Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 1995, 6:35 PM EDT for Orangeburg County, South Carolina. It was in force for 55 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 15, 1995, 6:35 PM EDT (22:35 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 1995, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Orangeburg County, SC
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 96 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
- 853 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -130 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1155 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 168 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCAE 152232 SVRCAE SCC075-152330- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 635 PM EDT MON MAY 15 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CAROLINA ...EASTERN ORANGEBURG COUNTY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN CALHOUN COUNTY AT 630 PM WILL MOVE INTO THE EAST PART OF ORANGEBURG COUNTY BEFORE 730 PM. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEASTWARD AT 30 MPH. ELLOREE...SANTEE AND EUTAWVILLE ARE 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 ANtD 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, May 15, 4:46 PM EDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
GAZ087-088-SCZ040-152245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUGUSTA GA 443 PM EDT MON MAY 15 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR ALLENDALE COUNTY IN SOUTH CAROLINA... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR JENKINS AND SCREVEN COUNTY IN GEORGIA... WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT 440 PM EDT INDICATED RECENT DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVER NORTHERN JENKINS AND SOUTHWEST BURKE COUNTIES IN GEORGIA THAT EXTENDED SOUTHWEST TO NEAR THE CITY OF DUBLIN IN LAURENS COUNTY IN GEORGIA. THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. TUNE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Local storm report, May 15, 4:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA, SC
449 PM EDT MON MAY 15 1995
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.... STATE....EVENT/REMARK....
.....COUNTY LOCATION..
445 PM SC POSSIBLE TORNADO TOUCHDOWN
5/15/95 NEWBERRY JUST INSIDE THE NEWBERRY
COUNTY LINE ALONE I-26.
REPORT RECEIVED FROM
LEXINGTON PUBLIC SAFETY.
RJLLocal storm report, May 15, 5:55 PM EDT, 40 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA, SC
532 PM EDT MON MAY 15 1995
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.... STATE....EVENT/REMARK....
.....COUNTY LOCATION..
405 PM LANCASTER CO SC 1.75 INCH HAIL MARVIN RD
AND HIWAY 521. RPTD BY
WSO CLT.
503 PM RICHLAND CO SC 1.0 INCH HAIL IN BLYTHEWOOD.
512 PM KERSHAW CO SC 1.75 INCH HAIL IN
BETHUNE. RPTD BY EPD.
520 PM CHESTERFIELD CO SC 1.75 INCH HAIL IN
MACBEE. RPTD BY SPOTTER.
530 PM LEXINGTON CO SC 1.0 INCH HAIL IN IRMO.
RPTD BY WX SERVICE EMPLOYEE.
532 PM RICHLAND CO SC .75 INCH HAIL. RPTD
BY WX SERVICE EMPLOYEE.
550 PM RICHLAND CO SC .75 INCH HAIL. RPTD BY
HAM OPERATOR.
ARDREYLocal storm report, May 15, 6:31 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA, SC
630 PM EDT MON MAY 15 1995
TIME(EDT) CITY LOCATION.... STATE....EVENT/REMARK....
COUNTY LOCATION..
605 PM RICHLAND CO SC 1.75 INCH HAIL NEAR IRMO.
RPTD BY WX SERVICE EMPLOYEE.
610 PM SUMTER CO SC LARGE TREES DOWN IN THE
MANCHESTER AREA. RPTD BY
SUMTER CO SHERIFF.
620 PM LEXINGTON CO SC 1.0 INCH HAIL. SW LEXINGTON CO.
RPTD BY SHERIFF.
620 PM LEXINGTON CO SC 1.0 INCH HAIL. HIGHWAY 1 AnND I-20.
RTPD BY SHERIFF.
ARDREYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 4:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lancaster | 48 min |
| May 15, 4:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Fairfield | 50 min |
| May 15, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Kershaw | 45 min |
| May 15, 4:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Newberry | 53 min |
| May 15, 5:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Sumter | 65 min |
| May 15, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Richland | 45 min |
| May 15, 5:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lexington | 34 min |
| May 15, 5:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Calhoun, Clarendon | 61 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.