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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS Columbia, SC

June 11, 1995Lee County, Sumter County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 1995, 3:54 PM EDT for Lee County, Sumter County, South Carolina. It was in force for 66 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 11, 1995, 3:54 PM EDT (19:54 UTC)
Expired: Jun 11, 1995, 5:00 PM EDT
In force: 66 min
Issued by: NWS Columbia, SC
Area: Whole counties

Counties Lee County, SC, Sumter County, SC

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 130 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCAE 111955 RRA
SVRCAE
SCC061-085-112100-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
354 PM EDT SUN JUN 11 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  500 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN  SOUTH CAROLINA
 
   ...LEE COUNTY...SUMTER COUNTY
 
AT 350 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF REMBERT MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 20 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE INTO
REMBERT WITHIN 15 MINUTES AND ACROSS LEE COUNTY INTO THE BISHOPVILLE
AREA WITHIN 45 MINUTES.
 
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.

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, 11:00 AM EDT, 4 hours 54 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

Local storm report, Jun 11, 3:16 PM EDT, 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
316 PM EDT SUN JUN 11 95

TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           .....COUNTY LOCATION.....
310 PM     ELGIN                     SC   WIND DAMAGE
06/11/95   KERSHAW                        KERSHAW COUNTY SHERIFF
                                          TREES DOWN.

Local storm report, Jun 11, 3:19 PM EDT, 35 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA, SC
319 PM EDT SUN JUN 11 1995

TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           .....COUNTY LOCATION.....
310 PM     ELGIN                     SC   WIND DAMAGE
06/11/95   KERSHAW                        KERSHAW COUNTY SHERIFF
                                          TREES DOWN.

314 PM     NEESES                    SC   .75 INCH HAIL
06/11/95   ORANGEBURG                     ORANGEBURG EOC

Local storm report, Jun 11, 3:21 PM EDT, 33 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA, SC
319 PM EDT SUN JUN 11 1995

TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           .....COUNTY LOCATION.....
310 PM     ELGIN                     SC   WIND DAMAGE
06/11/95   KERSHAW                        KERSHAW COUNTY SHERIFF
                                          TREES DOWN.

314 PM     NEESES                    SC   .75 INCH HAIL
06/11/95   ORANGEBURG                     OR\ANGEBURG EOC

Local storm report, Jun 11, 3:23 PM EDT, 31 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA, SC
323 PM EDT SUN JUN 11 1995

TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           .....COUNTY LOCATION.....
315 PM     CAMDEN                    SC   TREES DOWN
06/11/95   KERSHAW                        KERSHAW COUNTY EOC

Local storm report, Jun 11, 3:24 PM EDT, 30 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA, SC
323 PM EDT SUN JUN 11 1995

TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           .....COUNTY LOCATION.....
315 PM     CAMDEN          `          SC   TREES DOWN
06/11/95   KERSHAW                        KERSHAW COUNTY EOC

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, 3:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Kershaw	65 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, 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, 1995 Every 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.