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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Columbia, SC

April 24, 1995Richland County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this tornado warning at Apr 24, 1995, 2:15 AM EDT for Richland County, South Carolina. It was in force for 45 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 24, 1995, 2:15 AM EDT (06:15 UTC)
Expired
Apr 24, 1995, 3:00 AM EDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
Area
Whole counties

County Richland County, SC

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 6.3 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 1995-04-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 86 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 1995-04-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 241 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
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 240615
TORCAE
SCC079-240700-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
215 AM EDT MON APR 24 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  300 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN  SOUTH CAROLINA
 
   ...RICHLAND COUNTY
 
RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO JUST SOUTH OF THE COLUMBIA AIRPORT.
MOVEMENT WAS EAST NORTHEAST NEAR 40 MILES AN HOUR.
 
 
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.
 
AMATEUR RADIO AND OTHER SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO MONITOR THIS
STORM AND RELAY REPORTS PROMPTLY TO THE NEAREST NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.
 
RJL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 23, 10:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAELexington63 min
Apr 24, 12:44 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEMcCormick31 min
Apr 24, 1:09 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEEdgefield, Saluda36 min
Apr 24, 1:30 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAENewberry45 min
Apr 24, 1:37 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAELexington68 min
Apr 24, 1:49 AM EDTTornado WarningCAELexington26 min
Apr 24, 2:05 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAERichland40 min
Apr 24, 2:32 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAESumter43 min
Apr 24, 2:39 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEKershaw36 min
Apr 24, 2:46 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAELee44 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.