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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Columbia, SC

May 15, 1995Newberry County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this tornado warning at May 15, 1995, 4:37 PM EDT for Newberry County, South Carolina. It was in force for 53 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: May 15, 1995, 4:37 PM EDT (20:37 UTC)
Expired: May 15, 1995, 5:30 PM EDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Columbia, SC
Area: Whole counties

County Newberry County, SC

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 15, 4:53 PM EDT	Tornado F0	?, 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 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 214 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: 853 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -130 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1155 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 168 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 115 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCAE 152033
TORCAE
SCC071-152130-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
437 PM EDT MON MAY 15 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  530 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN  SOUTH CAROLINA
 
   ...NEWBERRY COUNTY
 
WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR THE LAURENS-NEWBERRY COUNTY
LINE NEAR KINARDS. THE I-26 AREA OF WESTERN NEWBERRY COUNTY IS IN THE
PATH OF THIS STORM. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST PARALLEL TO I-26.
VERY LARGE HAIL IS ALSO PROBABLE WITH 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 tHOMES.
 
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
May 15, 4:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Lancaster	48 min
May 15, 4:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Fairfield	50 min
May 15, 4:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Kershaw	45 min
May 15, 5:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Sumter	65 min
May 15, 5:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Richland	45 min
May 15, 5:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Lexington	34 min
May 15, 5:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Calhoun, Clarendon	61 min
May 15, 6:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Orangeburg	55 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in South Carolina, 1995 Every tornado warning in 1995 Tornadoes in 1995

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.