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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Columbia, SC

January 13, 2006Clarendon County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this tornado warning at Jan 13, 2006, 9:31 PM EST for Clarendon 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: Jan 13, 2006, 9:31 PM EST (02:31 UTC)
Expired: Jan 13, 2006, 10:00 PM EST
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Columbia, SC
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Clarendon County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:34 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, 9:35 PM EST	TORNADO	4 Wnw Manning, SC	* 18 INJ * NWS STORM SURVEY ON TORNADO. TOUCHDOWN 4.5 MILES WNW OF MANNING TO 1 MILE NORTH OF ALCOLU IN CLARENDON COUNTY. ESTIMATED WINDS 110 MPH. TRACK TIME 935 PM - 943 PM. WIDTH OF STORM 1/4 MILE. LENGTH OF PATH 6 MILES. NO FATALITIES. 18 INJURIES. 6 MO
Jan 13, 9:35 PM EST	TORNADO	4 Wnw Manning, SC	* 18 INJ * NWS STORM SURVEY ON TORNADO. TOUCHDOWN 4.5 MILES WNW OF MANNING TO 1 MILE NORTH OF ALCOLU IN CLARENDON COUNTY. ESTIMATED WINDS 110 MPH. TRACK TIME 935 PM - 943 PM. WIDTH OF STORM 1/4 MILE. LENGTH OF PATH 6 MILES. NO FATALITIES. 18 INJURIES. 6 MO

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, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 98 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 140232
TORCAE
SCC027-140300-
/O.NEW.KCAE.TO.W.0005.060114T0231Z-060114T0300Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1000 PM EST

* AT 925 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO IN CLARENDON
  COUNTY...BETWEEN MANNING AND PAXVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE...
  THE AREA BETWEEN GABLE AND PAXVILLE

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 3373 8032 3368 8033 3379 8002 3383 8020
      3380 8026

$$
RJL

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS52 KCAE 140239
SVSCAE

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

SCC027-140300-
/O.CON.KCAE.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-060114T0300Z/
CLARENDON SC-
938 PM EST FRI JAN 13 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EST FOR
CLARENDON COUNTY...

AT 935 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 
INDICATED A LIKELY TORNADO IN NORTHERN CLARENDON COUNTY BETWEEN
ALCOLU AND GABEL. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 55 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.

LAT...LON 3373 8032 3368 8033 3379 8002 3383 8020
      3380 8026

$$

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, 8:49 PM EST	Tornado Warning	CAE	Orangeburg	26 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.