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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Columbia, SC

January 10, 2000Edgefield County, McCormick County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 10, 2000, 6:28 AM EST for Edgefield County, McCormick County, South Carolina. It was in force for 32 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
Jan 10, 2000, 6:28 AM EST (11:28 UTC)
Expired
Jan 10, 2000, 7:00 AM EST
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
Area
Whole counties

Counties Edgefield County, SC, McCormick County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:29 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
Jan 10, 6:00 AM ESTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 224 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 2000-01-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 52 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Charleston AFB, SC at 00:00Z on 2000-01-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 145 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
52 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-145 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
762 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
145 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
160 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCAE 101134
SVRCAE
SCC037-065-101200-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
628 AM EST MON JAN 10 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MCCORMICK COUNTY.
  EDGEFIELD COUNTY.

* UNTIL 700 AM EST.

* AT 619 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH DAMAGING WINDS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
  LINCOLN COUNTY SOUTHWARD INTO WESTERN COLUMBIA COUNTY....
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  EDGEFIELD AT 655 AM EST.
  

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER...SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCED
WARNING.

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

.END/ JDB/RJL

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Columbia, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jan 10, 2:38 AM EST, 3 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 10, 2:38 AM EST, 3 hours 50 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED FOR DATE/TIME...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
230 AM MON JAN 10 2000

INTERESTING FCST FOR THIS AM. WEDGE BNDRY LAYS ACROSS CWA WITH
TEMPS/DEWPOINTS RANGING FROM AROUND 60 SOUTH TO MIDDLE 40S OVER
FAR WESTERN AND NORTHERN COUNTIES. VIGOROUS S/W WIL GO NEG TILT AS
SFC LOW BEGINS TO DEEPEN OVR MS VLY. STRONG H85 JET WILL MAKE ITS WAY
THROUGH THE AREA AS H25 RIGHT ENTERANCE REGION WILL STAY TO OUR
SOUTH WHERE MODELS ARE KEEPING THE GREATEST INSTABILITY. LOOKS LIKE
SRN COUNTIES WILL GET THE BRUNT OF THE SEV WX. BUT CONCERN STILL
LIES WITH LOCATION OF BNDRY. COULD ACT AS A FOCUSING MECHANISM FOR
THUNDER. LOOK OUT WARNGEN HERE WE COME...

CURRENT FCST HAS GOOD HANDLE ON SITUATION. WILL GO MOSTLY SUNNY FOR
THIS AFTERNOON WITH RAPID CLEARING BEHIND THE FRONT. W WINDS WILL
KEEP TEMPS UP A BIT TODAY WITH NO REAL CAA COULD SEE TEMPS IN THE
70S. STRONG WINDS WILL WARRANT WIND ADVISORY FOR AREA LAKES FOR
TODAY. CLEAR TONIGHT AS FWC HAS GOOD HANDLE ON FCST TEMPS. HIGH PRES
BUILDING IN TUE WITH A NICE DAY IN STORE FOR EARLY JAN. WINDS WILL
DIE DOWN TONIGHT.

PRELIM CCF
CAE TU 71/40/69/34/70 60/0/0/0/0
AGS TU 73/38/70/33/72 60/0$/0/0/0

.CAE...LAKE WIND ADVISORY FOR CWA FOR TDY.

BARLOW

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 10, 1:45 AM EST, 4 hours 43 minutes before
SCZ015-016-018-020-021-022-025-026-027-028-029-030-031-035-036-
037-038-041-GAZ040-063-064-065-077-101600-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
145 AM EST MON JAN 10 2000

THE SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES
IN SOUTH CAROLINA:

AIKEN         BAMBERG       BARNWELL      CALHOUN       CHESTERFIELD
CLARENDON     EDGEFIELD     FAIRFIELD     KERSHAW       LANCASTER
LEE           LEXINGTON     MCCORMICK     NEWBERRY      ORANGEBURG
RICHLAND      SALUDA        SUMTER

THE SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES
IN GEORGIA:

BURKE         COLUMBIA      LINCOLN       MCDUFFIE      RICHMOND

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL MOVE
THROUGH THE OUTLOOK AREA THIS MORNING. A STRONG UPPER-LEVEL DISTURBANCE
ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONT COULD HELP CAUSE SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS TO
BECOME SEVERE WITH WIND GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH. ISOLATED TORNADOES COULD
ALSO OCCUR.

THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD END AROUND NOON AS DRIER AIR MOVES
INTO THE OUTLOOK AREA.

ALL INTERESTS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THIS POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE
WEATHER AND KEEP POSTED ON WEATHER STATEMENTS...WATCHES...
OR WARNINGS WHICH MAY BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF THREATENING WEATHER IS
SIGHTED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA.

REMEMBER...A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR USUALLY OFFERS THE
BEST PROTECTION FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES.

PLEASE SEE THE SHORT TERM FORECAST FROM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN COLUMBIA FOR THE LATEST SHORT TERM FORECAST INFORMATION.
THE NWWS ID IS CAENOWCAE AND THE WMO HEADER IS FPUS72 KCAE.

RJL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 10, 7:37 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEAiken23 min
Jan 10, 7:49 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAELexington26 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.