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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Columbia, SC

April 26, 2006Clarendon County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 2006, 3:32 PM EDT for Clarendon County, South Carolina. It was in force for 13 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 26, 2006, 3:32 PM EDT (19:32 UTC)
Expired
Apr 26, 2006, 3:45 PM EDT
In force
13 min
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Clarendon County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:35 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 26, 12:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 85 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, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 2006-04-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 575 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 2006-04-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 23 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KCAE 261933
TORCAE
SCC027-261945-
/O.NEW.KCAE.TO.W.0013.060426T1932Z-060426T1945Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
332 PM EDT WED APR 26 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CLARENDON COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 345 PM EDT

* AT 327 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER EASTERN    
  CLARENDON COUNTY NEAR FORESTON MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE...

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 3371 8012 3362 8019 3354 8008 3373 7998

$$

LCV

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 26, 12:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAENewberry46 min
Apr 26, 1:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAENewberry45 min
Apr 26, 1:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAECalhoun, Richland48 min
Apr 26, 1:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAECalhoun, Lexington43 min
Apr 26, 1:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAERichland29 min
Apr 26, 1:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAENewberry39 min
Apr 26, 1:45 PM EDTTornado WarningCAENewberry45 min
Apr 26, 2:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAERichland30 min
Apr 26, 2:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEFairfield42 min
Apr 26, 2:15 PM EDTTornado WarningCAECalhoun, Richland, Sumter45 min
Apr 26, 2:16 PM EDTTornado WarningCAEFairfield44 min
Apr 26, 2:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEKershaw39 min
Apr 26, 2:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEClarendon42 min
Apr 26, 3:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEClarendon41 min
Apr 26, 3:04 PM EDTTornado WarningCAEKershaw26 min
Apr 26, 3:30 PM EDTTornado WarningCAEKershaw15 min
Apr 26, 4:03 PM EDTTornado WarningCAELee42 min
Apr 26, 4:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEAiken46 min
Apr 26, 4:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEOrangeburg39 min
Apr 26, 5:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAECalhoun, Clarendon51 min
Apr 26, 5:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEClarendon51 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.