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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Columbia, SC

March 16, 2000Sumter County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 16, 2000, 6:15 PM EST for Sumter County, South Carolina. It was in force for 30 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
Mar 16, 2000, 6:15 PM EST (23:15 UTC)
Expired
Mar 16, 2000, 6:45 PM EST
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
Area
Whole counties

County Sumter County, SC

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 16, 6:32 PM ESTTornado F0Rembert, SCSpotter observed an F0 touch down on his property which took down some trees.

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 watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 16, 4:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 118 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 2000-03-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 711 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 2000-03-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 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
711 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
463 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
0 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
0 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.

000 
WUUS52 KCAE 162317
SVRCAE
SCC085-162345-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
615 PM EST THU MAR 16 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN SUMTER COUNTY.

* UNTIL 645 PM EST.

* AT 607 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST SOUTHWEST OF HAGOOD AND HORATIO IN NORTHWEST 
  SUMTER COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

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.

LCV/RJL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 16, 4:30 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEChesterfield, Kershaw45 min
Mar 16, 5:22 PM ESTTornado WarningCAECalhoun, Richland38 min
Mar 16, 6:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAELee45 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.