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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 86, NWS Charleston, SC

July 16, 1995Allendale County, South Carolina

NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 1995, 8:47 PM EDT for Allendale County, South Carolina. It was in force for 58 min.

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The facts

Issued
Jul 16, 1995, 8:47 PM EDT (00:47 UTC)
Expired
Jul 16, 1995, 9:45 PM EDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, SC
Area
Whole counties

County Allendale County, SC

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 127 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 1995-07-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1908 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 1995-07-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1908 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-69 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1140 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
99 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
4.1

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