Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Columbia, SC

January 19, 2001Edgefield County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 19, 2001, 2:45 PM EST for Edgefield County, South Carolina. It was in force for 45 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: Jan 19, 2001, 2:45 PM EST (19:45 UTC)
Expired: Jan 19, 2001, 3:30 PM EST
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Columbia, SC
Area: Whole counties

County Edgefield County, SC

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jan 19, 3:07 PM EST	Thunderstorm Wind 50 E	Edgefield, SC	Sheriff reported a few trees down in the Edgefield area.

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

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 207 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1142 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 171 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 142 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 
WUUS52 KCAE 191946
SVRCAE

SCC037-063-192030-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EDGEFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
  NORTHWESTERN LEXINGTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 330 PM EST.

* AT 243 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
  ALONG THE EDGEFIELD MCCORMICK COUNTY LINE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  70 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  EDGEFIELD AT 300 PM EST
  JOHNSTON AT 305 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 IS A DANGEROUS STORM WITH DAMAGING WINDS. 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, 2:27 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	McCormick	48 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 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.