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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 127, NWS Columbia, SC

July 16, 1995Aiken County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 1995, 6:12 PM EDT for Aiken County, South Carolina. It was in force for 48 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 16, 1995, 6:12 PM EDT (22:12 UTC)
Expired
Jul 16, 1995, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
Area
Whole counties

County Aiken County, SC

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 168 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 12:00Z on 1995-07-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1173 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, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 1995-07-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 54 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
1173 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-62 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1074 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
72 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 162216 RRA
SVRCAE
SCC003-162300-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
612 PM EDT SUN JUL 16 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  700 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN  SOUTH CAROLINA
 
   ...AIKEN COUNTY
 
AT 611 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER AIKEN COUNTY ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF
AIKEN. THIS STORM IS MOVING SOUTH AT ABOUT 15 MPH.
 
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY IF YOU ARE IN
ITS PATH. INTENSE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN CAUSE AS MUCH DAMAGE
AS SOME TORNADOES.
 
 V
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 16, 6:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAELancaster, York68 min
Jul 16, 6:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEChesterfield62 min
Jul 16, 6:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEChester, Fairfield66 min
Jul 16, 7:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEAiken67 min
Jul 16, 7:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAENewberry51 min
Jul 16, 7:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAELexington, Richland68 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.