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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS Columbia, SC

June 23, 2004Lincoln County, Georgia; McCormick County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 2004, 7:53 PM EDT for Lincoln County, Georgia; McCormick County, South Carolina. It was in force for 52 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
Jun 23, 2004, 7:53 PM EDT (23:53 UTC)
Expired
Jun 23, 2004, 8:45 PM EDT
In force
52 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), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:53 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

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 188 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 2004-06-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 154 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 2004-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 61 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
154 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-92 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
664 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

429 
WUUS52 KCAE 232353
SVRCAE
GAC181-SCC065-240045-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
751 PM EDT WED JUN 23 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 845 PM EDT

* AT 743 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 17 MILES WEST OF
  LINCOLNTON...OR ABOUT OVER WASHINGTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LINCOLNTON BY 815 PM EDT
  9 MILES SOUTH OF MCCORMICK BY 835 PM EDT

REPORT LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS OR FLOODING TO YOUR COUNTY
SHERIFF...OR CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 800
775 7199.

LAT...LON 3386 8286 3367 8285 3372 8221 3391 8218
      3403 8236

$$

SJN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 8:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEAiken37 min
Jun 23, 7:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAELancaster42 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2004Severe 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.