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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 84, NWS Columbia, SC

May 14, 2006Kershaw County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 2006, 6:16 PM EDT for Kershaw County, South Carolina. It was in force for 44 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: May 14, 2006, 6:16 PM EDT (22:16 UTC)
Expired: May 14, 2006, 7:00 PM EDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Columbia, SC
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Kershaw County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:17 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 14, 12:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 167 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: 14 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -47 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1136 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 193 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS52 KCAE 142216
SVRCAE
SCC055-142300-
/O.NEW.KCAE.SV.W.0084.060514T2216Z-060514T2300Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
616 PM EDT SUN MAY 14 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  KERSHAW COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 700 PM EDT

* AT 608 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES WEST OF LUGOFF...OR ABOUT 10 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF WOODFIELDS...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  CAMDEN.

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 3436 8075 3422 8083 3414 8079 3414 8064
      3438 8031 3455 8042

$$

TTH

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 May 14, 2:38 PM EDT, 3 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 14, 2:38 PM EDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
238 PM EDT SUN MAY 14 2006

.SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)...
CONVERGENCE ASSOCIATED WITH THE COLD FRONT MOVING INTO THE REGION
SUPPORTS CONTINUED POPS THIS EVENING. GULF MOISTURE IS CUT OFF AND
BELIEVE THIS WILL CONTINUE TO HELP KEEP COVERAGE LIMITED.
ALSO...FARTHER DRYING SHOULD HAVE OCCURRED BEHIND A LEAD H5
SHORTWAVE TROUGH. THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP COULD BE SEVERE
BECAUSE OF STRONG SHEAR AND COLD TEMPERATURES ALOFT WITH H85 WIND
NEAR 40 KNOTS AND H5 TEMPERATURES NEAR -17. THE MAIN THREAT IS
PROBABLY HAIL BECAUSE EXPECT SURFACE-BASED INSTABILITY WILL REMAIN
WEAK. THE PREVIOUS CONVECTION AND CLOUDINESS DURING THE AFTERNOON
SHOULD HELP LIMIT THE SURFACE-BASED INSTABILITY. EXPECT LESS
COVERAGE LATE TONIGHT BECAUSE OF DIURNAL COOLING AND BOTH THE NAM
AND GFS SHOW WEAK H85 COLD ADVECTION.

THE MODELS KEEP THE FRONT OR TROUGH IN THE FORECAST AREA MONDAY
THROUGH TUESDAY. MID-LEVEL TEMPERATURES REMAIN COLD WITH A SERIES OF
SHORTWAVE TROUGHS ROTATING AROUND THE LOW. HOWEVER...MOISTURE
APPEARS LIMITED WITH WEAK H85 COLD ADVECTION DURING MUCH OF THE
PERIOD. PLAN TO USE THE CHANCE OR SLIGHT CHANCE MAV POPS.
&&

.LONG TERM (TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY)...
MOISTURE APPEARS LIMITED DURING MOST OF THE EXTENDED PERIOD WITH LOW
PRESSURE CENTERED WELL NORTHEAST OF THE REGION AND RIDGING SOUTH AND
WEST. HOWEVER...THE GFS SHOWS A COLD FRONT MOVING INTO THE AREA
SUNDAY.
&&

.AVIATION...
SCATTERED STRONG STORMS POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY
EVENING HOURS AS COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. SURFACE WINDS
SW 10-20 KT BUT WIND GUSTS TO 55 KNOTS AND LARGE HAIL POSSIBLE IN
VICINITY OF THUNDERSTORMS. CIGS 2500-4000 FT AT TIMES. EXPECT
IMPROVING CONDITIONS 01Z-04Z MONDAY AFTER THE FRONT PASSES TO THE
EAST OF THE AREA. SCT-BKN CLOUDS AROUND 4000 FT THROUGH 12Z MONDAY
MORNING WITH WEST WINDS 4-8 KT.
&&

.CAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SC...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 800 PM THIS EVENING
GA...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 800 PM THIS EVENING
&&

05/05/22

Hazardous weather outlook, May 14, 4:05 AM EDT, 14 hours 11 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
405 AM EDT SUN MAY 14 2006

GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-150805-
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-
405 AM EDT SUN MAY 14 2006

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE REGION
EARLY THIS MORNING. SOME STORMS EARLY THIS MORNING WILL BE ON THE
STRONG SIDE...WITH SMALL HAIL...EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING...AND STRONG
GUSTY WINDS ALL BEING POSSIBLE. AN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAN NOT BE RULED OUT EARLY THIS MORNING.

A BETTER CHANCE FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR LATE
THIS MORNING INTO THIS AFTERNOON. THE ATMOSPHERE IS EXPECTED TO
BECOME MORE UNSTABLE...WITH INCREASING LOW LEVEL SHEAR...AHEAD OF
AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT.  THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD INCREASE IN
COVERAGE...WITH A GREATER POTENTIAL FOR SOME STORMS TO BECOME
SEVERE. ALTHOUGH THE MAIN THREATS WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS THIS
AFTERNOON SHOULD BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL...AN ISOLATED
SUPERCELL WILL ALSO REMAIN POSSIBLE.

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

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 14, 5:38 PM EDT, 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
538 PM EDT SUN MAY 14 2006

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

0420 PM     HAIL             HEATH SPRINGS           34.59N 80.67W
05/14/2006  E0.88 INCH       LANCASTER          SC   PUBLIC

            PUBLIC REPORTED NICKEL SIZE HAIL WHICH COVERED THE
            GROUND.

0425 PM     HAIL             5 NW COLUMBIA           34.09N 80.95W
05/14/2006  E1.00 INCH       RICHLAND           SC   PUBLIC

            PUBLIC REPORTE QUARTER SIZE HAIL AT BROAD RIVER RD AND
            ZIMALCREST RD AREA.

0425 PM     HAIL             2 SE IRMO               34.07N 81.16W
05/14/2006  E1.00 INCH       LEXINGTON          SC   PUBLIC

            PUBLIC REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL HARBISON AREA.

0425 PM     HAIL             IRMO                    34.09N 81.19W
05/14/2006  E1.00 INCH       RICHLAND           SC   PUBLIC

            PUBLIC REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

0425 PM     HAIL             1 SE IRMO               34.08N 81.18W
05/14/2006  E1.00 INCH       LEXINGTON          SC   PUBLIC

            PUBLIC REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL WHICH COVERED THE
            GROUND.

0445 PM     HAIL             6 NW COLUMBIA           34.10N 80.96W
05/14/2006  E1.00 INCH       RICHLAND           SC   AIRPLANE PILOT

            PUBLIC REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN ST. ANDREWS AREA.

0427 PM     HAIL             5 SE IRMO               34.04N 81.13W
05/14/2006  E1.25 INCH       LEXINGTON          SC   PUBLIC

            PUBLIC REPORTED HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL WHICH COVERED THE
            GROUND.

&&

VAUGHAN

Local storm report, May 14, 5:38 PM EDT, 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
538 PM EDT SUN MAY 14 2006

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

0420 PM     HAIL             HEATH SPRINGS           34.59N 80.67W
05/14/2006  E0.88 INCH       LANCASTER          SC   PUBLIC

            PUBLIC REPORTED NICKEL SIZE HAIL WHICH COVERED THE
            GROUND.

0425 PM     HAIL             5 NW COLUMBIA           34.09N 80.95W
05/14/2006  E1.00 INCH       RICHLAND           SC   PUBLIC

            PUBLIC REPORTE QUARTER SIZE HAIL AT BROAD RIVER RD AND
            ZIMALCREST RD AREA.

0425 PM     HAIL             2 SE IRMO               34.07N 81.16W
05/14/2006  E1.00 INCH       LEXINGTON          SC   PUBLIC

            PUBLIC REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL HARBISON AREA.

0425 PM     HAIL             IRMO                    34.09N 81.19W
05/14/2006  E1.00 INCH       RICHLAND           SC   PUBLIC

            PUBLIC REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

0425 PM     HAIL             1 SE IRMO               34.08N 81.18W
05/14/2006  E1.00 INCH       LEXINGTON          SC   PUBLIC

            PUBLIC REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL WHICH COVERED THE
            GROUND.

0445 PM     HAIL             6 NW COLUMBIA           34.10N 80.96W
05/14/2006  E1.00 INCH       RICHLAND           SC   PUBLIC

            PUBLIC REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN ST. ANDREWS AREA.

0427 PM     HAIL             5 SE IRMO               34.04N 81.13W
05/14/2006  E1.25 INCH       LEXINGTON          SC   PUBLIC

            PUBLIC REPORTED HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL WHICH COVERED THE
            GROUND.

&&

VAUGHAN

Local storm report, May 14, 5:54 PM EDT, 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
554 PM EDT SUN MAY 14 2006

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

0445 PM     HAIL             5 W EVANS               33.51N 82.23W
05/14/2006  E0.75 INCH       COLUMBIA           GA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT RECEIVED A REPORT OF 3/4 INCH HAIL
            AND A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR WASHINGTON RD AND WILLIAM FEW
            PARKWAY

&&

LINTON

Local storm report, May 14, 5:57 PM EDT, 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
557 PM EDT SUN MAY 14 2006

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

0535 PM     HAIL             1 W LEXINGTON           33.99N 81.25W
05/14/2006  E0.25 INCH       LEXINGTON          SC   NWS EMPLOYEE

            NICKEL SIZE HAIL IN BALL PARK ROAD AREA OF LEXINGTON

&&

LINTON

Local storm report, May 14, 5:57 PM EDT, 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
557 PM EDT SUN MAY 14 2006

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

0535 PM     HAIL             1 W LEXINGTON           33.99N 81.25W
05/14/2006  E0.45 INCH       LEXINGTON          SC   NWS EMPLOYEE

            NICKEL SIZE HAIL IN BALL PARK ROAD AREA OF LEXINGTON

&&

CORRECTED HAIL SIZE
LINTON

Local storm report, May 14, 6:05 PM EDT, 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
605 PM EDT SUN MAY 14 2006

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

0535 PM     HAIL             1 W LEXINGTON           33.99N 81.25W
05/14/2006  E0.75 INCH       LEXINGTON          SC   NWS EMPLOYEE

            NICKEL SIZE HAIL IN BALL PARK ROAD AREA OF LEXINGTON

&&

CORRECTED HAIL SIZE
LINTON

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 14, 3:37 AM EDT	Lake Wind Advisory	CAE	Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chesterfield, Clarendon and 10 more	16 hr
May 14, 6:42 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Edgefield	33 min
May 14, 7:02 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Aiken	43 min
May 14, 7:55 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Orangeburg	50 min
May 14, 12:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Lancaster	54 min
May 14, 1:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Chesterfield, Kershaw	75 min
May 14, 3:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Newberry	44 min
May 14, 3:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Aiken	41 min
May 14, 3:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Fairfield	44 min
May 14, 3:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Lexington	38 min
May 14, 4:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Lancaster	59 min
May 14, 4:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Richland	32 min
May 14, 4:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Chesterfield	59 min
May 14, 4:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Kershaw	41 min
May 14, 4:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Edgefield	40 min
May 14, 5:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Lee	31 min
May 14, 5:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Aiken	49 min
May 14, 5:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Saluda	24 min
May 14, 5:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Lexington	58 min
May 14, 5:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Richland	61 min
May 14, 6:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Orangeburg	29 min
May 14, 6:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Clarendon	43 min
May 14, 6:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Chesterfield	46 min
May 14, 7:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Barnwell	61 min
May 14, 7:31 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CAE	Clarendon	18 min

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.