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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 34, NWS Columbia, SC

March 17, 1996Burke County, Georgia

NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 17, 1996, 9:16 AM EST for Burke County, Georgia. It was in force for 44 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
Mar 17, 1996, 9:16 AM EST (14:16 UTC)
Expired
Mar 17, 1996, 10:00 AM EST
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
Area
Whole counties

County Burke County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 17, 9:31 AM ESTHail 0.75Girad, GA

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.

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 187 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 12:00Z on 1996-03-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 399 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 12:00Z on 1996-03-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 76 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
399 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-57 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
703 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
76 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
110 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCAE 171416 RRA
SVRCAE
GAC033-171500-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
916 AM EST SUN MAR 17 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN  GEORGIA
 
   ...CENTRAL BURKE COUNTY
 
DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR WAYNESBORO. THIS
STORM WILL MOVE FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE CENTRAL PART OF THE COUNTY
THROUGH 930 AM. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE HAIL IN EXCESS OF 3/4 INCH.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
THESE WINDS BLOW DOWN TREES...POWER LINES...AND SEVERELY DAMAGE
MOBILE HOMES.  FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR.  DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
 
CAMMARATA

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

Local storm report, Mar 17, 8:23 AM EST, 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
823 AM EST SUN MAR 17 1996

TIME (EST) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           .....COUNTY LOCATION.....
705 AM     HEPHZIBAH                 GA   1.75 INCH HAIL
03/17/96   RICHMOND                       RICHMOND COUNTY EPD
                                          REPORTS GOLF BALL SIZE
                                          HAIL NEAR HEPHZIBAH
                                          INSOUTHERN RICHMOND
                                          COUNTY.

730 AM     BEECH ISLAND              SC   0.75 INCH HAIL
03/17/96   AIKEN                          SPOTTER REPORTS DIME SIZE
                                          HAIL NEAR BEECH ISLAND.

744 AM     AIKEN                     SC   0.75 INCH HAIL
03/17/96   AIKEN                          AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR
                                          REPORTS DIME SIZE HAIL
                                          NEAR INTERSECTION  OF HWY
                                          302/78 NEAR AIKEN.

808 AM     SPRINGFIELD               SC   0.75 INCH HAIL
03/17/96   ORANGEBURG                     ORANGEBURG COUNTY EPD
                                          REPORTS DIME SIZE HAIL
                                          NEAR SPRINGFIELD.

CTC
Local storm report, Mar 17, 8:27 AM EST, 49 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA, SC
827 AM EST SUN MAR 17 1996

TIME (EST) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           .....COUNTY LOCATION.....
705 AM     HEPHZIBAH                 GA   1.75 INCH HAIL
03/17/96   RICHMOND                       RICHMOND COUNTY EPD
                                          REPORTS GOLF BALL SIZE
                                          HAIL NEAR HEPHZIBAH
                                          IN SOUTHERN RICHMOND
                                          COUNTY.

730 AM     BEECH ISLAND              SC   0.75 INCH HAIL
03/17/96   AIKEN                          SPOTTER REPORTS DIME SIZE
                                          HAIL NEAR BEECH ISLAND.

744 AM     AIKEN                     SC   0.75 INCH HAIL
03/17/96   AIKEN                          AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR
                                          REPORTS DIME SIZE HAIL
                                          NEAR INTERSECTION  OF HWY
                                          302/78 NEAR AIKEN.

808 AM     SPRINGFIELD               SC   0.75 INCH HAIL
03/17/96   ORANGEBURG                     ORANGEBURG COUNTY EPD
                                          REPORTS DIME SIZE HAIL
                                          NEAR SPRINGFIELD.

CTC
Local storm report, Mar 17, 8:28 AM EST, 48 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA, SC
827 AM EST SUN MAR 17 1996

TIME (EST) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           .....COUNTY LOCATION.....
705 AM     HEPHZIBAH                 GA   1.75 INCH HAIL
03/17/96   RICHMOND                       RICHMOND COUNTY EPD
                                          REPORTS GOLF BALL SIZE
                                          HAIL NEAR HEPHZIBAH
                                          IN SOUTHERN RICHMOND
                                          COUNTY.

730 AM     BEECH ISLAND              SC   0.75 INCH HAIL
03/17/96   AIKEN                          SPOTTER REPORTS DIME SIZE
                                          HAIL NEAR BEECH ISLAND.

744 AM     AIKEN                     SC   0.75 INCH HAIL
03/17/96   AIKEN                          AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR
                                          REPORTS DIME SIZE HAIL
                                          NEAR INTERSECTION  OF HWY
                                          302/78 NEAR AIKEN.

808 AM     SPRINGFIELD               SC   0.75 INCH HAIL
03/17/96   ORANGEBURG                     ORANGEBURG COUNTY EPD
                          @                REPORTS DIME SIZE HAIL
                                          NEAR SPRINGFIELD.

CTC
Local storm report, Mar 17, 9:02 AM EST, 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
902 AM EST SUN MAR 17 1996

TIME (EST) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           .....COUNTY LOCATION.....
828 AM     NEESES                    SC   0.75 INCH HAIL
03/17/96   ORANGEBURG                     ORANGEBURG COUNTY EPD
                                          REPORTS 3/4" HAIL NEAR
                                          NEESES AND AT PINE  HILL,
                                          ABOUT 6 SE NEESES.

CTC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 17, 6:31 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEMcDuffie29 min
Mar 17, 6:50 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEColumbia, Richmond25 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996

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.