Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 187, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 27, 1995, 4:35 PM EDT for Edgefield County, South Carolina. It was in force for 25 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 27, 1995, 4:35 PM EDT (20:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 27, 1995, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Edgefield County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 207 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
- 653 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 940 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -125 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCAE 272033 RRA SVRCAE SCC037-272100- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 435 PM EDT FRI OCT 27 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CAROLINA ...EDGEFIELD COUNTY AT 435PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO SOUTHERN EDGEFIELD COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLE LARGE HAIL. 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.
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, Oct 27, 11:34 AM EDT, 5 hours 1 minute before
SCZ009-014>016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-GAZ040-063>065- 077-280340- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 1136 AM EDT FRI OCT 27 1995 ...SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE ACROSS THE MIDLANDS AND CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT MOVES EAST TOWARDS THE CAROLINAS AND GEORGIA FROM THE MIDWEST. WARM...MOIST...AND INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA AHEAD OF THE FRONT THIS AFTERNOON. THESE SYSTEMS WILL TRIGGER NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...AND SOME TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE. RESIDENTS OF THE MIDLANDS AND CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA SHOULD BE AWARE OF THIS POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND KEEP POSTED ON STjATEMENTS...WATCHES...OR WARNINGS WHICH MAY BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. AWP
Special weather statement, Oct 27, 11:36 AM EDT, 4 hours 59 minutes before
SCZ009-014>016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-GAZ040-063>065- 077-280340- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 1136 AM EDT FRI OCT 27 1995 ...SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE ACROSS THE MIDLANDS AND CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT MOVES EAST TOWARDS THE CAROLINAS AND GEORGIA FROM THE MIDWEST. WARM...MOIST...AND INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA AHEAD OF THE FRONT THIS AFTERNOON. THESE SYSTEMS WILL TRIGGER NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...AND SOME TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE. RESIDENTS OF THE MIDLANDS AND CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA SHOULD BE AWARE OF THIS POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND KEEP POSTED ON STATEMENTS...WATCHES...OR WARNINGS WHICH MAY BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. AWP
The office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 27, 5:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lancaster | 27 min |
| Oct 27, 5:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Saluda | 37 min |
| Oct 27, 5:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lexington | 62 min |
| Oct 27, 5:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Lexington | 26 min |
| Oct 27, 6:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Richland | 31 min |
| Oct 27, 6:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Richland | 37 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.