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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Columbia, SC

April 24, 1995Lexington County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this tornado warning at Apr 24, 1995, 1:49 AM EDT for Lexington County, South Carolina. It was in force for 26 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 24, 1995, 1:49 AM EDT (05:49 UTC)
Expired: Apr 24, 1995, 2:15 AM EDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Columbia, SC
Area: Whole counties

County Lexington County, SC

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 162 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 86 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -98 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 617 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 241 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 369 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 4.7

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCAE 240548
TORCAE
SCC063-240615-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
149 AM EDT MON APR 24 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  215 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN  SOUTH CAROLINA
 
   ...LEXINGTON COUNTY
 
A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY RADAR NEAR THE LEXINGTON-SALUDA
COUNTY LINE AT 146 AM. MOVEMENT WAS EAST NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.
THE TOWNS OF LEESVILLE...SUMMIT AND GILBERT ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS
STORM.
 
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM! SEEK SHELTER NOW!
 
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.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING.  AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT
AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.  BE ALERT FOR FLOODING OF
LOW AREAS.  TORNADOES IN THIS AREA ARE HARD TO SEE BECAUSE OF RAIN
...LOW CLOUDS...AND TREES.
 
AMATEUR RADIO AND OTHER SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO MONITOR THIS
STORM AND RELAY REPORTS PROMPTLY TO THE NEAREST NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 23, 10:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Lexington	63 min
Apr 24, 12:44 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	McCormick	31 min
Apr 24, 1:09 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Edgefield, Saluda	36 min
Apr 24, 1:30 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Newberry	45 min
Apr 24, 1:37 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Lexington	68 min
Apr 24, 2:05 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Richland	40 min
Apr 24, 2:15 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	CAE	Richland	45 min
Apr 24, 2:32 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Sumter	43 min
Apr 24, 2:39 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Kershaw	36 min
Apr 24, 2:46 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Lee	44 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.