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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 110, NWS Columbia, SC

July 22, 2000Newberry County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 2000, 1:00 PM EDT for Newberry County, South Carolina. It was in force for 30 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
Jul 22, 2000, 1:00 PM EDT (17:00 UTC)
Expired
Jul 22, 2000, 1:30 PM EDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
Area
Whole counties

County Newberry County, SC

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 214 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 2000-07-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2668 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 2000-07-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 27 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
2668 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-53 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
983 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.0

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The text

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

038 
WUUS52 KCAE 221700
SVRCAE
SCC071-221730-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
100 PM EDT SAT JUL 22 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN NEWBERRY COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 130 PM EDT.

* AT 100 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WHITMIRE.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  NEAR WHITMIRE AT 110 PM EDT

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

REPORT ANY HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS OR FLOODING TO YOUR COUNTY SHERIFF
OR TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN COLUMBIA.

ARDREY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 22, 1:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEFairfield, Newberry46 min
Jul 22, 1:47 PM EDTTornado WarningCAEFairfield43 min
Jul 22, 2:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEKershaw, Lancaster40 min
Jul 22, 3:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEKershaw47 min
Jul 22, 3:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEChesterfield41 min
Jul 22, 3:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAELee30 min
Jul 22, 3:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAELee32 min
Jul 22, 4:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAESumter44 min
Jul 22, 6:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEFairfield40 min

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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.