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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 93, NWS Columbia, SC

June 22, 2000Barnwell County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2000, 5:41 PM EDT for Barnwell County, South Carolina. It was in force for 49 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
Jun 22, 2000, 5:41 PM EDT (21:41 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 2000, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
Area
Whole counties

County Barnwell County, SC

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 22, 6:17 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 50 EWilliston, SCSheriff reported trees down.

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
Jun 22, 1:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 140 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 2000-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2256 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 12:00Z on 2000-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -23 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
2256 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
498 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
3 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
64 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.

291 
WUUS52 KCAE 222142
SVRCAE
SCC011-222230-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
541 PM EDT THU JUN 22 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT.

* AT 537 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE AIKEN AND BARNWELL COUNTY
  LINE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  BLACKVILLE AT 605 PM EDT
  BARNWELL AT 620 PM EDT

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

SOMETIMES...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES. PERSONS IN 
THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD TAKE COVER IN A REINFORCED STRUCTURE.

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 1:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEAiken61 min
Jun 22, 2:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEBamberg35 min
Jun 22, 3:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEOrangeburg42 min
Jun 22, 3:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAELee25 min
Jun 22, 3:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAERichland47 min
Jun 22, 3:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAELexington, Newberry34 min
Jun 22, 4:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEClarendon50 min
Jun 22, 4:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAELexington, Richland46 min
Jun 22, 4:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAESumter36 min
Jun 22, 4:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEKershaw49 min
Jun 22, 5:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEClarendon34 min
Jun 22, 6:04 PM EDTTornado WarningCAEBarnwell26 min
Jun 22, 6:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEBamberg49 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.