Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 7, 1996, 9:38 PM EDT for Columbia County, Richmond County, Georgia. It was in force for 67 min. 2 reports 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, 9:38 PM EDT (01:38 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 1996, 10:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Columbia County, GA, Richmond County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 9:39 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Appling, GA | |
| May 7, 9:53 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Augusta, 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 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 211 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
- 321 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -114 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 749 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 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 080138 SVRCAE GAC073-245-080245- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 938 PM EDT TUE MAY 7 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN GEORGIA ...COLUMBIA COUNTY...RICHMOND COUNTY WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER COLUMBIA COUNTY SOUTHEAST OF APPLING AND NEAR HEPZIBAH IN RICHMOND COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. LARGE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED IN COLUMBIA COUNTY WITH THIS STORM. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY 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, 4 hours 4 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.
CTCLocal storm report, May 7, 8:23 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
823 PM EDT TUE MAY 07 1996
TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
.....COUNTY LOCATION.....
748 PM RIDGE SPRING SC 1.00 INCH HAIL
05/07/96 SALUDA SALUDA COUNTY SHERIFF
REPORTS QUARTER SIZE HAIL
AND POSSIBLE FUNNEL
CLOUDS IN THE RIDGE SPRING
AREA.
755 PM JOHNSTON SC 0.75 INCH HAIL
05/07/96 EDGEFIELD SPOTTER REPORTS DIME-SIZE
HAIL NEAR JOHNSTON.
808 PM NORWAY SC WIND DAMAGE
05/07/96 ORANGEBURG TREES DOWN ON VEHICLE NEAR
NORWAY...REPORTED BY
ORANGEBURG COUNTYSHERIFF.
812 PM EDGEFIELD SC 2.75 INCH HAIL
05/07/96 EDGEFIELD EDGEFIELD COUNTY SHERIFF
REPORTS BASEBALLL SIZE HAIL
JUST WEST OF THE CITY OF
EDGEFIELD.
CTCLocal storm report, May 7, 9:06 PM EDT, 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
906 PM EDT TUE MAY 07 1996
TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
.....COUNTY LOCATION.....
852 PM SANDY RUN SC 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/07/96 CALHOUN SPOTTER REPORTS GOLFBALL
SIZE HAIL IN NORTHERN
CALHOUN COUNTY NEAR
SANDY RUN.
859 PM 5 E SWANSEA SC WIND DAMAGE
05/07/96 LEXINGTON LEXINGTON COUNTY PUBLIC
SAFETY REPORTS POWER LINES
DOWN EAST OF SWANSEA IN
SOUTHERN LEXINGTON COUNTY.
CTCNearby
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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.