Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 6, 1995, 10:17 PM EST for Lexington County, South Carolina. It was in force for 58 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 6, 1995, 10:17 PM EST (03:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 6, 1995, 11:15 PM EST
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lexington County, SC
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 162 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 070318 RRA SVRCAE SCC055-057-063-079-070415- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 1017 PM EST FRI JAN 6 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CAROLINA ...KERSHAW COUNTY...LANCASTER COUNTY...LEXINGTON COUNTY ...RICHLAND COUNTY AT 1017 PM EST A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED STRONG WINDS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES. 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. 6 JOO
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 21 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 20 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 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 47 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 45 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 30 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 27 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, 9:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Fairfield | 47 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, 10:41 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
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.