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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Columbia, SC

March 2, 2007Aiken County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 2007, 2:00 AM EST for Aiken County, South Carolina. It was in force for 45 min. 3 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, 2:00 AM EST (07:00 UTC)
Expired: Mar 2, 2007, 2:45 AM EST
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Columbia, SC
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Aiken County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:01 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
Mar 2, 2:15 AM EST	TSTM WND DMG	8 Ne Aiken, SC	DAMAGE AT BEAVER DAM ROAD AT US HIGHWAY 1 NEAR AIRPORT. TREES DOWN.
Mar 2, 2:30 AM EST	TSTM WND DMG	5 Sse Aiken, SC	AN NWS STORM SURVEY DETERMINED THAT THUNDERSTORM DOWNBURST WINDS DOWNED TREES IN THE TALATHA GARDENS COMMUNITY. TIME ESTIMATED.
Mar 2, 2:30 AM EST	TORNADO	3 Nne New Ellenton, SC	NWS STORM SURVEY DETERMINED THAT A WEAK TORNADO...OF EF-0 MAGNITUDE ON THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE...BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN AND KNOCKED DOWN SOME TREES AND TREE TOPS. 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

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 176 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: 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 
WFUS52 KCAE 020700
TORCAE
SCC003-020745-
/O.NEW.KCAE.TO.W.0007.070302T0700Z-070302T0745Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN AIKEN COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 245 AM EST

* AT 156 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 2 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF AIKEN...OR ABOUT OVER AIKEN...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

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
800 AM EST FRIDAY MORNING FOR CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA. A TORNADO WATCH
ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM EST FRIDAY MORNING FOR CENTRAL
SOUTH CAROLINA. 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 3359 8192 3342 8174 3362 8125 3385 8160

$$

TTH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 2, 12:38 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Edgefield, Saluda	52 min
Mar 2, 12:57 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Lexington	63 min
Mar 2, 1:22 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Aiken	53 min
Mar 2, 1:37 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Fairfield	53 min
Mar 2, 2:08 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Lexington, Richland	82 min
Mar 2, 2:36 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Calhoun, Orangeburg	69 min
Mar 2, 3:19 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Aiken	41 min
Mar 2, 3:24 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Sumter	53 min
Mar 2, 3:38 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Lee	41 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.