Alert archive / South Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 1996

Tornado Warning 7, NWS Wilmington, NC

May 29, 1996Marion County, South Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this tornado warning at May 29, 1996, 9:13 PM EDT for Marion County, South Carolina. It was in force for 47 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 29, 1996, 9:13 PM EDT (01:13 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 1996, 10:00 PM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, NC
Area
Whole counties

County Marion County, SC

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 144 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 00:00Z on 1996-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1574 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 00:00Z on 1996-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 35 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1574 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1415 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KILM 300113
TORILM
SCC067-300200-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
913 PM EDT WED MAY 29 1996

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA

   ...CENTRAL MARION
 
AT 911 PM EDT...A TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY WILMINGTON DOPPLER RADAR
6 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF PEE DEE MOVING EAST AT 34 MPH. 

THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE AROUND...
        FRIENDSHIP              BY 929 PM EDT
        CENTENARY               BY 935 PM EDT
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IN A HOME OR
BUSINESS IS AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE.  AVOID
WINDOWS.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 8:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMDillon48 min
May 29, 8:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMFlorence60 min
May 29, 9:02 PM EDTTornado WarningILMFlorence33 min
May 29, 9:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMHorry49 min
May 29, 10:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMGeorgetown, Horry46 min
May 29, 10:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMGeorgetown, Horry36 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.