Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 148, NWS Columbia, SC

September 25, 2000Lexington County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 25, 2000, 8:29 PM EDT for Lexington County, South Carolina. It was in force for 46 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
Sep 25, 2000, 8:29 PM EDT (00:29 UTC)
Expired
Sep 25, 2000, 9:15 PM EDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
Area
Whole counties

County Lexington County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:29 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
Sep 25, 3:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 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 2000-09-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1823 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 2000-09-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 83 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
1823 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-41 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
981 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
115 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
6.2

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The text

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

000 
WUUS52 KCAE 260036 COR
SVRCAE
SCC063-260115-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
829 PM EDT MON SEP 25 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LEXINGTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 915 PM EDT.

  AT 829 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RED BANK...OR ABOUT 13
  MILES SOUTHEAST OF BATESBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RED BANK AT 855 PM EDT
  LEXINGTON...SOUTH CONGAREE AT 905 PM EDT
  PINERIDGE AT 910 PM EDT
  OAK GROVE...SPRINGDALE AT 915 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.

LAT...LON 3379 8151 3367 8135 3391 8102 3407 8121

ARDREY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 25, 8:23 PM EDTTornado WarningCAEAiken37 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 2000Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000

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.