Alert archive / South Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 16, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this tornado warning at Jul 27, 2007, 9:50 PM EDT for Bamberg County, South Carolina. It was in force for 40 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
- Jul 27, 2007, 9:50 PM EDT (01:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 2007, 10:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Bamberg County, SC
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:50 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 9:58 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 7 Wnw Ehrhardt, SC | LARGE LIMBS DOWN ON LOW COUNTRY HWY |
| Jul 27, 10:05 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 6 Wsw Ehrhardt, SC | FEW TREES AND SEVERAL LARGE LIMBS DOWN NEAR RIVER BRIDGE ROAD |
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 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 103 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
- 4350 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 647 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS52 KCAE 280150
TORCAE
SCC009-280230-
/O.NEW.KCAE.TO.W.0016.070728T0150Z-070728T0230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
950 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
BAMBERG COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 1030 PM EDT
* AT 949 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 10 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF BAMBERG...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
EHRHARDT BY 1020 PM EDT...
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.
REPORT LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS OR FLOODING TO YOUR COUNTY
SHERIFF...OR CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA TOLL FREE
AT 1 800 7 7 5 7 1 9 9.
LAT...LON 3331 8104 3318 8123 3303 8109 3307 8100
3312 8091
$$
AWPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 9:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lexington, Newberry | 48 min |
| Jul 27, 9:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Bamberg | 42 min |
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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.