Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 6, 1995, 9:58 PM EST for Fairfield County, South Carolina. It was in force for 47 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 6, 1995, 9:58 PM EST (02:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 6, 1995, 10:45 PM EST
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Fairfield County, SC
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 6, 10:14 PM EST | Tornado F1 | Centerfield, SC | Severe thunderstorm moved from two miles south of Ridgeway to six miles southeast of Ridgeway. Trees down and power outages occurred with Highway 34 south of Ridgeway blocked by fallen trees. The thunderstorm spawned a small tornado near Centerfield where mo |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 196 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
- 117 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 693 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 364 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 610 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCAE 070300 RRA SVRCAE SCC039-070345- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 958 PM EST FRI JAN 6 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CAROLINA ...FAIRFIELD COUNTY AT 955 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN FAIRFIELD COUNTY NEAR JENKINSVILLE. IT WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THIS STORM HAS DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES IN NEWBERRY COUNTY NEAR PAMORIA. JOO A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. AMATEUR RADIO AND OTHER SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO MONITOR THIS STORM AND RELAY REPORTS PROMPTLY TO THE NEAREST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. &
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, Jan 6, 7:56 PM EST, 2 hours 2 minutes before
SCZ020-070200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 756 PM EST FRI JAN 6 1995 A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE INTO PARTS OF NEWBERRY COUNTY BEFORE 900 PM. THIS THUNDERSTORM MAY ALSO HAVE WIND GUSTS AROUND 40 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU ARE IN NEWBERRY COUNTY...YOU SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND BE READY TO TAKE COVER. RJL
Special weather statement, Jan 6, 7:57 PM EST, 2 hours 1 minute before
SCZ020-070200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 756 PM EST FRI JAN 6 1995 A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE INTO PARTS OF NEWBERRY COUNTY BEFORE 900 PM. THIS THUND$ERSTORM MAY ALSO HAVE WIND GUSTS AROUND 40 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU ARE IN NEWBERRY COUNTY...YOU SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND BE READY TO TAKE COVER. RJL
Special weather statement, Jan 6, 8:30 PM EST, 1 hour 28 minutes before
GAZ039-061-062-074>076-085>088-SCZ040-070315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUGUSTA GA 830 PM EST FRI JAN 6 1995 ...SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY CONTINUES TO MOVE ACROSS THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA... WEATHER RADAR AT 825 PM EST INDICATES A LARGE AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS JUST NORTH OF THE CITY MILLEN IN JENKINS COUNTY AND WAS MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. WWUS30KBTR /WWUS30 KBTR 070138 K
Special weather statement, Jan 6, 8:32 PM EST, 1 hour 26 minutes before
GAZ039-061-062-074>076-085>088-SCZ040-070315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUGUSTA GA 830 PM EST FRI JAN 6 1995 ...SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY CONTINUES TO MOVE ACROSS THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA... WEATHER RADAR AT 825 PM EST INDICATES A LARGE AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS JUST NORTH OF THE CITY MILLEN IN JENKINS COUNTY AND WAS MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Jan 6, 8:47 PM EST, 1 hour 11 minutes before
SCZALL-070345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 847 PM EST FRI JAN 6 1995 RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER THE PIEDMONT AND MIDLANDS THROUGH MIDNIGHT. THERE MAY ALSO BE THUNDERSTORMS WITH WIND GUSTS NEAR 50 MILES AN HOUR AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS. YOU SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND BE READY TO TAKE COVER. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. RJL
Special weather statement, Jan 6, 8:50 PM EST, 1 hour 8 minutes before
SCZALL-070345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 847 PM EST FRI JAN 6 1995 RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER THE PIEDMONT AND MIDLANDS THROUGH MIDNIGHT. THERE MAY ALSO BE THUNDERSTORMS WITH WIND GUSTS NEAR 50 MILES AN HOUR AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS. YOU SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND BE READY TO TAKE COVER. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. RJL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 6, 9:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Newberry | 36 min |
| Jan 6, 10:04 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CAE | Richland | 41 min |
| Jan 6, 10:17 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Kershaw, Lancaster, Richland | 58 min |
| Jan 6, 10:17 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lexington | 58 min |
| Jan 6, 10:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lee, Sumter | 64 min |
| Jan 6, 10:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Orangeburg | 64 min |
| Jan 6, 10:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Chesterfield | 64 min |
| Jan 6, 10:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Clarendon | 62 min |
| Jan 6, 11:51 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Bamberg, Barnwell, Orangeburg | 69 min |
| Jan 7, 12:24 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Calhoun, Sumter | 66 min |
Nearby
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.