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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Columbia, SC

January 13, 2006Orangeburg County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this tornado warning at Jan 13, 2006, 8:49 PM EST for Orangeburg County, South Carolina. It was in force for 26 min. 1 report 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, 8:49 PM EST (01:49 UTC)
Expired: Jan 13, 2006, 9:15 PM EST
In force: 26 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), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:51 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
Jan 13, 9:02 PM EST	TORNADO	5 Nw Bowman, SC	A SMALL F0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR SC4108 AND TOOK SOME TREES DOWN. NEIGHBORS SAID THE STORM HIT AROUND 9PM.

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, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 88 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: 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 140151
TORCAE
SCC075-140215-
/O.NEW.KCAE.TO.W.0004.060114T0149Z-060114T0215Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 915 PM EST

* AT 842 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
  ROWESVILLE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE...
  THE AREA FROM ROWESVILLE TO BOWMAN
  MILE MARKER 259 AREA OF I-26  

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 8086 3327 8085 3335 8050 3353 8075

$$

RJL

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS52 KCAE 140155
SVSCAE

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

SCC075-140215-
/O.CON.KCAE.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-060114T0215Z/
ORANGEBURG SC-
854 PM EST FRI JAN 13 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EST FOR
ORANGEBURG COUNTY...

AT 846 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LIKELY TORNADO NEAR MILE MARKER 159 OF I-26 IN EASTERN
ORANGEBURG COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST NEAR 50 MPH.

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.

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

LAT...LON 3337 8084 3332 8083 3335 8050 3353 8075

$$
RJL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 13, 7:48 PM EST	Tornado Warning	CAE	Bamberg, Barnwell	27 min
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, 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.