Alert archive / South Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Columbia, SC
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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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 13, 8:00 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Bamberg, SC | SEVERAL TREES DOWN ON JAY STREET IN BAMBERG |
| Jan 13, 8:00 PM EST | TORNADO 0 | Bamberg, SC | SHERIFF 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 13, 6:17 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 13, 8:14 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CAE | Orangeburg | 31 min |
| Jan 13, 8:37 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Bamberg, Orangeburg | 53 min |
| Jan 13, 8:49 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CAE | Orangeburg | 26 min |
| Jan 13, 9:31 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CAE | Clarendon | 29 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.