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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Columbia, SC

May 30, 1995Orangeburg County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 1995, 3:49 PM EDT for Orangeburg County, South Carolina. It was in force for 56 min.

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The facts

Issued
May 30, 1995, 3:49 PM EDT (19:49 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 1995, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
56 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, 7.8 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 1995-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 980 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 12:00Z on 1995-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 54 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
980 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-61 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
836 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.1

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