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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Columbia, SC

May 7, 1996Saluda County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this tornado warning at May 7, 1996, 7:14 PM EDT for Saluda County, South Carolina. It was in force for 31 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, 7:14 PM EDT (23:14 UTC)
Expired
May 7, 1996, 7:45 PM EDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
Area
Whole counties

County Saluda County, SC

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 7, 7:43 PM EDTHail 1Ridge Spg, 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, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 202 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, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 1996-05-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 280 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, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 1996-05-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 57 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCAE 072314
TORCAE
SCC081-072345-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
714 PM EDT TUE MAY 7 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  745 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN  SOUTH CAROLINA
 
   ...SOUTHERN SALUDA COUNTY
 
WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO IN THE RIDGE
SPRING AREA OF SOUTHERN SALUDA COUNTY. 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 7, 6:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEAiken, Lexington, Orangeburg69 min
May 7, 7:23 PM EDTTornado WarningCAEAiken37 min
May 7, 7:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEEdgefield64 min
May 7, 7:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEOrangeburg62 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.