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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 185, NWS Columbia, SC

September 1, 1995McCormick County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 1, 1995, 7:40 PM EDT for McCormick County, South Carolina. It was in force for 50 min.

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The facts

Issued
Sep 1, 1995, 7:40 PM EDT (23:40 UTC)
Expired
Sep 1, 1995, 8:30 PM EDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
Area
Whole counties

County McCormick County, SC

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 211 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 1995-09-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 371 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 1995-09-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 31 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
371 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-131 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1017 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
3 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
27 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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