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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Columbia, SC

May 7, 2006Orangeburg County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this tornado warning at May 7, 2006, 1:16 PM EDT for Orangeburg County, South Carolina. It was in force for 29 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, 1:16 PM EDT (17:16 UTC)
Expired
May 7, 2006, 1:45 PM EDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Orangeburg County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:19 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 7, 1:23 PM EDTTORNADO 05 Ese Orangeburg, SCAN F0 TOUCHED DOWN SEVERAL TIMES ALONG A PATH FROM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ORANGEBURG TO 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SANTEE. THE TWISTER TRAVELED ALONG HIGHWAY 301 AND TOOK TREES DOWN NEAR 301 AND HWYS 793, 167, 178, AND 15. ...DIRECTION WAS ESE INSTEAD OF SSE...
May 7, 1:23 PM EDTTORNADO5 Sse Orangeburg, SCAN F0 TOUCHED DOWN SEVERAL TIMES ALONG A PATH FROM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ORANGEBURG TO 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SANTEE. THE TWISTER TRAVELED ALONG HIGHWAY 301 AND TOOK TREES DOWN NEAR 301 AND HWYS 793, 167, 178, AND 15.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 296 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, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2006-05-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2006-05-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 64 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1075 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
75 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 
WFUS52 KCAE 071716
TORCAE
SCC075-071745-
/O.NEW.KCAE.TO.W.0016.060507T1716Z-060507T1745Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
116 PM EDT SUN MAY 7 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 145 PM EDT

* AT 115 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF BROOKDALE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

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

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 3335 8081 3352 8086 3354 8072 3347 8066
      3346 8060 3350 8060 3353 8057 3355 8058
      3353 8050 3355 8049 3345 8039 3342 8029

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS52 KCAE 071725
SVSCAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
125 PM EDT SUN MAY 7 2006

SCC075-071745-
/O.CON.KCAE.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-060507T1745Z/
ORANGEBURG SC-
125 PM EDT SUN MAY 7 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM EDT FOR
ORANGEBURG COUNTY...

AT 123 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
BROOKDALE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO VANCE
AND SANTEE

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.

LAT...LON 3335 8081 3352 8086 3354 8072 3347 8066
      3346 8060 3350 8060 3353 8057 3355 8058
      3353 8050 3355 8049 3345 8039 3342 8029

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 7, 12:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEOrangeburg47 min
May 7, 1:13 PM EDTTornado WarningCAEBamberg32 min
May 7, 1:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEOrangeburg33 min
May 7, 2:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEClarendon, Orangeburg44 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.