Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 154, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 17, 2000, 1:18 AM EST for Fairfield County, South Carolina. It was in force for 57 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
- Dec 17, 2000, 1:18 AM EST (06:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 17, 2000, 2:15 AM EST
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Fairfield County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 17, 1:58 AM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Ridgeway, SC | Highway dept. reported a few trees down on SC34 east of Ridgeway. |
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, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 196 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 831 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 489 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 209 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 202 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS52 KCAE 170622 SVRCAE SCC039-170715- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 118 AM EST SUN DEC 17 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EASTERN FAIRFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 215 AM EST. * AT 110 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHERN RICHLAND COUNTY MOVING NORTHEAST AND TOWARD EASTERN FAIRFIELD COUNTY. EXPECT WINDS OF 50 TO 60 MPH WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... RIDGEWAY AT 145 AM EST A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. RE MEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCED WARNING. A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR USUALLY OFFERS THE BEST PROTECTION FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES. RJL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 16, 11:19 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lexington | 26 min |
| Dec 17, 12:50 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lexington | 25 min |
| Dec 17, 12:59 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lexington | 31 min |
| Dec 17, 1:08 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Richland | 52 min |
| Dec 17, 1:25 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Kershaw | 65 min |
| Dec 17, 2:20 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Chesterfield | 25 min |
| Dec 17, 2:25 AM EST | Tornado Warning | CAE | Chesterfield | 35 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.