Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 23, 1995, 10:42 PM EDT for Lexington County, South Carolina. It was in force for 63 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 23, 1995, 10:42 PM EDT (02:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 23, 1995, 11:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lexington County, SC
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 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
- 86 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -98 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 617 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 241 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 369 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCAE 240241 SVRCAE SCC063-240345- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 1042 PM EDT SUN APR 23 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CAROLINA ...LEXINGTON COUNTY WEATHER RADAR HAS DETECTED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN THE WESTERN PORTION OF LEXINGTON COUNTY. THIS STORM HAS MOVED INTO LEXINGTON COUNTY FROM SALUDA COUNTY IN THE VICINITY OF BATESBURG AND LEESVILLE AND IS CONTINUING TO MOVE EASTWARD NEAR ROUTE 1 AT ABOUT 30 MPH. PEOPLE IN WESTERN AND CENTRAL LEXINGTON COUNTY...ESPECIALLY NEAR ROUTE 1...SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLY VERY STRONG GUSTY WINDS. THIS STORM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TOWARD LEXINGTON AND WEST COLUMBIA. STAY TUNED TO YOUR RADIO FOR ANY STORM REPORTS OR ADDITIONAL WARNINGS. RWK
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, Apr 23, 5:50 PM EDT, 4 hours 52 minutes before
SCZALL-240000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 549 PM EDT SUN APR 23 1995 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 260 ISSUED AT 335 PM EDT FOR PARTS OF SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. RADAR INDICATES THAT THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ENDED OVER COASTAL SOUTH CAROLINA. THERE IS STILL A CHANCE OF SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE STATE LATER THIS EVENING...BUT THE CURRENT SEVERE WEATHER THREAT HAS ENDED. CTC
Special weather statement, Apr 23, 5:57 PM EDT, 4 hours 45 minutes before
GAZ087-088-SCZ040-232355- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUGUSTA GA 559 PM EDT SUN APR 23 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #260 THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA INCLUDING THE COUNTIES OF JENKINS - SCREVEN AND ALLENDALE HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 555 PM EDT NO PRECIPITATION WAS INDICATED WITHIN 125 MILES OF THE RADAR SITE AT BUSH FIELD IN AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP OVER THE AREA THIS EVENING...HOWEVER...THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 12:44 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | McCormick | 31 min |
| Apr 24, 1:09 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Edgefield, Saluda | 36 min |
| Apr 24, 1:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Newberry | 45 min |
| Apr 24, 1:37 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lexington | 68 min |
| Apr 24, 1:49 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Lexington | 26 min |
| Apr 24, 2:05 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Richland | 40 min |
| Apr 24, 2:15 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Richland | 45 min |
| Apr 24, 2:32 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Sumter | 43 min |
| Apr 24, 2:39 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Kershaw | 36 min |
| Apr 24, 2:46 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lee | 44 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.