Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 1995, 7:06 PM EDT for Orangeburg County, South Carolina. It was in force for 39 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 11, 1995, 7:06 PM EDT (23:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 1995, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 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 23:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 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.
- 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 112305 RRA SVRCAE SCC075-112345- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 706 PM EDT SUN JUN 11 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CAROLINA ...EASTERN ORANGEBURG COUNTY AT 7 PM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN EASTERN ORANGEBURG COUNTY NEAR HOLLY HILL. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST ABOUT 20 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. HAWKS
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 47 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 EOCLocal storm report, Jun 11, 3:21 PM EDT, 3 hours 45 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 EOCLocal storm report, Jun 11, 3:23 PM EDT, 3 hours 43 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 EOCLocal storm report, Jun 11, 3:24 PM EDT, 3 hours 42 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 EOCLocal storm report, Jun 11, 5:36 PM EDT, 1 hour 30 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
LCVLocal storm report, Jun 11, 5:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 25 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
LCVThe 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, 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 |
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.