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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Columbia, SC

March 4, 2008McCormick County, South Carolina; Lincoln County, Georgia

NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 4, 2008, 6:35 PM EST for McCormick County, South Carolina; Lincoln County, Georgia. It was in force for 24 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 4, 2008, 6:35 PM EST (23:35 UTC)
Expired: Mar 4, 2008, 6:59 PM EST
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Columbia, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Lincoln County, GA, McCormick County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:38 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 4, 6:42 PM EST	HAIL 0.75	Mount Carmel, SC	PENNY SIZED HAIL REPORTED IN MOUNT CARMEL BY POST OFFICE EMPLOYEE.

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 4, 4:31 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr
Mar 4, 6:27 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 207 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 967 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 369 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 451 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 042335
SVRCAE
GAC181-SCC065-050015-
/O.NEW.KCAE.SV.W.0002.080304T2335Z-080305T0015Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
635 PM EST TUE MAR 4 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LINCOLN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  NORTHERN MCCORMICK COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 715 PM EST

* AT 630 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE
  LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 19 MILES NORTH OF TROY TO 11
  MILES WEST OF LINCOLNTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* SOME COMMUNITIES IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE MCCORMICK AND 
LINCOLNTON

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.

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

LAT...LON 3408 8248 3407 8246 3407 8244 3402 8229
      3399 8229 3401 8226 3396 8213 3384 8227
      3368 8252 3396 8262
TIME...MOT...LOC 2335Z 270DEG 45KT 3425 8232 3379 8260

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS52 KCAE 042359
SVSCAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
659 PM EST TUE MAR 4 2008

GAC181-SCC065-050009-
/O.CAN.KCAE.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080305T0015Z/
LINCOLN GA-MCCORMICK SC-
659 PM EST TUE MAR 4 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MCCORMICK AND LINCOLN COUNTIES
IS CANCELLED...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EST WEDNESDAY 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 IN COLUMBIA TOLL FREE
AT 1 800 7 7 5 7 1 9 9.

LAT...LON 3408 8248 3407 8246 3407 8244 3402 8229
      3399 8229 3401 8226 3396 8213 3384 8227
      3368 8252 3396 8262
TIME...MOT...LOC 2359Z 270DEG 45KT 3425 8196 3399 8229

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 4, 4:08 AM EST	Lake Wind Advisory	CAE	Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chesterfield, Clarendon and 10 more	25 hr
Mar 4, 4:16 PM EST	Tornado Warning	CAE	Newberry	29 min
Mar 4, 4:38 PM EST	Tornado Warning	CAE	Lancaster	37 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 2008 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2008 Every 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.