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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Columbia, SC

January 13, 2005Columbia County, Lincoln County, Georgia; Edgefield County, McCormick County, Saluda County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this tornado warning at Jan 13, 2005, 6:33 PM EST for Columbia County, Lincoln County, Georgia; Edgefield County, McCormick County, Saluda County, South Carolina. It was in force for 89 days. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jan 13, 2005, 6:33 PM EST (23:33 UTC)
Expired: Apr 12, 2005, 6:30 PM EDT
In force: 89 days
Issued by: NWS Columbia, SC
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Columbia County, GA, Lincoln County, GA, Edgefield County, SC, McCormick County, SC, Saluda County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:36 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jan 13, 5:40 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 196 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 175 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 550 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 103 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 138 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KCAE 132333
TORCAE
GAC073-181-SCC065-140000-
/X.NEW.KCAE.TO.W.0002.050113T2333Z-050114T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
633 PM EST THU JAN 13 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  MCCORMICK COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
  COLUMBIA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  LINCOLN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 700 PM EST

* AT 630 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 20 MILES SOUTH
  OF MCCORMICK...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF THOMSON...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  PARKSVILLE AND PLUM BRANCH.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST FRIDAY MORNING
FOR EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.

LAT...LON 3365 8246 3357 8227 3380 8215 3392 8216
      3397 8210 3397 8230

$$

SJN

1 follow-up statement

000 
WFUS52 KCAE 122145
TORCAE
SCC037-081-122230-
/O.NEW.KCAE.TO.W.0002.050412T2145Z-050412T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
545 PM EDT TUE APR 12 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EDGEFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.
  SALUDA COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT.

* AT 538 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EDGEFIELD...OR 12 MILES
  NORTH OF BELVEDERE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE...
  4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JOHNSTON BY 555 PM EDT.
  NEAR RIDGE SPRING BY 605 PM EDT.

THE TOWNS OF TRENTON...WARD AND MONETTA ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS
TORNADIC STORM.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

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 3376 8200 3365 8188 3390 8153 3399 8160

$$

CDL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 13, 5:58 PM EST	Tornado Warning	CAE	McDuffie	32 min
Jan 13, 6:26 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Columbia, Lincoln	39 days
Jan 13, 6:10 PM EST	Tornado Warning	CAE	McCormick	35 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in South Carolina, 2005 Tornado Warnings in Georgia, 2005 Every tornado warning in 2005 Tornadoes 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.