Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 231, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 6, 2008, 8:56 PM EDT for Calhoun County, Lexington County, South Carolina. It was in force for 34 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 6, 2008, 8:56 PM EDT (00:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2008, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Calhoun County, SC, Lexington County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:57 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 137 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
- 3702 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1572 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What 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 Aug 6, 7:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 6, 7:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 6, 4:30 PM EDT, 4 hours 26 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 430 PM EDT WED AUG 6 2008 GAZ040-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>028-072030- LINCOLN-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD-MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW- EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON-RICHLAND- 430 PM EDT WED AUG 6 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AIRMASS MODERATELY TO STRONGLY UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON. AN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OR TWO IS POSSIBLE WITH DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE MAIN THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE AREA IS OUTLOOKED FOR A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON THURSDAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE REGION. THE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL DIMINISH BY THE WEEKEND AND INTO NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. GAZ063>065-SCZ029-030-072030- MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-LEE-AIKEN- 430 PM EDT WED AUG 6 2008 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. HEAT ADVISORY. ALSO...AIRMASS MODERATELY TO STRONGLY UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON. AN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OR TWO IS POSSIBLE WITH DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE MAIN THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE AREA IS OUTLOOKED FOR A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON THURSDAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE REGION. THE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL DIMINISH BY THE WEEKEND AND INTO NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. GAZ077-SCZ031-035>038-041-072030- BURKE-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON-BAMBERG- 430 PM EDT WED AUG 6 2008 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 7 PM EDT THURSDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. HEAT ADVISORY. ALSO...AIRMASS MODERATELY TO STRONGLY UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON. AN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OR TWO IS POSSIBLE WITH DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE MAIN THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. HEAT ADVISORY. THE AREA IS OUTLOOKED FOR A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON THURSDAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE REGION. THE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL DIMINISH BY THE WEEKEND AND INTO NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 6, 3:34 PM EDT, 5 hours 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 334 PM EDT WED AUG 6 2008 SCZ027-062000- LEXINGTON- 334 PM EDT WED AUG 6 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING LEXINGTON COUNTY... AT 332 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LEESVILLE...OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RED BANK...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE 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, Aug 6, 4:04 PM EDT, 4 hours 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 404 PM EDT WED AUG 6 2008 SCZ027-062030- LEXINGTON- 404 PM EDT WED AUG 6 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING LEXINGTON COUNTY... AT 358 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RED BANK...MOVING SOUTH AT 6 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE 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. BC
Special weather statement, Aug 6, 7:39 PM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 8:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lexington, Newberry | 42 min |
| Aug 6, 9:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Calhoun, Richland | 40 min |
| Aug 7, 2:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Chesterfield | 52 min |
| Aug 7, 2:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lancaster | 24 min |
| Aug 7, 2:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Fairfield | 33 min |
| Aug 7, 4:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Fairfield, Kershaw | 44 min |
| Aug 7, 4:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Kershaw | 46 min |
| Aug 7, 4:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Kershaw, Lee, Sumter | 57 min |
| Aug 7, 5:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Richland | 46 min |
| Aug 7, 5:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Orangeburg | 30 min |
| Aug 7, 5:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Sumter | 62 min |
| Aug 7, 6:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Clarendon | 61 min |
| Aug 7, 6:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken | 38 min |
| Aug 7, 7:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CAE | Richland | 52 min |
| Aug 7, 5:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Burke, Richmond | 50 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.