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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Columbia, SC

January 19, 2001Columbia County, Lincoln County, Georgia; McCormick County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 19, 2001, 2:27 PM EST for Columbia County, Lincoln County, Georgia; McCormick County, South Carolina. It was in force for 48 min. 3 reports 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: Jan 19, 2001, 2:27 PM EST (19:27 UTC)
Expired: Jan 19, 2001, 3:15 PM EST
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Columbia, SC
Area: Whole counties

Counties Columbia County, GA, Lincoln County, GA, McCormick County, SC

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jan 19, 2:35 PM EST	Thunderstorm Wind 65 E	Countywide, GA	EOC reported numerous trees and powerlines down from Winfield and Appling to Pollards Corner.
Jan 19, 2:37 PM EST	Thunderstorm Wind 55 E	Amity, GA	Post Office reported several trees down across the southern part of the county.
Jan 19, 2:42 PM EST	Thunderstorm Wind 50 E	Plum Branch, SC	Post Office reported trees down between Plum Branch and Parksville on highway 28.

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
Jan 19, 1:15 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 204 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: 39 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 510 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 73 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 297 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 365 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 
WUUS52 KCAE 191929
SVRCAE

GAC073-181-SCC065-192015-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
227 PM EST FRI JAN 19 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  COLUMBIA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  LINCOLN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SOUTHERN MCCORMICK COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 315 PM EST.

* AT 223 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM LINCOLNTON TO  4 MILES         
  SOUTHWEST OF THOMSON...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  HARLEM...MCCORMICK AT 240 PM EST
  GROVETOWN AT 245 PM EST
  EVANS AT 250 PM EST
  MARTINEZ AT 255 PM EST

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

THIS WILL PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH. STAY INDOORS 
AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 19, 2:19 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	McDuffie	41 min
Jan 19, 4:29 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Burke	31 min
Jan 19, 2:45 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Edgefield	45 min
Jan 19, 2:45 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Lexington	45 min
Jan 19, 3:08 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Saluda	37 min
Jan 19, 3:32 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Lexington, Newberry	43 min
Jan 19, 3:43 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Fairfield, Richland	47 min
Jan 19, 4:06 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Lancaster	39 min
Jan 19, 4:22 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Kershaw	38 min
Jan 19, 4:32 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Aiken	43 min
Jan 19, 4:52 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Lexington	38 min
Jan 19, 5:04 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Richland	41 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2001 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 2001 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001

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.