Alert archive / South Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 12, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this tornado warning at Aug 16, 1994, 3:11 PM EDT for Lexington County, South Carolina. It was in force for 49 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 16, 1994, 3:11 PM EDT (19:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 16, 1994, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lexington County, SC
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 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.
- 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 161912 TORCAE SCC063-162000- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 311 PM EDT TUE AUG 16 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CAROLINA ...LEXINGTON COUNTY AT 310 PM EDT...WSR-88D RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO DEVELOPING JUST SOUTH OF THE TOWN OF LEXINGTON. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH-^NORTHWEST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM! SEEK SHELTER NOW! RCJ
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, Aug 16, 1:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
GAZ039-040-061>065-074>077-085>088-SCZ018-025-030-035-040-161915- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUGUSTA GA 114 PM EDT TUE AUG 16 1994 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN AIKEN COUNTY IN SOUTH CAROLINA EXPIRED AT 100 PM EDT... ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR MCCORMICK...EDGEFIELD...AIKEN...BARNWELL AND ALLANDALE COUNTIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA...AS WELL AS LINCOLN...WILKES...HANCOCK...WARREN...MCDUFFIE...COLUMBIA...RICHMOND... WASHINGTON...GLASCOCK...JEFFERSON...BURKE...JOHNSON...JENKINS...SCREVEN AND EMANUEL COUNTIES OF GEORGIA... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL THE COUNTIES MENTIONED ABOVE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO TONIGHT... WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT 120 PM EDT INDICATES A LARGE AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING ACROSS EAST-CENTRAL GEORGIA AND INTO SOUTH CAROLINA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING NEAR THE CITY OF BARNWELL AND JUST SOUTHWEST OF COLUMBIA IN SOUTH CAROINA. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS MAY ALSO OCCUR. BE READY TO MOVE TO SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA.
Local storm report, Aug 16, 2:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA, SC
200 PM EDT TUE AUG 16 1994
DATE/TIME EVENT
16/130 PM EDT TORNADO REPORTED LEXINGTON COUNTY NEAR RED BANK AND I-20
AREA. A CAR WAS REPORTED OVERTURNED...NO INFORMATION
ON INJURIES HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AT THIS TIME.
RCJLocal storm report, Aug 16, 2:03 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA, SC
200 PM EDT TUE AUG 16 1994
DATE/TIME EVENT
16/130 PM EDT TORNADO REPORTED LEXINGTON COUNTY NEAR RED BANK AND I-20
AREA. A CAR WAS REPORTED OVERTURNED...NO INFORMATION
ON INJURIES HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AT THIS TIME.
RCJLocal storm report, Aug 16, 2:23 PM EDT, 48 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA, SC
223 PM EDT TUE AUG 16 1994
DATE/TIME EVENT
16/130 PM EDT TORNADO REPORTED LEXINGTON COUNTY NEAR RED BANK AND I-20
AREA. A CAR WAS REPORTED OVERTURNED...NO INFORMATION
ON INJURIES HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AT THIS TIME.
16/135 PM EDT TIME APPROX. DAMAGE IN THE LEXINTON AREA REPORTED.
WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES AND SOME DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS
AND TREES REPIRTED BY HAM OPERATORS.Local storm report, Aug 16, 2:24 PM EDT, 47 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA, SC
223 PM EDT TUE AUG 16 1994
DATE/TIME EVENT
16/130 PM EDT TORNADO REPORTED LEXINGTON COUNTY NEAR RED BANK AND I-20
AREA. A CAR WAS REPORTED OVERTURNED...NO INFORMATION
ON INJURIES HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AT THIS TIME.
16/135 PM EDT TIME APPROX. DAMAGE IN THE LEXINTON AREA REPORTED.
WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES AND SOME DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS
AND TREES REPIRTED BY HAM OPERATORS.Local storm report, Aug 16, 2:26 PM EDT, 45 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA, SC
226 PM EDT TUE AUG 16 1994
DATE/TIME EVENT
16/130 PM EDT TORNADO REPORTED LEXINGTON COUNTY NEAR RED BANK AND I-20
AREA. A CAR WAS REPORTED OVERTURNED...NO INFORMATION
ON INJURIES HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AT THIS TIME.
16/135 PM EDT TIME APPROX. DAMAGE IN THE LEXINTON AREA REPORTED.
WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES AND SOME DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS
AND TREES REPIRTED BY HAM OPERATORS.The office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 11:53 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Orangeburg | 37 min |
| 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, 3:24 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 |
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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.