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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Columbia, SC

May 3, 2002Barnwell County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this tornado warning at May 3, 2002, 7:32 PM EDT for Barnwell County, South Carolina. It was in force for 28 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, 7:32 PM EDT (23:32 UTC)
Expired
May 3, 2002, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Barnwell County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:32 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, 6:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 125 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 2002-05-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1445 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 2002-05-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 39 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
1445 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-140 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
808 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
159 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KCAE 032332
TORCAE
SCC011-040000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
731 PM EDT FRI MAY 3 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
    EASTERN BARNWELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 800 PM EDT.

* AT 728 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  THUNDERSTORM WITH A DEVELOPING TORNADO OVER HILDA..MOVING EAST AT
  35 MPH.

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

REPORT ANY HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS OR FLOODING TO YOUR COUNTY SHERIFF
OR CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 3336 8126 3318 8129 3319 8123 3340 8124

CDL/RC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 3, 3:05 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAELancaster25 min
May 3, 6:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEAiken42 min
May 3, 6:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEAiken43 min
May 3, 7:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEBarnwell39 min
May 3, 7:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEBamberg39 min
May 3, 7:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEOrangeburg48 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in South Carolina, 2002Every tornado warning in 2002Tornadoes 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.