Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 51, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 30, 1996, 1:08 AM EDT for Lancaster County, South Carolina. It was in force for 37 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
- Apr 30, 1996, 1:08 AM EDT (05:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 30, 1996, 1:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lancaster County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 1:15 AM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Lancaster, 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.
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 8:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Newberry | 30 min |
| Apr 30, 12:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Newberry | 30 min |
| Apr 30, 12:17 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lexington | 28 min |
| Apr 30, 12:17 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Fairfield | 28 min |
| Apr 30, 12:47 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Richland | 28 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.