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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 216, NWS Columbia, SC

December 19, 1995Barnwell County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 19, 1995, 5:52 AM EST for Barnwell County, South Carolina. It was in force for 41 min.

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The facts

Issued
Dec 19, 1995, 5:52 AM EST (10:52 UTC)
Expired
Dec 19, 1995, 6:33 AM EST
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
Area
Whole counties

County Barnwell County, SC

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 140 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 office that day

Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 19, 4:54 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEBurke66 min

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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.