Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 7, 1995, 12:24 AM EST for Calhoun County, Sumter County, South Carolina. It was in force for 66 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 7, 1995, 12:24 AM EST (05:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 7, 1995, 1:30 AM EST
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Calhoun County, SC, Sumter County, SC
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 113 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
- 117 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 693 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 364 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 610 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCAE 070525 RRA SVRCAE SCC017-085-070630- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 1224 AM EST SAT JAN 7 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 130 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CAROLINA ...CALHOUN COUNTY...SUMTER COUNTY AT 1224 PM EST RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTCALHOUN AND SUMTER COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG...DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN. 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 WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. THESE WINDS BLOW DOWN TREES...POWER LINES...AND SEVERELY DAMAGE MOBILE HOMES. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. JOO
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, Jan 6, 8:47 PM EST, 3 hours 37 minutes before
SCZALL-070345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 847 PM EST FRI JAN 6 1995 RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER THE PIEDMONT AND MIDLANDS THROUGH MIDNIGHT. THERE MAY ALSO BE THUNDERSTORMS WITH WIND GUSTS NEAR 50 MILES AN HOUR AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS. YOU SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND BE READY TO TAKE COVER. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. RJL
Special weather statement, Jan 6, 8:50 PM EST, 3 hours 34 minutes before
SCZALL-070345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 847 PM EST FRI JAN 6 1995 RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER THE PIEDMONT AND MIDLANDS THROUGH MIDNIGHT. THERE MAY ALSO BE THUNDERSTORMS WITH WIND GUSTS NEAR 50 MILES AN HOUR AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS. YOU SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND BE READY TO TAKE COVER. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. RJL
Special weather statement, Jan 6, 11:52 PM EST, 32 minutes before
GAZ039-061-062-074>076-085>088-SCZ040-070730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUGUSTA GA 1152 PM EST FRI JAN 6 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST FOR ALL OF THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA... WEATHER RADAR AT 1150 PM EST INDICATES A LINE OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL WITH EMBEDDED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR LANCASTER SOUTH SOUTH CAROLINA EXTENDING SOUTHWESTLY TO JUST NORTH OF DUBLIN IN GEORGIA. THE LINE WAS MOVING EASTWARD AT 20 MPH WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS RACING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 50 TO 55 MPH. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. 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. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Jan 7, 12:02 AM EST, 22 minutes before
GAZ039-061-062-074>076-085>088-SCZ040-070730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUGUSTA GA 1152 PM EST FRI JAN 6 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST FOR ALL OF THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA... WEATHER RADAR AT 1150 PM EST INDICATES A LINE OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL WITH EMBEDDED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR LANCASTER SOUTH SOUTH CAROLINA EXTENDING SOUTHWESTLY TO JUST NORTH OF DUBLIN IN GEORGIA. THE LINE WAS MOVING EASTWARD AT 20 MPH WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS RACING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 50 TO 55 MPH. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. 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. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATE>S CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Jan 7, 12:10 AM EST, 14 minutes before
SCZALL-070645- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 1210 AM EST SAT JAN 7 1995 THE TORNADO WATCH ISSUED AT 928 PM HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR PARTS OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT. THE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE COUNTIES OF LANCASTER...CHESTER...FAIRFIELD...NEWBERRY...SALUDA... EDGEFIELD...MCCORMICK AND GREENWOOD. THE TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS EAST OF THESE COUNTIES UNTIL 400 AM. RJL
Special weather statement, Jan 7, 12:13 AM EST, 11 minutes before
SCZALL-070645- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 1210 AM EST SAT JAN 7 1995 THE TORNADO WATCH ISSUED AT 928 PM HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR PARTS OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT. THE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE COUNTIES OF LANCASTER...CHESTER...FAIRFIELD...NEWBERRY...SALUDA... EDGEFIELD...MCCORMICK AND GREENWOOD. THE TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS EAST OF THESE COUNTIES UNTIL 400 AM. RJL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 6, 9:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Newberry | 36 min |
| Jan 6, 9:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Fairfield | 47 min |
| Jan 6, 10:04 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CAE | Richland | 41 min |
| Jan 6, 10:17 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Kershaw, Lancaster, Richland | 58 min |
| Jan 6, 10:17 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lexington | 58 min |
| Jan 6, 10:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lee, Sumter | 64 min |
| Jan 6, 10:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Orangeburg | 64 min |
| Jan 6, 10:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Chesterfield | 64 min |
| Jan 6, 10:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Clarendon | 62 min |
| Jan 6, 11:51 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Bamberg, Barnwell, Orangeburg | 69 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995
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.