Alert archive / South Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 15, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this tornado warning at May 7, 2006, 1:13 PM EDT for Bamberg County, South Carolina. It was in force for 32 min. 2 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
- May 7, 2006, 1:13 PM EDT (17:13 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 2006, 1:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Bamberg County, SC
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 1:35 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 7 Se Bamberg, SC | EDISTO ELECTRIC COOP REPORTED SEVERAL TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN SOUTH OF MIDWAY OFF US HIGHWAY 78. TIME ESTIMATED. |
| May 7, 1:35 PM EDT | TORNADO | 7 Se Bamberg, SC | AN F0 TOUCHED DOWN JUST SOUTH OF MIDWAY OFF OF SC78 AND TOOK DOWN SOME TREES AND POWERLINES. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 314 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
- 816 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 923 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KCAE 071714 TORCAE SCC009-071745- /O.NEW.KCAE.TO.W.0015.060507T1713Z-060507T1745Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 113 PM EDT SUN MAY 7 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... BAMBERG COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 145 PM EDT * AT 110 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR BAMBERG... OR ABOUT OVER BAMBERG...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE... BAMBERG... 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 3330 8117 3318 8114 3320 8081 3336 8104 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS52 KCAE 071723 SVSCAE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 123 PM EDT SUN MAY 7 2006 SCC009-071745- /O.CON.KCAE.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-060507T1745Z/ BAMBERG SC- 123 PM EDT SUN MAY 7 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM EDT FOR BAMBERG COUNTY... AT 119 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BAMBERG...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA. LAT...LON 3330 8117 3318 8114 3320 8081 3336 8104 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 12:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Orangeburg | 47 min |
| May 7, 1:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Orangeburg | 29 min |
| May 7, 1:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Orangeburg | 33 min |
| May 7, 2:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Clarendon, Orangeburg | 44 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.