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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 215, NWS Columbia, SC

December 19, 1995Burke County, Georgia

NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 19, 1995, 4:54 AM EST for Burke County, Georgia. It was in force for 66 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 19, 1995, 4:54 AM EST (09:54 UTC)
Expired
Dec 19, 1995, 6:00 AM EST
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
Area
Whole counties

County Burke County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 187 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, Charleston AFB, SC at 00:00Z on 1995-12-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 7 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, Charleston AFB, SC at 00:00Z on 1995-12-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 296 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
7 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-157 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
515 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
296 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
529 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCAE 190955 RRA
SVRCAE
GAC033-191100-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
454 AM EST TUE DEC 19 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  600 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN  GEORGIA
 
   ...BURKE COUNTY
 
AT 455 AM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS THAT
WERE LIKELY SEVERE APPROACHING THE SOUTHWEST PART OF BURKE COUNTY. THE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.
THE MIDVILLE-MAGRUDER AREA IS IN THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
 
 
 
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.
 
AMATEUR RADIO AND OTHER SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO MONITOR THIS
STORM AND RELAY REPORTS PROMPTLY TO THE NEAREST NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.
 
RJL

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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.