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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 115, NWS Columbia, SC

July 6, 1995Burke County, Georgia

NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 1995, 9:01 PM EDT for Burke County, Georgia. It was in force for 44 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 6, 1995, 9:01 PM EDT (01:01 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 1995, 9:45 PM EDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
Area
Whole counties

County Burke County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 187 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, Charleston AFB, SC at 00:00Z on 1995-07-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2934 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Charleston AFB, SC at 00:00Z on 1995-07-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 30 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2934 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
659 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCAE 070100 RRA
SVRCAE
GAC033-070145-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
901 PM EDT THU JUL 6 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  945 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN  GEORGIA
 
   ...EASTERN BURKE COUNTY
 
AT 855 PM...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR DETECTED A POSSIBLE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM IN EASTERN BURKE COUNTY NEAR THE COMMUNITY OF ALEXANDER.
MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MPH.
 
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 DAMAGrE
MOBILE HOMES.  FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR.  DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
HAWKS

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

Local storm report, Jul 6, 4:05 PM EDT, 4 hours 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
405 PM EDT THU JUL 06 1995

TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           .....COUNTY LOCATION.....
400 PM     CITY OF CHESTERFIELD      SC   0.75 INCH HAIL
07/06/95   CHESTERFIELD                   CITY POLICE
Local storm report, Jul 6, 4:58 PM EDT, 4 hours 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
458 PM EDT THU JUL 06 1995

TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           .....COUNTY LOCATION.....
430 PM     BOLLENTOWN                SC   1.50 INCH HAIL
07/06/95   ORANGEBURG                     SKYWARN SPOTTER
Local storm report, Jul 6, 5:30 PM EDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
530 PM EDT THU JUL 06 1995

TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           .....COUNTY LOCATION.....
520 PM     ELLOREE                   SC   0.75 INCH HAIL
07/06/95   ORANGEBURG                     HIGHWAY PATROL

1720 PM    ELLOREE                   SC   WIND DAMAGE
07/06/95   ORANGEBURG                     HIGHWAY PATROL...LIMBS
                                          DOWN.
Local storm report, Jul 6, 5:32 PM EDT, 3 hours 29 minutes before
STORM REPORT CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA, SC
532 PM EDT THU JUL 06 1995

TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           .....COUNTY LOCATION.....
520 PM     ELLOREE                   SC   0.75 INCH HAIL
07/06/95   ORANGEBURG                     HIGHWAY PATROL

520 PM     ELLOREE                   SC   WIND DAMAGE
07/06/95   ORANGEBURG                     HIGHWAY PATROL...LIMBS
                                          DOWN.

CDL
Local storm report, Jul 6, 5:52 PM EDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
552 PM EDT THU JUL 06 1995

TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           .....COUNTY LOCATION.....
4 PM       CAMDEN                    SC   0.25 INCH HAIL
07/06/95   KERSHAW                        REPORTED BY PUBLIC
Local storm report, Jul 6, 8:49 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
849 PM EDT THU JUL 06 1995

TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           .....COUNTY LOCATION.....
825 PM     JACKSON                   SC   1.00 INCH HAIL
07/06/95   AIKEN                          PUBLIC REPORT RELAYED
                                          THROUGH AIKEN COUNTY
                                          SHERIFF

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.