Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Wilmington, NC

May 6, 1996Marion County, South Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 6, 1996, 7:13 PM EDT for Marion County, South Carolina. It was in force for 47 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 6, 1996, 7:13 PM EDT (23:13 UTC)
Expired
May 6, 1996, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, NC
Area
Whole counties

County Marion County, SC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:31 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 6, 7:20 PM EDTThunderstorm WindMullins, 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

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 228 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, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 1996-05-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 142 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, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 1996-05-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 106 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
142 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-205 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1346 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
107 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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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
May 6, 4:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMBladen35 min
May 6, 4:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMPender45 min
May 6, 5:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMPender46 min
May 6, 5:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMColumbus64 min
May 6, 6:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMNew Hanover32 min
May 6, 6:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMNew Hanover50 min
May 6, 4:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMDillon, Marlboro45 min
May 6, 5:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMDillon47 min
May 6, 5:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMHorry, Marion64 min
May 6, 6:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMDillon, Marlboro48 min
May 6, 6:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMHorry62 min
May 6, 6:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMFlorence47 min
May 6, 7:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMHorry39 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.