Severe Thunderstorm Warning 144, NWS Columbia, SC

Issued

Jul 18, 2003, 4:04 PM EDT (20:04 UTC)

Expired

Jul 18, 2003, 4:45 PM EDT

In force

41 min

Issued by

NWS Columbia, SC

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lexington County, SC

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

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WUUS52 KCAE 182004
SVRCAE
SCC063-182045-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
404 PM EDT FRI JUL 18 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
    EASTERN LEXINGTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 445 PM EDT.

* AT 400 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTH OF RED BANK..MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
    GASTON.
    RED BANK.
    SOUTH CONGAREE.
    LEXINGTON.
    PINERIDGE.
    SPRINGDALE.
    OAK GROVE.

THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH AND DIME
SIZE HAIL.

LAT...LON 3384 8136 3371 8121 3383 8099 3409 8120

CDL/BC

NWS Columbia, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 18, 2:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 44 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
220 PM EDT FRI JUL 18 2003

BAND OF CONVECTION FORMING ALONG WEAK TROUGH OVER THE AREA AGAIN
THIS AFTERNOON FROM NEAR AUGUSTA TO SUMTER. INSTABILITY STRONG
TOWARD THE SAVANNAH RIVER AREA WITH WINDS ALOFT WEAK. THIS WILL
RESULT IN SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN. ISOLATED SEVERE
WEATHER POSSIBLE WITH MAIN CONCERN STRONG WIND GUSTS AND HAIL TO ONE
INCH. THUNDERSTORMS WILL DIMINISH DURING THE EARLY EVENING WITH THE
LOSS OF INSTABILITY. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE
NORTHWEST LATE TONIGHT. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE
SOUTHEAST INTO THE AREA LATE TONIGHT WITH ANOTHER ONE ON SATURDAY.
WILL KEEP A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT INTO
SATURDAY. THE WEAK FRONT EXPECTED TO STALL NEAR THE AREA
SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. A LONGWAVE TROUGH BECOMES MORE
AMPLIFIED EARLY THROUGH MID WEEK WITH THE MAIN AXIS REMAINING WEST
OF THE AREA. THIS WILL KEEP A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN
THE FORECAST MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY. DRYING TREND
INDICATED BY FRIDAY WITH TEMPERATURES SLIGHTLY LOWER AS THE LONGWAVE
TROUGH MOVES EAST TO THE AREA PUSHING THE SHORTWAVE ENERGY TO THE
EAST.

FCSTID =   30
CAE   73  89  71  92 /  30  40  20  20
AGS   71  90  69  92 /  30  40  20  20
SSC   72  89  71  92 /  30  40  20  20
OGB   73  89  72  92 /  30  40  20  20

.CAE...
GA...NONE.
SC...NONE.

RCC

GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-181115-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
514 AM EDT FRI JUL 18 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MIDLANDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA
AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA.

.DAY ONE...

THERE IS A THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AS A SURFACE
TROUGH AND WARM TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL HELP FUEL STRONG
STORMS THIS AFTERNOON. THE THREAT WILL BE FOR LARGE HAIL AND WINDS
TO 60 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.

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

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.