Alert archive / South Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 14, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this tornado warning at Mar 15, 2008, 4:50 PM EDT for Edgefield County, McCormick County, Saluda County, South Carolina. It was in force for 40 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 15, 2008, 4:50 PM EDT (20:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 15, 2008, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Edgefield County, SC, McCormick County, SC, Saluda County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 4:56 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | Mccormick, SC | MCCORMICK COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTS GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL IN THE TOWN OF MCCORMICK AND THE TOWN OF MT CARMEL. |
| Mar 15, 5:05 PM EDT | TORNADO | Edgefield, SC | POSSIBLE TORNADO. NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. TREE ON HOUSE. MAIN DAMAGE ON HWY 378W NEAR MCCORMICK COUNTY LINE. |
| Mar 15, 5:37 PM EDT | HAIL 1.5 | 2 N Johnston, SC | COOP OBSERVER REPORTED HAIL COVERING THE YARD. |
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 15, 11:02 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Mar 15, 4:36 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 227 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
- 585 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -85 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 636 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS52 KCAE 152052
TORCAE
SCC037-065-081-152130-
/O.NEW.KCAE.TO.W.0014.080315T2050Z-080315T2130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
450 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SALUDA COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
NORTHEASTERN MCCORMICK COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
NORTHERN EDGEFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 530 PM EDT
* AT 449 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR TROY...OR
ABOUT 16 MILES SOUTH OF ABBEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
EDGEFIELD...JOHNSTON...SALUDA AND RIDGE SPRING
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR
EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.
LARGE HAIL TO GOLF BALL SIZE IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS IS A
PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS STORM SEEK SHELTER.
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 3407 8234 3406 8231 3399 8229 3402 8223
3398 8220 3399 8209 3397 8203 3410 8190
3406 8148 3392 8154 3373 8178 3386 8236
TIME...MOT...LOC 2050Z 276DEG 46KT 3396 8224
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KCAE 152115
SVSCAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
513 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008
SCC037-065-081-152130-
/O.CON.KCAE.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-080315T2130Z/
SALUDA SC-MCCORMICK SC-EDGEFIELD SC-
513 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EDT FOR
EDGEFIELD...MCCORMICK AND SALUDA COUNTIES...
AT 512 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 MILES
NORTH OF EDGEFIELD...OR ABOUT 21 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
GREENWOOD...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
JOHNSTON...SALUDA...WARD AND RIDGE SPRING
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM EDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR
EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.
LARGE HAIL TO GOLF BALL SIZE IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS IS A
PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS STORM SEEK SHELTER.
REPORT LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS OR FLOODING TO YOUR COUNTY
SHERIFF...OR CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA TOLL FREE
AT 1 800 7 7 5 7 1 9 9.
LAT...LON 3407 8234 3406 8231 3399 8229 3402 8223
3398 8220 3399 8209 3397 8203 3410 8190
3406 8148 3392 8154 3373 8178 3386 8236
TIME...MOT...LOC 2113Z 276DEG 46KT 3393 8189
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 1:34 AM EDT | Lake Wind Advisory | CAE | Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chesterfield, Clarendon and 10 more | 22 hr |
| Mar 15, 9:25 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Fairfield, Newberry | 23 min |
| Mar 15, 3:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Fairfield | 24 min |
| Mar 15, 3:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Fairfield | 17 min |
| Mar 15, 4:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Newberry | 41 min |
| Mar 15, 4:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Lancaster | 24 min |
| Mar 15, 4:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Fairfield, Kershaw, Lancaster, Richland | 44 min |
| Mar 15, 4:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | McCormick | 43 min |
| Mar 15, 4:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Kershaw, Lancaster | 35 min |
| Mar 15, 4:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Fairfield, Lexington, Newberry, Richland | 50 min |
| Mar 15, 4:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Chesterfield | 34 min |
| Mar 15, 5:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Kershaw, Lee, Richland, Sumter | 44 min |
| Mar 15, 5:21 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Aiken, Edgefield, Lexington, Saluda | 39 min |
| Mar 15, 5:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | McCormick | 52 min |
| Mar 15, 5:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Richland | 30 min |
| Mar 15, 5:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Edgefield, McCormick | 39 min |
| Mar 15, 5:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Lee | 44 min |
| Mar 15, 5:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Calhoun, Lexington, Orangeburg, Richland | 40 min |
| Mar 15, 5:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Newberry, Saluda | 34 min |
| Mar 15, 6:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Aiken, Edgefield, McCormick | 42 min |
| Mar 15, 6:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Calhoun, Clarendon, Orangeburg, Richland, Sumter | 42 min |
| Mar 15, 6:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Fairfield, Lexington, Richland | 34 min |
| Mar 15, 6:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Orangeburg | 43 min |
| Mar 15, 6:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Aiken, Barnwell | 41 min |
| Mar 15, 7:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Clarendon | 14 min |
| Mar 15, 7:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Bamberg, Orangeburg | 46 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.