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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Columbia, SC

April 3, 2006McDuffie County, Georgia

NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 3, 2006, 5:52 PM EDT for McDuffie County, Georgia. It was in force for 38 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
Apr 3, 2006, 5:52 PM EDT (21:52 UTC)
Expired
Apr 3, 2006, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County McDuffie County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:53 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
Apr 3, 12:54 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 182 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 2006-04-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 735 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°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 2006-04-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 19 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
735 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
613 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
125 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
1.9

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The text

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

000 
WUUS52 KCAE 032157
SVRCAE
GAC189-032230-
/O.NEW.KCAE.SV.W.0013.060403T2152Z-060403T2230Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
552 PM EDT MON APR 3 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MCDUFFIE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT

* AT 545 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
  A THUNDERSTORM THAT WAS LIKELY BECOMING SEVERE. THE STORM
  WAS APPROACHING THE I-20 AREA OF WESTERN MCDUFFIE COUNTY.
  MOVEMENT WAS EAST NEAR 50 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL MAINLY AFFECT THE AREA ALONG AND 
  NORTH OF I-20 IN MCDUFFIE COUNTY. 

EXPECT DAMAGING WIND AND HAIL WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

REPORT LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS OR FLOODING TO YOUR COUNTY
SHERIFF...OR CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1, 800, 7
7 5, 7 1 9 9.

LAT...LON 3360 8266 3346 8258 3344 8236 3364 8248

$$

RJL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 3, 3:31 AM EDTLake Wind AdvisoryCAEBurke, Columbia, Lincoln, McDuffie, Richmond18 hr
Apr 3, 6:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEColumbia48 min
Apr 3, 6:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAERichmond43 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2006Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006

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.