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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Columbia, SC

May 7, 1996Edgefield County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this tornado warning at May 7, 1996, 8:03 PM EDT for Edgefield County, South Carolina. It was in force for 42 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, 8:03 PM EDT (00:03 UTC)
Expired: May 7, 1996, 8:45 PM EDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Columbia, SC
Area: Whole counties

County Edgefield County, SC

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 7, 8:12 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind 50	Edgefield, 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 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 207 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCAE 080003
TORCAE
SCC037-080045-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
803 PM EDT TUE MAY 7 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  845 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN  SOUTH CAROLINA
 
   ...EDGEFIELD COUNTY
 
WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO JUST WEST OF
EDGEFIELD. THIS STORM IS DRIFTING SLOWLY EASTWARD.
 
. 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM! SEEK SHELTER NOW!
 
 
CTC

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 7, 8:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Calhoun, Lexington	42 min
May 7, 8:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Richland	58 min
May 7, 9:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Kershaw, Sumter	41 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.