Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 28, 1995, 9:20 PM EST for Beaufort County, Colleton County, South Carolina. It was in force for 115 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 28, 1995, 9:20 PM EST (02:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 28, 1995, 11:15 PM EST
- In force
- 115 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Beaufort County, SC, Colleton County, SC
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 71 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1161 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 80 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jan 28, 7:44 PM EST, 1 hour 36 minutes before
GAZ135-149-134-148-152-116-117-100-165-166-099-164-118-119-163- 132-162-101-115-153-154-133-161-138-139-137-160-140-141-151-114- 113-150-136-290145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAVANNAH GA 744 PM EST SAT JAN 28 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 57 HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL 100 AM EST SUNDAY MORNING FOR NORTHERN SECTIONS OF SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA... ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 55 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EST TONIGHT FOR THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHERN GEORGIA... AT 740 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MIDWAY IN LIBERTY COUNTY. THIS STORM MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS UP TO 45 MILES PER HOUR...SMALL HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN AS IT MOVES TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES PER HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE THROUGH LIBERTY...SOUTHERN BRYAN...AND THEN CHATHAM COUNTY BY 815 PM AND THROUGH THE COATAL WATERS BETWEEN THE SAVANNAH RIVER AND ST. CATHERINES SOUND BY 830 PM. ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA AT 740 PM...NO SEVERE OR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING. HOWEVER CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OR TORNADO DEVELOPMENT OVER SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS EVENING. PEOPLE IN SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD STAY ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR A LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNING.
Special weather statement, Jan 28, 7:45 PM EST, 1 hour 35 minutes before
SCZ042>045-047>050-501-502-290230-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ...CORRECTED EXPIRATION TIME...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
745 PM EST SAT JAN 28 1995
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE SOUTH
COASTAL AREA UNTIL 1 AM...
AT 740 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS SHOWING A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS FROM AUGUSTA GEORGIA TO ABOUT 20 MILES EAST OF MACON.
MOVEMENT WAS TOWARD THE EAST AT 40 MPH.
THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE EAST...MOVING INTO HAMPTON AND JASPER
COUNTIES BY 10 PM. THESE STORMS HAVE HAD HISTORY OF PRODUCING STRONG
GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL IN CENTRAL GEORGIA.
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...MOVE INSIDE AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TV
STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
TJRSpecial weather statement, Jan 28, 8:25 PM EST, 55 minutes before
SCZ042>045-047>050-501-502-290300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 825 PM EST SAT JAN 28 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE SOUTH COASTAL AREA UNTIL 1 AM... AT 820 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS SHOWING AN ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SAVANNAH MOVING TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH HILTON HEAD ISLAND...AS WELL AS HUNTING AND FRIPP ISLANDS BY 9 PM. ELSEWHERE...A STRONG LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES FROM WESTERN ORANGEBURG COUNTY THROUGH BARNWELL COUNTY AND INTO BURKE COUNTY...GA. THESE STORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO HAMPTON...JASPER AND NORTHERN COLLETON COUNTIES AROUND 9 PM. THE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AROUND 40 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DEADLY LIGHTNING...DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL AS THEY MOVE THROUGH THE SOUTH COASTAL REGION THIS EVENING. . IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...MOVE INDOORS BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. TJR
Special weather statement, Jan 28, 8:27 PM EST, 53 minutes before
SCZ042>045-047>050-501-502-290300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 825 PM EST SAT JAN 28 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE SOUTH COASTAL AREA UNTIL 1 AM... AT 820 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS SHOWING AN ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SAVANNAH MOVING TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH HILTON HEAD ISLAND...AS WELL AS HUNTING AND FRIPP ISLANDS BY 9 PM. ELSEWHERE...A STRONG LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES FROM WESTERN ORANGEBURG COUNTY THROUGH BARNWELL COUNTY AND INTO BURKE COUNTY...GA. THESE STORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO HAMPTON...JASPER AND NORTHERN COLLETON COUNTIES AROUND 9 PM. THE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AROUND 40 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DEADLY LIGHTNING...DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL AS THEY MOVE THROUGH THE SOUTH COASTAL REGION THIS EVENING. . IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...MOVE INDOORS BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. TJR
Special weather statement, Jan 28, 8:40 PM EST, 40 minutes before
GAZ135-149-134-148-152-116-117-100-165-166-099-164-118-119-163- 132-162-101-115-153-154-133-161-138-139-137-160-140-141-151-114- 113-150-136-290245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAVANNAH GA 840 PM EST SAT JAN 28 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 57 CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EST SUNDAY MORNING FOR NORTHERN SECTIONS OF SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA... ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 55 HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 840 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM JUST SOUTH OF SWAINSBORO NORTHEAST TO SYLVANIA TO COLUMBIA. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED SOUTH THROUGH EAST OF MACON...ALSO ALONG COASTAL SECTIONS OF BEAUFORT COUNTY SOUTH CAROLINA. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30 MILE PER HOUR. THE STORM NEAR SWAINSBORO WILL MOVE INTO CANDLER COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT HALF HOUR. PEOPLE IN SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD STAY ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR A LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNING.
Special weather statement, Jan 28, 8:42 PM EST, 38 minutes before
GAZ135-149-134-148-152-116-117-100-165-166-099-164-118-119-163- 132-162-101-115-153-154-133-161-138-139-137-160-140-141-151-114- 113-150-136-290245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAVANNAH GA 840 PM EST SAT JAN 28 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 57 CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EST SUNDAY MORNING FOR NORTHERN SECTIONS OF SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA... ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 55 HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 840 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM JUST SOUTH OF SWAINSBORO NORTHEAST TO SYLVANIA TO COLUMBIA. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED SOUTH THROUGH EAST OF MACON...ALSO ALONG COASTAL SECTIONS OF BEAUFORT COUNTY SOUTH CAROLINA. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30 MILE PER HOUR. THE STORM NEAR SWAINSBORO WILL MOVE INTO CANDLER COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT HALF HOUR. PEOPLE IN SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD STAY ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATjHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR A LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNING.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 28, 8:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Beaufort | 35 min |
| Jan 28, 9:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Hampton, Jasper | 63 min |
| Jan 28, 10:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Jasper | 61 min |
| Jan 28, 10:37 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Charleston | 68 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.