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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 182, NWS Columbia, SC

December 4, 2005Saluda County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 4, 2005, 7:20 PM EST for Saluda County, South Carolina. It was in force for 40 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 4, 2005, 7:20 PM EST (00:20 UTC)
Expired
Dec 4, 2005, 8:00 PM EST
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Saluda County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:23 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
Dec 4, 5:54 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 202 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 00:00Z on 2005-12-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2005-12-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 127 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1090 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
127 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
138 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 4, 2:57 PM EST, 4 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 4, 2:57 PM EST, 4 hours 23 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
257 PM EST SUN DEC 4 2005

.SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT)...
WINDS NOT GETTING AS STRONG AS MODELS WERE ADVERTISING. SO HAVE
DROPPED LAKE WIND ADVISORY ACROSS THE CWA. SKIES CLEARED OUT
BEHIND S/W THAT MOVED THROUGH THIS MORNING. TEMPS HAVE REALLY SHOT
UP TODAY AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING IN THE CENTRAL GA/AL
REGION AND WILL PROBABLY PROPAGATE IN THE MIDLANDS THIS EVENING.
WE HAVE BECOME SOMEWHAT UNSTABLE AND VERTICAL WIND SPEED SHEAR
LOOKS FAIRLY IMPRESSIVE. AS THE LOW THAT IS GETTING ORGANIZED IN
THE SRN PORTION OF LA MOVES THIS WAY...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS TONIGHT. COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO PASS
THROUGH AROUND 06Z TONIGHT. CAA WILL BEGIN TO MOVE INTO THE REGION
HOWEVER DEPENDING ON THE TRACK OF THE LOW CENTER WILL REALLY
DETERMINE THE HIGH TEMP FOR MONDAY. IF THE LOW TRACKS S OF US WE
WILL REMAIN IN NE FLOW AND BARELY GET INTO THE MID TO UPPER
50S...HOWEVER IF THE TRACK IS N OF US THEN WE WILL GET INTO THE
LOWER TO MIDDLE 60S. AM LEANING TOWARDS A NRN TRACK AND WILL GO
AROUND 60 TO LOWER 60S.

LOW EXITS THE AREA LATE MONDAY NIGHT AND INTO TUESDAY MORNING. AND
CLEARING WILL BE THE RULE FOR TUESDAY AS DRIER AIR MOVES INTO THE
REGION. REAL COLD AIR WILL BEGIN TO MAKE ITS WAY INTO THE AREA ON
TUESDAY NIGHT.

&&

.LONG TERM (WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY)...
VERY STRONG ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BUILD INTO THE AREA
ON WED AND REMAIN OVER THE AREA THROUGH FRIDAY. HPC GUIDANCE IS
FORECASTING A LOW CENTER TO DEVELOP IN THE GULF OF MEXICO AND MOVE
ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL FL ON FRI...WHICH COULD MAKE FOR SOME
INTERESTING WEATHER FOR OUR REGION LATE IN THE WEEK. PUT IN ONLY
SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS LATE IN THE WEEK. TEMPERATURES WILL BE
WELL BELOW NORMAL AS ARCTIC HIGH WILL SETTLE IN OVER THE AREA.

&&

.AVIATION...
LOW LEVEL SOUTHWEST FLOW BRINGING IN MOISTURE THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT. 2-3 THOUSAND FT WINDS SOUTHWEST AT 20 KT. WITH TEMPS IN THE
MID 70S THIS AFTERNOON...SOME WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 20 KT MAKING TO THE
SURFACE. LAKE WIND ADVISORY HASNT VERIFIED YET...STILL MARGINAL BUT
WINDS MAY REMAIN AT OR BELOW 20 KT. COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE
AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST 00-06Z. SCATTERED SHOWERS DEVELOPING IN THE
NORTHERN CSRA SHOULD SPREAD OVER THE CAE CWA OVERNIGHT. VFR CONDS
EARLY...BRIEFLY IFR-MVFR CONDITIONS IN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
UNTIL ABOUT 03-04Z. COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE CAE CWA AFTER 06Z.
THEN MVFR CIGS/VSBYS IN SHOWERS AND SOME THUNDERSTORMS 06-11Z.
CONDITIONS RIGHT AT UPPER IFR LIMITS MONDAY MORNING WITH ISENTROPIC
LIFT...NORTHEAST SURFACE WINDS 10-15KT AND SHOWERS.
&&

.CAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SC...NONE.
GA...NONE.
&&

17/17/07
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 4, 10:45 AM EST, 8 hours 35 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
1045 AM EST SUN DEC 4 2005

GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-
051545-
LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD-
MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON-
RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON-
BAMBERG-
1045 AM EST SUN DEC 4 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MIDLANDS OF SOUTH
CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA..

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
.SEVERE WEATHER...THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS DIMINISHED OVER
THE AREA. HOWEVER...THERE REMAINS THE POSSIBILITY OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS LATE TONIGHT. SEE SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK (PRODUCT ID
CAESPSCAE) ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE AT 1033 AM THIS MORNING.
.LAKE WINDS...A LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT ON THE AREA LAKES
FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING THROUGH 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON. SEE LAKE WIND
ADVISORY (PRODUCT ID CAENPWCAE) ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE AT 318 AM
THIS MORNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Dec 4, 5:05 PM EST, 2 hours 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
505 PM EST SUN DEC 4 2005

SCZ020-026-042230-

NEWBERRY-SALUDA-
505 PM EST SUN DEC 4 2005

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NEWBERRY COUNTY AND SALUDA COUNTY
THROUGH 530 PM EST...

AT 505 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 4 MILES WEST OF CHAPPELLS...OR ABOUT 13
MILES EAST OF GREENWOOD...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STRONG
THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND CHAPPELLS...
SILVERSTREET...PROSPERITY AND NEWBERRY THROUGH 530 PM EST.

GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH, ALONG WITH HAIL UP TO A HALF AN INCH,
CAN BE EXPECTED.
Local storm report, Dec 4, 7:01 PM EST, 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
701 PM EST SUN DEC 04 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0640 PM     HAIL             2 S PROSPERITY          34.18N 81.53W
12/04/2005  0.75 INCH        NEWBERRY           SC   AMATEUR RADIO

            SPOTTER REPORTED PENNY SIZE HAIL ON ROUTE 391.

0648 PM     HAIL             10 S PROSPERITY         34.07N 81.53W
12/04/2005  1.00 INCH        SALUDA             SC   AMATEUR RADIO

            SPOTTER REPORTED QUARTER HAIL ON ROUTE 194 AND 391.

&&

AWP
Local storm report, Dec 4, 7:18 PM EST, 2 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 4, 7:05 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEEdgefield, McCormick25 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.