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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Columbia, SC

June 11, 1995Orangeburg County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 1995, 6:30 PM EDT for Orangeburg County, South Carolina. It was in force for 30 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 11, 1995, 6:30 PM EDT (22:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 1995, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
Area
Whole counties

County Orangeburg County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 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 1995-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2123 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 1995-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 2 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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 
WUUS1 KCAE 112230 RRA
SVRCAE
SCC075-112300-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
630 PM EDT SUN JUN 11 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  700 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN  SOUTH CAROLINA
 
   ...EASTERN ORANGEBURG COUNTY
 
AT 625 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR EUTAWVILLE. THE
STORM SHOWES LITTLE MOVEMENT AND WILL PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING
WINDS AND RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR.
 
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 REPORTS 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

Local storm report, Jun 11, 3:19 PM EDT, 3 hours 11 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, 3 hours 9 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, 3 hours 7 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, 3 hours 6 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, 5:36 PM EDT, 54 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA, SC
536 PM EDT SUN JUN 11 1995

TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           .....COUNTY LOCATION.....
330 PM                               SC   TREES DOWN
06/11/95   RICHLAND                       BUCKNER RD NEAR
                                          HWY 321
                                          SC HWY PATROL

355 PM                                    TREES DOWN
06/11/95   RICHLAND                       I-20 EASTBOUND AT
                                          MONTICELLO RD
                                          SC HWY PATROL

405 PM                                    TREES DOWN
06/11/95   RICHLAND                       W. BELTLINE RD NEAR
                                          TWO NOTCH RD
                                          SC HWY PATROL
LCV
Local storm report, Jun 11, 5:41 PM EDT, 49 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA, SC
536 PM EDT SUN JUN 11 1995

TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           .....COUNTY LOCATION.....
330 PM                               SC   TREES DOWN
06/11/95   RICHLAND                       BUCKNER RD NEAR
                                          HWY 321
                                          SC HWY PATROL

355 PM                                    TREES DOWN
06/11/95   RICHLAND                       I-20 EASTBOUND AT
                                          MONTICELLO RD
                                          SC HWY PATROL

405 PM                                    TREES DOWN
06/11/95   RICHLAND    N                   W. BELTLINE RD NEAR
                                          TWO NOTCH RD
                                          SC HWY PATROL
LCV

The office that day

Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 8:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEMcCormick41 min
Jun 11, 3:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEKershaw65 min
Jun 11, 3:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEOrangeburg68 min
Jun 11, 3:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAERichland55 min
Jun 11, 3:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAELee, Sumter66 min
Jun 11, 5:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEClarendon58 min
Jun 11, 7:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEOrangeburg39 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.