Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 123, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2008, 2:11 PM EDT for Calhoun County, Lexington County, Richland County, South Carolina. It was in force for 49 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
- Jun 22, 2008, 2:11 PM EDT (18:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 2008, 3:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Calhoun County, SC, Lexington County, SC, Richland County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 2:30 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | South Congaree, SC | NICKEL SIZE HAIL AT SOUTH CONGAREE ON HWY 302. |
| Jun 22, 2:37 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 3 E Lexington, SC | NWS EMPLOYEE REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL AT 3 FOUNTAINS AREA JUST WEST OF AIRPORT. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 26 minutes after it went out.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 262 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
- 866 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -67 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 808 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS52 KCAE 221811
SVRCAE
SCC017-063-079-221900-
/O.NEW.KCAE.SV.W.0123.080622T1811Z-080622T1900Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
211 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
RICHLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
EASTERN LEXINGTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
NORTHWESTERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 300 PM EDT
* AT 204 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES
WEST OF GASTON...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTH OF RED BANK...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* SOME COMMUNITIES IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE SOUTH CONGAREE...PINE
RIDGE...LEXINGTON...SPRINGDALE...OAK GROVE...CAYCE...WEST
COLUMBIA...COLUMBIA...EASTOVER...ST. ANDREWS...IRMO...FOREST
ACRES...ARCADIA LAKES...FORT JACKSON...WOODFIELDS AND DENTSVILLE
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 3373 8112 3382 8137 3421 8112 3421 8110
3384 8062 3382 8060
TIME...MOT...LOC 1811Z 205DEG 26KT 3385 8117
$$
LMWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Columbia, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 22, 1:42 PM EDT, 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 1:42 PM EDT, 29 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 142 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008 .SYNOPSIS... A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA TODAY CREATING ANOTHER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. A SERIES OF DISTURBANCES WILL CROSS THE REGION TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT CONTINUING THE CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE AREA TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND REMAIN THROUGH WEDNESDAY. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/... WEAK SURFACE TROUGH WITH SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWING THE UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE SLOWLY MOVING INTO THE UPSTATE. SHOWERS WHICH POPPED UP EARLIER HAVE DISSIPATED FOR THE TIME BEING WITH MODELS INDICATING CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. LAPS SOUNDINGS FROM CAE AND MDCRS FROM CLT INDICATE PLENTY OF INSTABILITY ALONG WITH A BIT HIGHER P/WATS THAN YESTERDAY. AS SUCH BELIEVE THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT INCREASE IN COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON VERSUS YESTERDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON...WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING WIND GUSTS (SHEAR IS VERY WEAK) AND TO A LESSER EXTENT HAIL (FZL LEVEL AND WET BULB ZERO HEIGHTS BETWEEN 12.5 AND 13.5 KFT). EXPECT CUMULUS TO BEGIN DEVELOPING SHORTLY WITH CB/S BY 2 PM. UPDATE OUT SHORTLY TO ADJUST CLOUDS AND POPS WITH ONLY COSMETIC CHANGES TO OTHER ELEMENTS. && .SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY/... CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY SHOULD CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS. WILL GO SLIGHT CHANCE AFTER SUN GOES DOWN UNTIL MIDNIGHT WHEN CONDITIONS BECOME MORE STABLE. AGREE WITH NAM AND GFS BRINGING ANOTHER WEAK SHORT WAVE AND TROUGH THROUGH AREA MONDAY. AIRMASS BECOMES CONDITIONALLY UNSTABLE AGAIN IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING DURING THE HEAT OF THE DAY. NAM AND GFS CAPES AROUND 1500 J/KG AND LIS -3/-4. WILL GO 20-30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL NEAR MIDNIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN TUESDAY WITH DRY WARM WEATHER EXPECTED. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/... IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH GFS AND ECMWF SHOWING WEAK HIGH PRESSURE OVER AREA DURING PERIOD. DRY INITIALLY TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH WESTERLY WINDS. HIGH SHIFTS MORE EAST THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY ALLOWING SOUTHERLY WINDS AND MORE MOISTURE WITH SLIGHT CHANCE OF MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATER PORTION OF EXTENDED. TEMPERATURES REMAIN QUITE WARM WITH HIGHS IN THE LOWER TO MID 90S. LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE 60S TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT INCREASE TO NEAR 70 LATE IN PERIOD. && .AVIATION /18Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... VFR AND MVFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD. UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND A SURFACE TROUGH HAVE COMBINED TO PRODUCE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA. SATELLITE IMAGERY AND CAE WSR-88D SHOW STORMS CURRENTLY DEVELOPING AROUND ALL TAF SITES. EXPECT THIS TREND TO CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS BEFORE DECREASING WITH SUNSET. AFTER 05Z WILL AGAIN EXPECT MVFR FOG TO DEVELOP AND PERSIST THROUGH 14/15Z...WHEN CUMULUS WILL AGAIN BEGIN DEVELOPING. HAVE NOT INCLUDED CB OR THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE END OF THE TAF PERIOD AS CONFIDENCE IS TOO LOW IN COVERAGE AND TIMING. MVFR CONDITIONS POSSIBLE IN THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...OTHERWISE NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO AVIATION EXPECTED MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. && .CAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SC...NONE. GA...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 22, 5:31 AM EDT, 8 hours 40 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 531 AM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-230945- LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD- MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON- RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON- BAMBERG- 531 AM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 1:45 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 145 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008 SCZ030-036-221830- AIKEN-ORANGEBURG- 145 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING AIKEN AND ORANGEBURG COUNTIES... AT 137 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF WILLISTON...OR 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF DENMARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. SMALL HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. 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.
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 2:01 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 201 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008 SCZ036-038-221900- CLARENDON-ORANGEBURG- 201 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING CLARENDON AND ORANGEBURG COUNTIES... AT 155 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR HOLLY HILL...OR 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF SAINT GEORGE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THUNDERSTORMS POSE A VARIETY OF THREATS TO BOATERS ON LAKE MARION. YOUR BEST COURSE OF ACTION DURING A THUNDERSTORM IS TO SEEK SAFE HARBOR. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE OPEN LAKE WATERS...STAY BELOW DECK...AND IF POSSIBLE...AWAY FROM UNGROUNDED METAL OBJECTS. 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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 1:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken, Edgefield | 49 min |
| Jun 22, 1:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken, Lexington | 26 min |
| Jun 22, 1:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken, Calhoun, Orangeburg | 39 min |
| Jun 22, 2:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken | 40 min |
| Jun 22, 3:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Clarendon, Lee, Sumter | 40 min |
| Jun 22, 3:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Calhoun, Clarendon, Orangeburg | 50 min |
| Jun 22, 4:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Bamberg, Orangeburg | 31 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 2008Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008
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.