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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 67, NWS Columbia, SC

May 6, 2003Richland County, South Carolina; McDuffie County, Georgia

NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 6, 2003, 4:29 PM EDT for Richland County, South Carolina; McDuffie County, Georgia. It was in force for 46 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 6, 2003, 4:29 PM EDT (20:29 UTC)
Expired
May 6, 2003, 5:15 PM EDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties McDuffie County, GA, Richland County, SC

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 6, 2:40 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr
May 6, 1:30 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 186 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 2003-05-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 386 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 2003-05-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 191 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
386 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
521 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
191 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
264 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS52 KCAE 062029
SVRCAE
GAC189-062115-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
429 PM EDT TUE MAY 6 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 515 PM EDT.

* AT 426 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF THOMSON..MOVING EAST AT
  35 MPH.

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

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

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

LAT...LON 3371 8268 3336 8253 3332 8237 3336 8230
          3365 8245

MWC/BC
1 follow-up statement
000 
WUUS52 KCAE 062029 RRA
SVRCAE
SCC079-062115-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
429 PM EDT TUE MAY 6 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 515 PM EDT.

* AT 421 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
A   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER ST. ANDREWS..MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
    ARCADIA LAKES.
    FOREST ACRES.
    DENTSVILLE.
    VALENCIA HEIGHTS.
    WOODFIELD.
    COLUMBIA.
    EASTOVER.

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

LAT...LON 3422 8115 3417 8085 3406 8072 3408 8064
          3403 8061 3400 8065 3395 8062 3379 8065
          3385 8098 3400 8105 3409 8116

AWP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 6, 1:23 AM EDTTornado WarningCAEEdgefield22 min
May 6, 1:32 AM EDTTornado WarningCAESaluda28 min
May 6, 2:01 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCAEEdgefield, McCormick, Saluda4 hr
May 6, 2:09 AM EDTTornado WarningCAELexington36 min
May 6, 2:26 AM EDTTornado WarningCAEAiken49 min
May 6, 2:47 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAELexington43 min
May 6, 2:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEMcCormick50 min
May 6, 3:18 PM EDTTornado WarningCAEMcCormick27 min
May 6, 3:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEEdgefield, Saluda45 min
May 6, 3:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEMcCormick48 min
May 6, 4:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEAiken, Lexington49 min
May 6, 4:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEEdgefield46 min
May 6, 4:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEAiken42 min
May 6, 4:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAELee, Sumter46 min
May 6, 5:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAECalhoun46 min
May 6, 5:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEAiken27 min
May 6, 3:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAELincoln37 min
May 6, 3:35 PM EDTTornado WarningCAELincoln25 min
May 6, 4:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEColumbia50 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.