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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Columbia, SC

May 14, 2006Burke County, Georgia

NWS Columbia, SC issued this tornado warning at May 14, 2006, 5:34 PM EDT for Burke County, Georgia. It was in force for 41 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: May 14, 2006, 5:34 PM EDT (21:34 UTC)
Expired: May 14, 2006, 6:15 PM EDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Columbia, SC
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Burke County, GA

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:35 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 14, 5:40 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Waynesboro, GA	SHERIFF DISPATCH REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
May 14, 6:02 PM EDT	HAIL 1.75	9 Se Waynesboro, GA	SHERIFF DISPATCH REPORTED GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL IN THE ALEXANDER COMMUNITY.
May 14, 6:05 PM EDT	HAIL 1.75	9 Se Waynesboro, GA	PUBLIC REPORTED GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL ALONG HWY 24 BETWEEN WAYNESBORO AND SARDIS.

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
May 14, 3:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 200 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 14 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -47 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1136 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 193 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 142134
TORCAE
GAC033-142215-
/O.NEW.KCAE.TO.W.0017.060514T2134Z-060514T2215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
534 PM EDT SUN MAY 14 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  BURKE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 615 PM EDT

* AT 526 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO 13 MILES WEST OF
  WAYNESBORO...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

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

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 3318 8223 3305 8228 3291 8227 3302 8176
      3323 8199

$$

TTH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 14, 3:37 AM EDT	Lake Wind Advisory	CAE	Burke, Columbia, Lincoln, McDuffie, Richmond	16 hr
May 14, 4:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	McDuffie	23 min
May 14, 4:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Columbia	50 min
May 14, 5:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Burke	62 min
May 14, 6:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Burke	61 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.