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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Columbia, SC

September 23, 2000Barnwell County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this tornado warning at Sep 23, 2000, 12:41 AM EDT for Barnwell County, South Carolina. It was in force for 34 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
Sep 23, 2000, 12:41 AM EDT (04:41 UTC)
Expired
Sep 23, 2000, 1:15 AM EDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
Area
Whole counties

County Barnwell County, SC

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 23, 12:52 AM EDTTornado F0Kline, SCDamage survey found F0 tornado path along Lyndhurst Road taking down only 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
Sep 23, 12:00 AM EDTTornado WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 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 00:00Z on 2000-09-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1102 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 00:00Z on 2000-09-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 111 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1102 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
630 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
274 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
6.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KCAE 230441
TORCAE

SCC011-230515-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
1241 AM EDT SAT SEP 23 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN BARNWELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 115 AM EDT.

* AT 1238 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  THUNDERSTORM WITH A DEVELOPING TORNADO 8 MILES SOUTH OF BARNWELL...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  BARNWELL AT 1255 AM EDT

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 FORECAST OFFICE IN COLUMBIA.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 23, 12:05 AM EDTTornado WarningCAEBarnwell40 min
Sep 23, 1:10 AM EDTTornado WarningCAEBamberg35 min
Sep 23, 1:13 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCAEBarnwell4 hr
Sep 23, 1:44 AM EDTTornado WarningCAEBamberg31 min
Sep 23, 2:07 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCAEBamberg4 hr

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.