Alert archive / South Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 10, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 2006, 2:16 PM EDT for Fairfield County, South Carolina. It was in force for 44 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 26, 2006, 2:16 PM EDT (18:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 2006, 3:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Fairfield County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 2:27 PM EDT | TORNADO | 10 Sw Winnsboro, SC | F0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AT HIGHWAY 54. AT 240 PM THE TORNADO CONTINUED TO 4 MILES SOUTH WINNSBORO RESERVOIR ROAD. |
| Apr 26, 2:40 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 S Winnsboro, SC | SHERIFF REPORTED TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ON RESERVOIR ROAD 4 MILES SOUTH OF WINNSBORO |
| Apr 26, 2:45 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | 1 Se Winnsboro, SC |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 12:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 195 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
- 575 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -72 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1116 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KCAE 261816 TORCAE SCC039-261900- /O.NEW.KCAE.TO.W.0010.060426T1816Z-060426T1900Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 216 PM EDT WED APR 26 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... FAIRFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 300 PM EDT * AT 215 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 13 MILES WEST OF WINNSBORO...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE... WINNSBORO... 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, IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. 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, 800, 7 7 5, 7 1 9 9. LAT...LON 3439 8137 3424 8131 3433 8077 3452 8089 $$ AWP
The office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 12:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Newberry | 46 min |
| Apr 26, 1:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Newberry | 45 min |
| Apr 26, 1:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Calhoun, Richland | 48 min |
| Apr 26, 1:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Calhoun, Lexington | 43 min |
| Apr 26, 1:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Richland | 29 min |
| Apr 26, 1:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Newberry | 39 min |
| Apr 26, 1:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Newberry | 45 min |
| Apr 26, 2:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Richland | 30 min |
| Apr 26, 2:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Fairfield | 42 min |
| Apr 26, 2:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Calhoun, Richland, Sumter | 45 min |
| Apr 26, 2:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Kershaw | 39 min |
| Apr 26, 2:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Clarendon | 42 min |
| Apr 26, 3:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Clarendon | 41 min |
| Apr 26, 3:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Kershaw | 26 min |
| Apr 26, 3:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Kershaw | 15 min |
| Apr 26, 3:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Clarendon | 13 min |
| Apr 26, 4:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Lee | 42 min |
| Apr 26, 4:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken | 46 min |
| Apr 26, 4:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Orangeburg | 39 min |
| Apr 26, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Calhoun, Clarendon | 51 min |
| Apr 26, 5:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Clarendon | 51 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.