Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2007

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Columbia, SC

March 2, 2007Edgefield County, Saluda County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 2, 2007, 12:38 AM EST for Edgefield County, Saluda County, South Carolina. It was in force for 52 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
Mar 2, 2007, 12:38 AM EST (05:38 UTC)
Expired
Mar 2, 2007, 1:30 AM EST
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Edgefield County, SC, Saluda County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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
Mar 2, 12:47 AM ESTTSTM WND DMGSaluda, SCNUMEROUS TREES DOWN THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
Mar 2, 12:50 AM ESTTSTM WND DMGEdgefield, SCDAMAGE TO A MOBILE HOME. TREES REPORTED DOWN COUNTY WIDE.

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
Mar 1, 8:27 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 205 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 2007-03-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 16 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 2007-03-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 174 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
16 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
488 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
174 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
402 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 020541
SVRCAE
SCC037-081-020630-
/O.NEW.KCAE.SV.W.0007.070302T0538Z-070302T0630Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
1238 AM EST FRI MAR 2 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SALUDA COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
  EDGEFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 130 AM EST

* AT 1230 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS IN EDGEFIELD AND SALUDA COUNTIES. SOME OF THESE
  THUNDERSTORMS WERE LIKELY SEVERE WITH WIND GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH.
  THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST NEAR 50 MPH.


* SOME COMMUNITIES IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE SALUDA AND EDGEFIELD.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
CAN PRODUCE A TORNADO WITH LITTLE ADVANCE WARNING.

PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM SHOULD BE ALERT FOR
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AWAY FROM
WINDOWS AND DOORS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.

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 3371 8218 3355 8203 3381 8168 3404 8151
      3416 8183

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 2, 12:57 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAELexington63 min
Mar 2, 1:22 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEAiken53 min
Mar 2, 1:37 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEFairfield53 min
Mar 2, 2:00 AM ESTTornado WarningCAEAiken45 min
Mar 2, 2:08 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAELexington, Richland82 min
Mar 2, 2:36 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAECalhoun, Orangeburg69 min
Mar 2, 3:19 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEAiken41 min
Mar 2, 3:24 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAESumter53 min
Mar 2, 3:38 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAELee41 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 2007Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2007

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.