Alert archive / South Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 16, NWS Columbia, SC
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 1:23 PM EDT | TORNADO 0 | 5 Ese Orangeburg, SC | AN 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 EDT | TORNADO | 5 Sse Orangeburg, SC | AN 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 12:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Orangeburg | 47 min |
| May 7, 1:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Bamberg | 32 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.