Alert archive / South Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this tornado warning at Jan 13, 2005, 7:41 PM EST for Edgefield County, Newberry 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, 7:41 PM EST (00:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 12, 2005, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 89 days
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Edgefield County, SC, Newberry County, SC, Saluda County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:42 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 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 209 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
- 622 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 561 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 159 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 187 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 4.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KCAE 140043 TORCAE SCC071-140115- /X.NEW.KCAE.TO.W.0003.050114T0041Z-050114T0115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 741 PM EST THU JAN 13 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NEWBERRY COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 815 PM EST * AT 740 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO JUST NORTHWEST OF CHAPPELLS NEAR LAKE GREENWOOD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN NEWBERRY COUNTY...AND MAY APPROACH WHITMIRE BY 815 PM. WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST FRIDAY MORNING FOR EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA. IF YOU OBSERVE HAIL...WIND DAMAGE...OR TORNADO SIGHTINGS...PLEASE CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 1 8 0 0 7 7 5 7 1 9 9. LAT...LON 3423 8195 3416 8184 3445 8154 3451 8163 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WFUS52 KCAE 122215 TORCAE SCC037-081-122300- /O.NEW.KCAE.TO.W.0003.050412T2215Z-050412T2300Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 615 PM EDT TUE APR 12 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EDGEFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA. SALUDA COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA. * UNTIL 700 PM EDT. * AT 610 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR EDGEFIELD...OR 23 MILES NORTH OF BELVEDERE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE... NEAR SALUDA BY 640 PM EDT. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. REPORT LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS OR FLOODING TO YOUR COUNTY SHERIFF...OR CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1, 8 0 0, 7 7 5, 7 1 9 9. LAT...LON 3389 8207 3379 8199 3397 8155 3406 8180 $$ CDL/TTH
000 WWUS52 KCAE 122236 SVSCAE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 635 PM EDT TUE APR 12 2005 SCC037-122245- /O.CAN.KCAE.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-050412T2300Z/ EDGEFIELD SC- 635 PM EDT TUE APR 12 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EDGEFIELD COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM HAD MOVED INTO SALUDA COUNTY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA. LAT...LON 3398 8189 3387 8184 3399 8154 3409 8165 $$ SCC081-122300- /O.CON.KCAE.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-050412T2300Z/ SALUDA SC- 635 PM EDT TUE APR 12 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR SALUDA COUNTY... AT 635 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SALUDA...OR ABOUT 13 MILES WEST OF BATESBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA. LAT...LON 3398 8189 3387 8184 3399 8154 3409 8165 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 13, 11:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Newberry | 39 days |
| Jan 14, 12:43 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken, Fairfield, Richland | 39 days |
Nearby
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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.