Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Columbia, SC

May 26, 1996Newberry County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 1996, 6:15 PM EDT for Newberry County, South Carolina. It was in force for 30 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 26, 1996, 6:15 PM EDT (22:15 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 1996, 6:45 PM EDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
Area
Whole counties

County Newberry County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 26, 6:20 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 50Newberry, 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

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 287 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 1996-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1141 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 1996-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 38 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1141 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-47 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
982 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 6:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEKershaw25 min
May 26, 7:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAELexington53 min
May 26, 7:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAELee39 min
May 26, 7:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEAiken35 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.