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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Columbia, SC

January 19, 1995Fairfield County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 19, 1995, 7:21 PM EST for Fairfield County, South Carolina. It was in force for 54 min.

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The facts

Issued
Jan 19, 1995, 7:21 PM EST (00:21 UTC)
Expired
Jan 19, 1995, 8:15 PM EST
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
Area
Whole counties

County Fairfield County, SC

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 218 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, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 00:00Z on 1995-01-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 00:00Z on 1995-01-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 317 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
545 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
317 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
382 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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