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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Columbia, SC

June 12, 2001Aiken County, Lexington County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this tornado warning at Jun 12, 2001, 7:21 PM EDT for Aiken County, Lexington County, South Carolina. It was in force for 39 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
Jun 12, 2001, 7:21 PM EDT (23:21 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2001, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
Area
Whole counties

Counties Aiken County, SC, Lexington County, SC

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 12, 7:30 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 50 ESwansea, SCSheriff reported several trees down in the Swansea 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 nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 163 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 12:00Z on 2001-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 242 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 12:00Z on 2001-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -49 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
242 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-44 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
882 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
6 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 122323
TORCAE
SCC003-063-130000-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
721 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN LEXINGTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
  EXTREME EASTERN AIKEN COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 800 PM EDT.

* AT 721 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A DEVELOPING TORNADO OVER EXTREME NORTHEASTERN AIKEN COUNTY...OR 
  ABOUT 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GASTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  WAGENER
  PELION
  GASTON.

GO TO A BASEMENT OR A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 7:14 PM EDTTornado WarningCAEOrangeburg31 min
Jun 12, 7:16 PM EDTTornado WarningCAEBamberg29 min
Jun 12, 7:48 PM EDTTornado WarningCAEOrangeburg27 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.