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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Columbia, SC

January 14, 1995Orangeburg County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this tornado warning at Jan 14, 1995, 9:16 AM EST for Orangeburg County, South Carolina. It was in force for 29 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 14, 1995, 9:16 AM EST (14:16 UTC)
Expired
Jan 14, 1995, 9:45 AM EST
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
Area
Whole counties

County Orangeburg County, SC

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jan 14, 9:25 AM ESTTornado F0Orangeburg, SCTornado touched down in Bowlentown Community and severely damaged a large storage shed.

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 12:00Z, 2.3 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 1995-01-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 434 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 1995-01-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 227 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
434 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
712 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
227 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
276 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
3.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCAE 141418
TORCAE
SCC075-141445-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
916 AM EST SAT JAN 14 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  945 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN  SOUTH CAROLINA
 
   ...NORTHERN ORANGEBURG COUNTY
 
RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR NORTH IN NORTHERN ORANGEBURG
COUNTY. OTHER INTENSE ACTIVITY EXTENDED SOUTH TlO NEAR NEESES AND NORWAY.
THE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH.
 
 
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM! SEEK SHELTER NOW!

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 14, 8:20 AM ESTTornado WarningCAENewberry40 min
Jan 14, 9:48 AM ESTTornado WarningCAERichland27 min
Jan 14, 2:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAERichland45 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.