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
198 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCAE 161855
TORCAE
SCC071-161945-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
254 PM EDT TUE AUG 16 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  345 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN  SOUTH CAROLINA
 
   ...SOUTHEASTERN NEWBERRY COUNTY
 
AT 252 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO IN THE
EXTREME NORTHWESTERN LEXINGTON COUNTY...JUST NORTH OF CHAPIN NEAR THE
BROAD RIVER. IT WILL MOVE BETWEEN PROSPERITY AND JENKINSVILLE DURING THE
NEXT FEW MINUTES.
 
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING.  AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT
AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW
GROUND IF AVAILABLE.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY
FURNITURE.  OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR POSSFIBLE.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...OR CUSHIONS TO COVER
YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 16, 11:53 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEOrangeburg37 min
Aug 16, 12:23 PM EDTTornado WarningCAEOrangeburg37 min
Aug 16, 12:32 PM EDTTornado WarningCAELexington28 min
Aug 16, 12:55 PM EDTTornado WarningCAELexington, Orangeburg50 min
Aug 16, 1:37 PM EDTTornado WarningCAERichland38 min
Aug 16, 1:50 PM EDTTornado WarningCAELexington25 min
Aug 16, 2:09 PM EDTTornado WarningCAENewberry, Richland36 min
Aug 16, 2:13 PM EDTTornado WarningCAELexington47 min
Aug 16, 2:17 PM EDTTornado WarningCAEFairfield43 min
Aug 16, 3:00 PM EDTTornado WarningCAEKershaw45 min
Aug 16, 3:11 PM EDTTornado WarningCAELexington49 min
Aug 16, 3:24 PM EDTTornado WarningCAEChester51 min
Aug 16, 3:44 PM EDTTornado WarningCAENewberry46 min
Aug 16, 4:13 PM EDTTornado WarningCAEFairfield47 min
Aug 16, 4:17 PM EDTTornado WarningCAEYork43 min
Aug 16, 5:40 PM EDTTornado WarningCAEFairfield50 min
Aug 16, 5:51 PM EDTTornado WarningCAEYork54 min
Aug 16, 6:11 PM EDTTornado WarningCAELexington34 min
Aug 16, 6:49 PM EDTTornado WarningCAEChester26 min

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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.