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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 193, NWS Columbia, SC

November 2, 1995Columbia County, Lincoln County, Georgia

NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 2, 1995, 3:48 PM EST for Columbia County, Lincoln County, Georgia. It was in force for 57 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 2, 1995, 3:48 PM EST (20:48 UTC)
Expired
Nov 2, 1995, 4:45 PM EST
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
Area
Whole counties

Counties Columbia County, GA, Lincoln County, GA

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 201 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 1995-11-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 701 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 1995-11-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 192 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
701 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
509 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
192 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
161 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
4.7

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KCAE 022047 RRA
SVRCAE
GAC073-181-022145-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
348 PM EST THU NOV 2 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  445 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN  GEORGIA
 
   ...NORTHERN COLUMBIA COUNTY...SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY
 
AT 345 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING
SOUTHERN LINCOLN AND NORTHERN COLUMBIA COUNTIES. THIS STORM WILL MOVE
EAST ALONG THE COUNTY LINE AT 30 MPH.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
THESE WINDS BLOW DOWN TREES...POWER LINES...AND SEVERELY DAMAGE
MOBILE HOMES.  FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR.  DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
SJN

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.