Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 1995, 1:53 PM EDT for Columbia County, Georgia. It was in force for 67 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 12, 1995, 1:53 PM EDT (17:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 1995, 3:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Columbia County, GA
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 208 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
- 181 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 788 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCAE 121754 RRA SVRCAE GAC073-121900- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 153 PM EDT MON JUN 12 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN GEORGIA ...COLUMBIA COUNTY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHERN COLUMBIA COUNTY MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 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 PHROTECTION 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
Local storm report, Jun 12, 11:15 AM EDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
1115 AM EDT MON JUN 12 95
TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
.....COUNTY LOCATION.....
600 PM FAIRFIELD COUNTY SC WIND DAMAGE
06/09/95 FAIRFIELD TREES/POWER LINES DOWN-
SHERIFF
615 PM 5 W COLUMBIA SC WIND DAMAGE
06/09/95 LEXINGTON TREES DOWN AT I-26 AND US
378- SPOTTER
715 PM SALUDA COUNTY SC WIND DAMAGE
06/09/95 SALUDA NUMEROUS TREES/POWER LINES
DOWN THROUGHOUT
COUNTY-SHERIFF
715 PM EDGEFIELD COUNTY SC WIND DAMAGE
06/09/95 EDGEFIELD NUMEROUS TREES/POWER LINES
DOWN- SHERIFF
745 PM RICHMOND COUNTY GA WIND DOWN
06/09/95 RICHMOND TREES DOWN- WSO AGS
800 PM WARRENVILLE & GLOVERVILLE SC WIND DAMAGE
06/09/95 AIKEN NUMEROUS TREES DOWN- WSO
AGS
815 PM BARNWELL COUNTY SC WIND DAMAGE
06/09/95 BARNWELL NUMEROUS TREES/POWER LINES
DOWN THRUT COUNTY-SHERIFF
350 PM CITY OF ORANGEBURG SC WIND DAMAGE
06/11/95 ORANGEBURG TREES DOWN- EOCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 1:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | McDuffie | 60 min |
Nearby
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.