Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 77, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 1995, 3:10 PM EDT for Kershaw County, South Carolina. It was in force for 65 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 11, 1995, 3:10 PM EDT (19:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 1995, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Kershaw County, SC
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 169 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
- 2123 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 567 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 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 111905 RRA SVRCAE SCC055-112015- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 310 PM EDT SUN JUN 11 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 415 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CAROLINA ...KERSHAW COUNTY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS NEAR CAMDEN AND ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF CAMDEN MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. 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 AND OTHER SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO MONITOR THIS STORM AND RELAY REPO,RTS 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, Jun 11, 10:55 AM EDT, 4 hours 15 minutes before
SCZALL-120100- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 1100 AM EDT SUN JUN 11 1995 ...SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE FOR SOUTH CAROLINA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER OVER SOUTH CAROLINA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE FROM DAMAGING WINDS WITH SOME LARGE HAIL ALSO POSSIBLE. A COLD FRONT OVER THE LWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WILL MOVE EAST INTO THE WESTERN PART OF THE STATE LATE TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN DEVELOPING ACROSS THE STATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INCREASE TONIGHT. THE MAIN THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE OVER THE UPSTATE AND MIDLANDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA BETWEEN 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON AND 2 AM MONDAY MORNING. THERE WILL BE A LESSER CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER FOR THE COAST. ALL INTERESTS IN SOUTH CAROLINA SHOULD BE AWARE OF THIS POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER AND KEEP POSTED ON SHORT TERM WEATHER FORECASTS ...WATCHES...OR WARNINGS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS OFFICIALS ARE REQUESTED TO REMAIN ALERT AND MAKE PRELIMINARY PLANS TO DEAL WITH THE SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD IT OCCUR. SEVERE WEATHER SPOTTERS...INCLUDING AMATEUR RADIO OPERATERS SHOULD MONITOR THIS WEATHER SITUATION AND RELAY REPORTS PROMPTLY TO THE NEAREST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. RCC
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 11:00 AM EDT, 4 hours 10 minutes before
SCZALL-120100- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 1100 AM EDT SUN JUN 11 1995 ...SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE FOR SOUTH CAROLINA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER OVER SOUTH CAROLINA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE FROM DAMAGING WINDS WITH SOME LARGE HAIL ALSO POSSIBLE. A COLD FRONT OVER THE LWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WILL MOVE EAST INTO THE WESTERN PART OF THE STATE LATE TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN DEVELOPING ACROSS THE STATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INCREASE TONIGHT. THE MAIN THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE OVER THE UPSTATE AND MIDLANDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA BETWEEN 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON AND 2 AM MONDAY MORNING. THERE WILL BE A LESSER CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER FOR THE COAST. ALL INTERESTS IN SOUTH CAROLINA SHOULD BE AWARE OF THIS POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER AND KEEP POSTED ON SHORT TERM WEATHER FORECASTS ...WATCHES...OR WARNINGS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS OFFICIALS ARE REQUESTED TO REMAIN ALERT AND MAKE PRELIMINARY PLANS TO DEAL WITH THE SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD IT OCCUR. SEVERE WEATHER SPOTTERS...INCLUDING AMATEUR RADIO OPERATERS SHOULD MONITOR THIS WEATHER SITUATION AND RELAY REPORTS PROMPTLY TO THE NEAREST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. RCC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 8:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | McCormick | 41 min |
| Jun 11, 3:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Orangeburg | 68 min |
| Jun 11, 3:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Richland | 55 min |
| Jun 11, 3:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lee, Sumter | 66 min |
| Jun 11, 5:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Clarendon | 58 min |
| Jun 11, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Orangeburg | 30 min |
| Jun 11, 7:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Orangeburg | 39 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.