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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Columbia, SC

March 2, 2007Columbia County, Lincoln County, Georgia

NWS Columbia, SC issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 2007, 12:06 AM EST for Columbia County, Lincoln County, Georgia. It was in force for 19 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: Mar 2, 2007, 12:06 AM EST (05:06 UTC)
Expired: Mar 2, 2007, 12:25 AM EST
In force: 19 min
Issued by: NWS Columbia, SC
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Columbia County, GA, Lincoln County, GA

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:08 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
Mar 2, 12:12 AM EST	TSTM WND DMG	11 Ssw Parksville, GA	A LARGE OAK TREE WAS DOWNED ON WINFIELD ROAD NEAR THE LAKE. TIME ESTIMATED.

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
Mar 1, 8:27 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr
Mar 1, 8:40 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 196 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: 29 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -109 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 565 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 317 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 412 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 
WFUS52 KCAE 020508
TORCAE
GAC073-181-020545-
/O.NEW.KCAE.TO.W.0006.070302T0506Z-070302T0545Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
1206 AM EST FRI MAR 2 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN COLUMBIA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 1245 AM EST

* AT 1201 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
  MISTLETOE STATE PARK. THIS IS NEAR LAKE THURMOND.
  MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THE LEAH AREA IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.

MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR STURDIER SHELTER.
OTHERWISE...GO TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF YOUR HOME
OR PLACE OF BUSINESS. MAKE SURE THERE ARE AS MANY WALLS AND FLOORS
BETWEEN YOU AND THE OUTSIDE AS POSSIBLE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM EST FRIDAY MORNING FOR
EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
200 AM EST FRIDAY MORNING FOR EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH
CAROLINA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM EST
FRIDAY MORNING FOR EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.

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 3365 8252 3357 8250 3364 8220 3381 8233

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS52 KCAE 020525
SVSCAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
1223 AM EST FRI MAR 2 2007

GAC073-181-020533-
/O.CAN.KCAE.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-070302T0545Z/
COLUMBIA GA-LINCOLN GA-
1223 AM EST FRI MAR 2 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR LINCOLN AND COLUMBIA COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM PROMPTING THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF LINCOLN 
AND COLUMBIA COUNTIES. 

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM EST.

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 3365 8252 3357 8250 3364 8220 3381 8233

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 1, 8:06 PM EST	Tornado Warning	CAE	McDuffie	24 min
Mar 1, 8:19 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Columbia	33 min
Mar 2, 1:04 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Columbia, McDuffie	56 min
Mar 2, 1:16 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Richmond	59 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.