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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Columbia, SC

January 13, 2006Bamberg County, Barnwell County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this tornado warning at Jan 13, 2006, 7:48 PM EST for Bamberg County, Barnwell County, South Carolina. It was in force for 27 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
Jan 13, 2006, 7:48 PM EST (00:48 UTC)
Expired
Jan 13, 2006, 8:15 PM EST
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Bamberg County, SC, Barnwell County, SC

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:49 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jan 13, 8:00 PM ESTTSTM WND DMGBamberg, SCSEVERAL TREES DOWN ON JAY STREET IN BAMBERG
Jan 13, 8:00 PM ESTTORNADO 0Bamberg, SCSHERIFF REPORTED SEVERAL TREES DOWN ON JAY STREET IN BAMBERG FROM AN F0 TORNADO.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 13, 6:17 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 121 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 00:00Z on 2006-01-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 187 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Charleston AFB, SC at 00:00Z on 2006-01-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 191 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
187 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-44 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
815 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
191 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
280 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KCAE 140048
TORCAE
SCC009-011-140115-
/O.NEW.KCAE.TO.W.0002.060114T0048Z-060114T0115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
748 PM EST FRI JAN 13 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  BARNWELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
  BAMBERG COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 815 PM EST

* AT 746 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 11 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF DENMARK...OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BARNWELL...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE...
  DENMARK...
  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 3323 8132 3316 8123 3332 8099 3343 8121

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS52 KCAE 140107
SVSCAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
807 PM EST FRI JAN 13 2006

SCC011-140117-
/O.CAN.KCAE.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060114T0115Z/
BARNWELL SC-
807 PM EST FRI JAN 13 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR BARNWELL COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EST SATURDAY MORNING
FOR EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.

LAT...LON 3327 8116 3325 8111 3332 8099 3341 8117

$$

SCC009-140115-
/O.CON.KCAE.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060114T0115Z/
BAMBERG SC-
807 PM EST FRI JAN 13 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EST FOR BAMBERG
COUNTY...

AT 803 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR DENMARK...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING  
DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EST SATURDAY MORNING
FOR EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.

LAT...LON 3327 8116 3325 8111 3332 8099 3341 8117

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 13, 8:14 PM ESTTornado WarningCAEOrangeburg31 min
Jan 13, 8:37 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEBamberg, Orangeburg53 min
Jan 13, 8:49 PM ESTTornado WarningCAEOrangeburg26 min
Jan 13, 9:31 PM ESTTornado WarningCAEClarendon29 min

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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.