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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Columbia, SC

May 3, 2002Columbia County, Georgia

NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 2002, 5:43 PM EDT for Columbia County, Georgia. It was in force for 47 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 3, 2002, 5:43 PM EDT (21:43 UTC)
Expired
May 3, 2002, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Columbia County, GA

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 3, 3:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 209 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2002-05-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1700 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2002-05-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 96 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1700 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
549 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
96 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.1
Supercell composite
3.8

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The text

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

000 
WUUS52 KCAE 032143
SVRCAE
GAC073-032230-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
542 PM EDT FRI MAY 3 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
    COLUMBIA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT.

* AT 540 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES WEST OF EVANS..MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
    EVANS.

LAT...LON 3360 8236 3342 8233 3353 8206 3363 8219

RCC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 3, 6:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAERichmond42 min
May 3, 6:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEMcDuffie23 min
May 3, 6:31 PM EDTTornado WarningCAERichmond29 min
May 3, 7:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEBurke33 min
May 3, 7:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEBurke29 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2002Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.