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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 62, NWS Columbia, SC

June 26, 1997Lexington County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 1997, 8:40 PM EDT for Lexington County, South Carolina. It was in force for 35 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 26, 1997, 8:40 PM EDT (00:40 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 1997, 9:15 PM EDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
Area
Whole counties

County Lexington County, SC

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 26, 9:12 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 50Pelion, SCTHUNDERSTORM WINDS KNOCKED DOWN TREES ALONG HIGHWAY 178 BETWEEN FAIRVIEW CROSSROADS AND I-20.

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, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 162 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 1997-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3381 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 1997-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 47 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
3381 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
768 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
39 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

674 
WUUS1 KCAE 270042 RRA
SVRCAE
SCC063-270115-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
840 PM EDT THU JUN 26 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  915 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN  SOUTH CAROLINA
 
   ...SOUTHERN LEXINGTON COUNTY
 
AT 840 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO SOUTHERN LEXINGTON COUNTY. THIS STORM WILL PASS
JUST NORTH OF PELION AND GASTON. MOVEMENT IS NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
 
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY IF YOU ARE IN
ITS PATH. INTENSE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN CAUSE AS MUCH DAMAGE
AS SOME TORNADOES.
 
 
CTC

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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.