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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Columbia, SC

November 2, 1995Calhoun County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this tornado warning at Nov 2, 1995, 3:54 PM EST for Calhoun County, South Carolina. It was in force for 36 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 2, 1995, 3:54 PM EST (20:54 UTC)
Expired
Nov 2, 1995, 4:30 PM EST
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
Area
Whole counties

County Calhoun County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 113 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 1995-11-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 202 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 1995-11-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 66 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
202 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-85 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
813 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCAE 022052
TORCAE
SCC017-022130-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
354 PM EST THU NOV 2 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  430 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN  SOUTH CAROLINA
 
   ...NORTHERN CALHOUN COUNTY
 
AT 350 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A TORNADO APPROACHING THE EXTREME
WESTERN CALHOUN COUNTY LINE. A TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND NEAR GASTON AND
MOVING AND WILL MOVE TOWARD THE EASTMAN CAROLINA PLANT AT AROUND 400 PM.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW
GROUND IF AVAILABLE.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY
FURNITURE.  OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR POSSIBLE.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...OR CUSHIONS TO COVER
YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES.
 
SJN
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 2, 2:43 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEAiken47 min
Nov 2, 3:02 PM ESTTornado WarningCAEAiken28 min
Nov 2, 3:08 PM ESTTornado WarningCAELexington67 min
Nov 2, 4:14 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAERichland46 min
Nov 2, 4:21 PM ESTTornado WarningCAEClarendon69 min
Nov 2, 4:39 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEEdgefield51 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.