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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Columbia, SC

April 14, 2007Burke County, Richmond County, Georgia

NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 14, 2007, 7:17 PM EDT for Burke County, Richmond County, Georgia. It was in force for 28 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
Apr 14, 2007, 7:17 PM EDT (23:17 UTC)
Expired
Apr 14, 2007, 7:45 PM EDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Burke County, GA, Richmond County, GA

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:21 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
Apr 14, 7:25 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG5 W Hephzibah, GA1 LARGE TREE DOWN IN THE VICINITY OF THE DEANS BRIDGE AREA IN BLYTHE.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 212 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 12:00Z on 2007-04-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2007-04-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 43 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1360 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
228 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 
WUUS52 KCAE 142317
SVRCAE
GAC033-245-142345-
/O.NEW.KCAE.SV.W.0024.070414T2317Z-070414T2345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
717 PM EDT SAT APR 14 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN BURKE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  WESTERN RICHMOND COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 745 PM EDT

* AT 712 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 15
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT GORDON...AND MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.

* SOME COMMUNITIES IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE BLYTHE.

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 8232 3320 8218 3347 8205 3348 8213
      3337 8230

$$
DCM
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS52 KCAE 142326
SVSCAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
725 PM EDT SAT APR 14 2007

GAC033-142335-
/O.CAN.KCAE.SV.W.0024.000000T0000Z-070414T2345Z/
BURKE GA-
725 PM EDT SAT APR 14 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR BURKE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

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 3327 8230 3324 8216 3347 8205 3348 8213
      3337 8230

$$

GAC245-142345-
/O.CON.KCAE.SV.W.0024.000000T0000Z-070414T2345Z/
RICHMOND GA-
725 PM EDT SAT APR 14 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EDT
FOR RICHMOND COUNTY...

AT 725 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT GORDON...MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH.

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 3327 8230 3324 8216 3347 8205 3348 8213
      3337 8230

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 14, 3:53 PM EDTLake Wind AdvisoryCAEBurke, Columbia, Lincoln, McDuffie, Richmond24 hr
Apr 14, 7:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEColumbia28 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.