Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1999

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Columbia, SC

May 13, 1999Richland County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 1999, 5:17 PM EDT for Richland County, South Carolina. It was in force for 28 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 13, 1999, 5:17 PM EDT (21:17 UTC)
Expired
May 13, 1999, 5:45 PM EDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
Area
Whole counties

County Richland County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 13, 3:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 150 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 1999-05-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 112 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 1999-05-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 71 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
112 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-59 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
791 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
73 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.

999 
WUUS1 KCAE 132116 RRA
SVRCAE
SCC079-132145-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
517 PM EDT THU MAY 13 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA SC HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN RICHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT 

* AT 516 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES SOUTH OF GADSDEN. THE STORM 
  WAS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE 
  LARGE HAIL TO 1.00 INCH IN DIAMETER.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  GADSDEN AT 517 PM EDT
  EASTOVER AT 526 PM EDT
  WATEREE AT 531 PM EDT

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG 
BUILDING. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. 

AWP

The office that day

Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 3:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEMcCormick39 min
May 13, 4:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEOrangeburg40 min
May 13, 5:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAESumter48 min
May 13, 5:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEClarendon43 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 1999Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1999

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.