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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 184, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

July 17, 1995Oconee County, Pickens County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 17, 1995, 3:37 PM EDT for Oconee County, Pickens County, South Carolina. It was in force for 53 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 17, 1995, 3:37 PM EDT (19:37 UTC)
Expired
Jul 17, 1995, 4:30 PM EDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Whole counties

Counties Oconee County, SC, Pickens County, SC

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 219 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 1995-07-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 937 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 1995-07-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 35 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
937 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-94 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1128 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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