Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Wilmington, NC

June 14, 1996Darlington County, Florence County, South Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 1996, 4:10 PM EDT for Darlington County, Florence County, South Carolina. It was in force for 50 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
Jun 14, 1996, 4:10 PM EDT (20:10 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 1996, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, NC
Area
Whole counties

Counties Darlington County, SC, Florence County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:21 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
Jun 14, 4:30 PM EDTHail 1.75Lake City, 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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 143 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 1996-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 339 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 1996-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 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
339 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-126 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
993 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 5:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMBladen25 min
Jun 14, 5:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMColumbus48 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.