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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Columbia, SC

March 16, 2000Calhoun County, Richland County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this tornado warning at Mar 16, 2000, 5:22 PM EST for Calhoun County, Richland County, South Carolina. It was in force for 38 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, 5:22 PM EST (22:22 UTC)
Expired: Mar 16, 2000, 6:00 PM EST
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Columbia, SC
Area: Whole counties

Counties Calhoun County, SC, Richland County, SC

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 16, 5:52 PM EST	Tornado F0	Mc Entire Ang, SC	An F0 touched down along SC hwy 86 and 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 16, 4:45 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 131 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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 
WFUS52 KCAE 162223
TORCAE
SCC017-079-162300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
522 PM EST THU MAR 16 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  RICHLAND COUNTY AND
  NORTHERN CALHOUN COUNTY.

* UNTIL 600 PM EST.

* AT 522 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A THUNDERSTORM WITH A DEVELOPING TORNADO BETWEEN SWANSEA AND SANDY
  RUN. IT WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  VALENCIA HEIGHTS AT 535 PM EST.
  FOREST ACRES AND FORT JACKSON AT 540 PM EST.
  ARCADIA LAKES AT 545 PM EST.
  WOODFIELD AT 550 PM EST.
  
GO TO A BASEMENT OR A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.

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

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 16, 4:30 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Chesterfield, Kershaw	45 min
Mar 16, 6:15 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Sumter	30 min
Mar 16, 6:45 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Lee	45 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.