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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Columbia, SC

June 7, 1995Burke County, Georgia

NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 1995, 5:33 PM EDT for Burke County, Georgia. It was in force for 32 min.

The area

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The facts

Issued
Jun 7, 1995, 5:33 PM EDT (21:33 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 1995, 6:05 PM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
Area
Whole counties

County Burke County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 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 12:00Z on 1995-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1012 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 1995-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 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
1012 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-53 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1180 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCAE 072134 RRA
SVRCAE
GAC033-072215-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
533 PM EDT WED JUN 7 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  615 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN  GEORGIA
 
   ...BURKE COUNTY
 
RADAR LOCATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR KEYSVILLE MOVING SOUTHEAST
ALONG BRIER CREEK. THE PROJECTED PATH OF THE STORM WILL TAKE IT NEAR
WAYNESBORO AROUND 6:15 PM. THE STORM IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
 
 
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.

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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.