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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 192, NWS Columbia, SC

November 19, 2003Richland County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 19, 2003, 7:28 AM EST for Richland County, South Carolina. 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
Nov 19, 2003, 7:28 AM EST (12:28 UTC)
Expired
Nov 19, 2003, 8:15 AM EST
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Richland County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:29 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
Nov 19, 7:25 AM ESTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 179 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 2003-11-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1117 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2003-11-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 221 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1117 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
506 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
221 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
298 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.3
Supercell composite
9.9

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The text

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

000 
WUUS52 KCAE 191228
SVRCAE
SCC079-191315-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
728 AM EST WED NOV 19 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
    NORTHWESTERN RICHLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 815 AM EST.

* AT 724 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER LEXINGTON COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40
  MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
NORTHWESTERN RICHLAND |CC SC| SCC079 | CAE

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER...SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCED
WARNING.

LAT...LON 3419 8103 3410 8124 3411 8128 3419 8131
          3423 8130 3420 8125 3418 8117 3422 8117
          3422 8109 3425 8093

MC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 19, 7:10 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAELexington, Newberry50 min
Nov 19, 8:24 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAECalhoun36 min
Nov 19, 8:33 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAERichland42 min
Nov 19, 8:53 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAESumter37 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 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.