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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Columbia, SC

January 6, 1995Richland County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this tornado warning at Jan 6, 1995, 10:04 PM EST for Richland County, South Carolina. It was in force for 41 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jan 6, 1995, 10:04 PM EST (03:04 UTC)
Expired
Jan 6, 1995, 10:45 PM EST
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
Area
Whole counties

County Richland County, SC

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jan 6, 10:10 PM ESTTornado F1Near Ballentine, SC

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 150 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 00:00Z on 1995-01-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 117 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 00:00Z on 1995-01-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 364 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
117 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
693 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
364 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
610 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCAE 070306
TORCAE
SCC079-070345-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
1004 PM EST FRI JAN 6 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN  SOUTH CAROLINA
 
   ...NORTHWESTERN RICHLAND COUNTY
 
AT 1005 PM RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO JUST NORTHWEST OF IRMO
NOVINT TO THE NORTHEAST TOWARD BLYTHEWOOD.
 
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM! SEEK SHELTER NOW!
 
JOO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 6, 9:24 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAENewberry36 min
Jan 6, 9:58 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEFairfield47 min
Jan 6, 10:17 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEKershaw, Lancaster, Richland58 min
Jan 6, 10:17 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAELexington58 min
Jan 6, 10:41 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAELee, Sumter64 min
Jan 6, 10:41 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEBamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Orangeburg64 min
Jan 6, 10:41 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEChesterfield64 min
Jan 6, 10:58 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEClarendon62 min
Jan 6, 11:51 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEBamberg, Barnwell, Orangeburg69 min
Jan 7, 12:24 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAECalhoun, Sumter66 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.