Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 7, 1996, 6:06 PM EDT for Aiken County, Lexington County, Orangeburg County, South Carolina. It was in force for 69 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
- May 7, 1996, 6:06 PM EDT (22:06 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 1996, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 69 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Aiken County, SC, Lexington County, SC, Orangeburg County, SC
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 6:15 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Pelion, 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 nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 280 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -188 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1087 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCAE 072207 SVRCAE SCC003-063-075-072315- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 606 PM EDT TUE MAY 7 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CAROLINA ...EASTERN AIKEN COUNTY...SOUTHERN LEXINGTON COUNTY ...NORTHERN ORANGEBURG COUNTY WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN AIKEN COUNTY NEAR PERRY. THIS STORM IS DRIFTING SLOWLY EAST AND WILL AFFECT THE COMMUNITIES OF PELION...SWANSEA...WOODFORD AND NORTH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...TAKE COVER IMMEDIAT2ELY IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH. INTENSE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN CAUSE AS MUCH DAMAGE AS SOME TORNADOES. CTC
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, May 7, 5:34 PM EDT, 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
534 PM EDT TUE MAY 07 1996
TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
.....COUNTY LOCATION.....
422 PM APPLING GA 1.75 INCH HAIL.
05/07/96 COLUMBIA COLUMBIA COUNTY EPD
REPORTS GOLF BALL SIZE
HAIL IN APPLING.
438 PM APPLING GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
05/07/96 COLUMBIA COLUMBIA COUNTY SHERIFF
REPORTS DIME SIZE HAIL
NEAR AND EAST OF APPLING.
CTCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 7:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Saluda | 31 min |
| May 7, 7:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Aiken | 37 min |
| May 7, 7:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Edgefield | 64 min |
| May 7, 7:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Orangeburg | 62 min |
Nearby
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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.