Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2004
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 116, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 10, 2004, 3:15 AM EST for Richland County, South Carolina. It was in force for 30 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
- Dec 10, 2004, 3:15 AM EST (08:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 10, 2004, 3:45 AM EST
- In force
- 30 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), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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Did it verify
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.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 10, 2:35 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 165 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 555 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -93 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 998 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS52 KCAE 100815 SVRCAE SCC079-100845- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 313 AM EST FRI DEC 10 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... RICHLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF COLUMBIA * UNTIL 345 AM EST * AT 309 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DENTSVILLE AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. REPORT LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS OR FLOODING TO YOUR COUNTY SHERIFF...OR CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1, 8 0 0, 7 7 5, 7 1 9 9. LAT...LON 3417 8128 3397 8101 3405 8064 3424 8087 $$ CDL/TTH
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Columbia, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Dec 10, 2:45 AM EST, 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 10, 2:45 AM EST, 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 245 AM EST FRI DEC 10 2004 .SHORT TERM... CURRENTLY COORDINATING WITH SPC ON TORNADO WATCH SITUATION. CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH MIDLANDS AT THE MOMENT. INSTABILITY WEAK WITH LI -2 TO -4. HOWEVER...THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER CONTINUES...VAD WIND PROFILE FROM KCAE INDICATING STRONG LOW LEVEL SPEED SHEAR. BEST SHEAR ACROSS EASTERN ZONES DURING THE MORNING HOURS...ALTHOUGH STORMS MAY INTENSIFY NEAR THE WARM FRONT ACROSS PIEDMONT/NORTH MIDLANDS REGION AS WELL. UPPER TROUGH CENTERED IN THE UPPER MID WEST MOVING EAST TOWARD OHIO VALLEY. STRONG 500MB VORT MAX ROTATING THRU BASE...WILL MOVE OVER SOUTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON...BUT DEEP MOISTURE OFF COAST BY THEN. BY 12Z EXPECT BULK OF SHOWERS/STORMS TO BE MOVING EAST OF MIDLANDS... 850MB COLD AIR ADVECTION DEVELOPING. HOWEVER A FEW SHOWERS MAY DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON MAINLY NORTH OF CAE...ASSOCIATED WITH COLD AIR ALOFT/500MB VORT ADVECTION. WILL GO WITH CHANCE POPS UNTIL LATE MORNING THEN PARTIAL CLEARING...MAINLY IN THE CSRA AS DRIER AIR FILTER INTO AREA. COLD FRONT SHOULD PUSH EAST OF AREA AROUND 18Z... EXPECT GUSTY WINDS WILL ISSUE LAKE WIND ADVISORY. MODELS HINT AT SOME CLOUDS SATURDAY...MAINLY NORTHERN ZONES DUE TO COLD AIR ALOFT...SOME DOWNSLOPE THOUGH AND GFS MOISTURE MAY BE OVERDONE. TURNING COLDER THOUGH AND MAY BE STILL BREEZY SATURDAY. COOL GUIDANCE MINS LOOK OK SUNDAY MORNING WITH DIMINISHING WINDS. SLIGHTLY WARMER SUNDAY WITH WEAK LOW LEVEL WARM ADVECTION. .LONG TERM... NO CHANGES TO EXTENDED PERIOD. && .AVIATION... A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE EAST THROUGH THE AREA AROUND MID DAY. THE CIRCULATION FROM LOW PRESSURE CENTER WELL TO THE NORTHEAST WILL CONTINUE TO INFLUENCE THE AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. MVFR/IFR CEILINGS IN STRATUS AND SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT THE AREA THROUGH 1400 UTC. DRIER AIR SPREADING INTO THE AREA WITH THE FRONT WILL PRODUCE VFR CONDITIONS FOR THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SURFACE WINDS WILL INCREASE TO SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON AND DECREASE TO 10 TO 15 KNOTS TONIGHT. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... COLUMBIA 69 45 56 36 / 50 10 10 10 AUGUSTA 67 43 55 36 / 50 10 10 10 SUMTER 71 43 57 36 / 50 10 10 10 ORANGEBURG 71 45 57 36 / 50 10 10 10 && .CAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SC...LAKE WIND ADVISORY TODAY ALL CWA. GA...LAKE WIND ADVISORY TODAY ALL CWA. && AWP
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 9, 4:53 AM EST, 22 hours 22 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 453 AM EST THU DEC 9 2004 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-100953- AIKEN SC-BAMBERG SC-BARNWELL SC-BURKE GA-CALHOUN SC-CHESTERFIELD SC- CLARENDON SC-COLUMBIA GA-EDGEFIELD SC-FAIRFIELD SC-KERSHAW SC- LANCASTER SC-LEE SC-LEXINGTON SC-LINCOLN GA-MCCORMICK SC-MCDUFFIE GA- NEWBERRY SC-ORANGEBURG SC-RICHLAND SC-RICHMOND GA-SALUDA SC- SUMTER SC- 453 AM EST THU DEC 9 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MIDLANDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA. .DAY ONE... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... IT WILL BE WINDY FRIDAY ESPECIALLY IN THE AFTERNOON. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. RCC
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Dec 9, 11:38 PM EST, 3 hours 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 1138 PM EST THU DEC 9 2004 SCZ015-016-020>022-100800- CHESTERFIELD SC-FAIRFIELD SC-KERSHAW SC-LANCASTER SC-NEWBERRY SC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMDEN...LANCASTER AND NEWBERRY 1138 PM EST THU DEC 9 2004 ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM... SKIES WILL BE MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH 3 AM. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS WITH WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 60 MPH. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. OTHERWISE...TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE UPPER 50S TO LOWER 60S WITH SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH. GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ018-025>031-035>038-041-100800- AIKEN SC-BAMBERG SC-BARNWELL SC-BURKE GA-CALHOUN SC-CLARENDON SC- COLUMBIA GA-EDGEFIELD SC-LEE SC-LEXINGTON SC-LINCOLN GA-MCCORMICK SC- MCDUFFIE GA-ORANGEBURG SC-RICHLAND SC-RICHMOND GA-SALUDA SC- SUMTER SC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AIKEN...AUGUSTA...BISHOPVILLE...COLUMBIA... LEXINGTON...MANNING...ORANGEBURG...SUMTER AND WAYNESBORO 1138 PM EST THU DEC 9 2004 ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM... SKIES WILL BE MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH 3 AM. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS WITH WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 60 MPH. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. OTHERWISE...TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S WITH SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH.
Special weather statement, Dec 10, 1:11 AM EST, 2 hours 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 111 AM EST FRI DEC 10 2004 SCZ015-016-020>022-100800- CHESTERFIELD SC-FAIRFIELD SC-KERSHAW SC-LANCASTER SC-NEWBERRY SC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMDEN...LANCASTER AND NEWBERRY 111 AM EST FRI DEC 10 2004 ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM... SKIES WILL BE MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH 3 AM. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS WITH WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 60 MPH. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. OTHERWISE...TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE UPPER 50S TO LOWER 60S WITH SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH. GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ018-025>031-035>038-041-100800- AIKEN SC-BAMBERG SC-BARNWELL SC-BURKE GA-CALHOUN SC-CLARENDON SC- COLUMBIA GA-EDGEFIELD SC-LEE SC-LEXINGTON SC-LINCOLN GA-MCCORMICK SC- MCDUFFIE GA-ORANGEBURG SC-RICHLAND SC-RICHMOND GA-SALUDA SC- SUMTER SC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AIKEN...AUGUSTA...BISHOPVILLE...COLUMBIA... LEXINGTON...MANNING...ORANGEBURG...SUMTER AND WAYNESBORO 111 AM EST FRI DEC 10 2004 ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM... SKIES WILL BE MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH 3 AM. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS WITH WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 60 MPH. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. OTHERWISE...TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S WITH SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH. RCC
Local storm report, Dec 10, 3:07 AM EST, 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
307 AM EST FRI DEC 10 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0215 AM HAIL 1 S MONETTA 33.84N 81.61W
12/10/2004 0.75 INCH AIKEN SC BROADCAST MEDIA
PEA TO PENNY SIZE HAIL REPORTED SOUTH OF MONETTA BY THE
PUBLIC...VIA WAGT TV AUGUSTA.
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NWSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 10, 2:03 AM EST | Tornado Warning | CAE | Aiken | 42 min |
| Dec 10, 2:53 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lexington | 22 min |
| Dec 10, 3:26 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken | 34 min |
| Dec 10, 3:37 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Kershaw | 38 min |
| Dec 10, 3:52 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Barnwell | 23 min |
| Dec 10, 3:57 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Orangeburg | 33 min |
| Dec 10, 4:29 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Orangeburg | 31 min |
| Dec 10, 4:41 AM EST | Tornado Warning | CAE | Calhoun, Orangeburg | 34 min |
| Dec 10, 5:18 AM EST | Tornado Warning | CAE | Sumter | 27 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 2004Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2004
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.