Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Columbia, SC

January 19, 2001Fairfield County, Richland County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 19, 2001, 3:43 PM EST for Fairfield County, Richland County, South Carolina. It was in force for 47 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, 3:43 PM EST (20:43 UTC)
Expired: Jan 19, 2001, 4:30 PM EST
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Columbia, SC
Area: Whole counties

Counties Fairfield County, SC, Richland County, SC

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jan 19, 4:00 PM EST	Thunderstorm Wind 50 E	Columbia, SC	TV stations reported powerlines in Columbia metro 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, 3:15 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 173 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 192045
SVRCAE

SCC039-079-192130-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  FAIRFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
  RICHLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 430 PM EST.

* AT 338 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
  THAT STRETCHED FROM NORTHWESTERN FAIRFIELD COUNTY SOUTHWEST ACROSS
  LAKE MURRAY AND WESTERN LEXINGTON COUNTY. THE MOVEMENT WAS TO THE
  EAST AT 60 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  WINNSBORO AT 400 PM EST
  ST. ANDREWS AT 405 PM EST
  COLUMBIA AT 425 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 STORM 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, 2:27 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	McCormick	48 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, 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.