Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Columbia, SC

July 10, 2003McCormick County, South Carolina; Lincoln County, Georgia

NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 2003, 9:25 PM EDT for McCormick County, South Carolina; Lincoln County, Georgia. It was in force for 35 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
Jul 10, 2003, 9:25 PM EDT (01:25 UTC)
Expired
Jul 10, 2003, 10:00 PM EDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Lincoln County, GA, McCormick County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 246 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 00:00Z on 2003-07-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3084 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Charleston AFB, SC at 00:00Z on 2003-07-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 111 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
3084 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
708 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
148 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 110125
SVRCAE
GAC181-SCC065-110200-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
925 PM EDT THU JUL 10 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
    NORTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
    CENTRAL MCCORMICK COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT.

* AT 917 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES WEST OF LINCOLNTON..MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  45 MPH.

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

LAT...LON 3390 8262 3373 8254 3392 8194 3413 8204

AWP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 10, 9:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEEdgefield, Saluda46 min
Jul 10, 10:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAELexington, Newberry42 min
Jul 10, 10:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAELexington, Richland43 min
Jul 10, 11:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEKershaw51 min
Jul 10, 11:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAERichland, Sumter47 min
Jul 10, 11:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAELee43 min
Jul 10, 11:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEChesterfield44 min
Jul 11, 4:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEAiken31 min
Jul 11, 4:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEBarnwell36 min
Jul 11, 4:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAELexington, Richland34 min
Jul 11, 6:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEBamberg24 min
Jul 11, 6:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAECalhoun36 min
Jul 11, 6:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEOrangeburg33 min
Jul 11, 6:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAELee, Sumter29 min
Jul 11, 3:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEColumbia, Richmond30 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 2003Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2003Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2003

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.