Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 171, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 22, 2005, 3:42 PM EDT for Bamberg County, South Carolina. It was in force for 33 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
- Aug 22, 2005, 3:42 PM EDT (19:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 22, 2005, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Bamberg County, SC
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
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 nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 111 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
- 4461 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 636 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -25 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS52 KCAE 221942
SVRCAE
SCC009-222015-
/O.NEW.KCAE.SV.W.0171.050822T1942Z-050822T2015Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
342 PM EDT MON AUG 22 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
BAMBERG COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 415 PM EDT
* AT 340 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES
SOUTH OF DENMARK...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
BAMBERG.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
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 3325 8122 3317 8120 3311 8108 3324 8088
3338 8112
$$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 Aug 22, 1:46 PM EDT, 1 hour 56 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 22, 1:46 PM EDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 146 PM EDT MON AUG 22 2005 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)... THE DIFFUSE FRONT EXTENDING THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA PLUS STRONG HEATING HAS HELPED CAUSE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT COVERAGE WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE AS THE MID-LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROUGH SHOWN ON THE WATER VAPOR IMAGERY MOVING INTO WESTERN GEORGIA APPROACHES THE FORECAST AREA. THE HIGHER MAV POPS APPEAR BETTER TONIGHT...MAINLY FOR THIS EVENING BECAUSE OF THIS FEATURE. INSTABILITY HAS BECOME MODERATE WITH LI/S NEAR -7 IN THE SOUTH PART SO SEVERE WIND GUSTS MAY OCCUR WITH SOME OF THE STORMS. THERE SHOULD BE LESS OF A SEVERE HAIL THREAT BECAUSE OF RELATIVELY WARM MID-LEVEL TEMPERATURES. THE LATEST SPC MESO ANALYSIS SHOWS H5 TEMPERATURES NEAR -5. SLOW MOVEMENT AND HIGH PRECIPITABLE WATER ALSO SUPPORTS VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS. BELIEVE THE DIFFUSE FRONT WILL REMAIN IN THE FORECAST AREA WITH A SERIES OF MID-LEVEL SHORT WAVE TROUGHS THROUGH WEDNESDAY. MOST OF THE GUIDANCE IS IN CLOSE AGREEMENT WITH THE MAV POPS AND PLAN TO FOLLOW. && .LONG TERM (WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY)... THE THUNDERSTORM CHANCE APPEARS LOW DURING THE EXTENDED PERIOD. THE GFS SHOWS SURFACE RIDGING DOMINATING THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. AN ONSHORE FLOW SHOULD CAUSE AN INCREASE IN LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY. H5 RIDGING SHOULD LIMIT INSTABILITY THROUGH THE PERIOD. PLAN TO KEEP SLIGHT CHANCE OF MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS. && .AVIATION... && .CAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SC...NONE. GA...NONE. && 05/05/19
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 22, 4:39 AM EDT, 11 hours 3 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 439 AM EDT MON AUG 22 2005 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-230839- 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- 439 AM EDT MON AUG 22 2005 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... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 22, 2:29 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
229 PM EDT MON AUG 22 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0205 PM HAIL CHAPPELLS 34.18N 81.87W
08/22/2005 0.75 INCH NEWBERRY SC PUBLIC
PUBLIC REPORT OF PENNY-SIZE HAIL ON HIGHWAY 39 IN
CHAPPELLS
0205 PM HAIL 9 NW SALUDA 34.09N 81.88W
08/22/2005 0.75 INCH SALUDA SC PUBLIC
PUBLIC REPORT OF PENNY-SIZE HAIL ON HIGHWAY 39 NEAR THE
SALUDA AND NEWBERRY COUNTY LINE.
&&
LINTONLocal storm report, Aug 22, 3:39 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
339 PM EDT MON AUG 22 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0315 PM TSTM WND DMG SNELLING 33.24N 81.46W
08/22/2005 BARNWELL SC EMERGENCY MNGR
EMA DIRECTOR REPORTED TREES DOWN BETWEEN SNELLING AND
WILLISTON. ALSO, A PERSON WAS INJURED BY A LIGHTNING
STRIKE IN THE CITY OF BARNWELL.
&&
LINTONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 1:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Newberry, Saluda | 32 min |
| Aug 22, 2:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken | 26 min |
| Aug 22, 3:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Barnwell | 29 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 2005Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2005
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.