Alert archive / South Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 15, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this tornado warning at Mar 15, 2008, 5:21 PM EDT for 4 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 39 min. 7 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, 5:21 PM EDT (21:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 15, 2008, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Aiken County, SC, Edgefield County, SC, Lexington County, SC, Saluda County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:22 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 15, 5:37 PM EDT | HAIL 1.5 | 2 N Johnston, SC | COOP OBSERVER REPORTED HAIL COVERING THE YARD. |
| Mar 15, 5:44 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | 1 S Gilbert, SC | SPOTTER REPORTS LARGE HAIL ONE MILE SOUTH OF GILBERT. |
| Mar 15, 5:44 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 4 E Swansea, SC | NWS EMPLOYEE REPORTS ONE INCH HAIL. |
| Mar 15, 5:44 PM EDT | TORNADO | 4 Ese Lexington, SC | COUNTY 911 OFFICAL REPORTS HOME DAMAGED AND LARGE TREES DOWN AT TRUAX RD IN LEXINGTON COUNTY. |
| Mar 15, 5:53 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | 4 Sw Red Bank, SC | GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL ON BOILING SPRINGS ROAD. |
| Mar 15, 5:55 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | 2 Sw Red Bank, SC | PENNY SIZE HAIL AROUND WHITE KNOLL HIGH SCHOOL. |
| Mar 15, 5:56 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 S Red Bank, SC | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN AT HWY 6 AND HWY 302. |
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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 152 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 152122
TORCAE
SCC003-037-063-081-152200-
/O.NEW.KCAE.TO.W.0015.080315T2121Z-080315T2200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
521 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
LEXINGTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
SOUTHERN SALUDA COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
NORTHEASTERN EDGEFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
NORTHERN AIKEN COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 600 PM EDT
* AT 520 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR JOHNSTON...
OR ABOUT 17 MILES WEST OF BATESBURG...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO RIDGE
SPRING...LEESVILLE...RED BANK...SPRINGDALE...SOUTH CONGAREE...PINE
RIDGE...GASTON AND CAYCE
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 3386 8104 3383 8103 3375 8105 3374 8103
3371 8104 3366 8116 3382 8192 3406 8185
3395 8103 3389 8101
TIME...MOT...LOC 2121Z 278DEG 44KT 3389 8178
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KCAE 152147
SVSCAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
546 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008
SCC003-037-063-081-152200-
/O.CON.KCAE.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-080315T2200Z/
LEXINGTON SC-SALUDA SC-EDGEFIELD SC-AIKEN SC-
546 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR AIKEN...
EDGEFIELD...SALUDA AND LEXINGTON COUNTIES...
AT 545 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SUMMIT...OR ABOUT
6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BATESBURG...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO RED
BANK...PELION...SWANSEA...SPRINGDALE...SOUTH CONGAREE...PINE RIDGE
AND GASTON
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR
EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND
SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE.
REPORT LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS OR FLOODING TO YOUR COUNTY
SHERIFF...OR CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA TOLL FREE
AT 1 800 7 7 5 7 1 9 9.
LAT...LON 3386 8104 3383 8103 3375 8105 3374 8103
3371 8104 3366 8116 3382 8192 3406 8185
3395 8103 3389 8101
TIME...MOT...LOC 2146Z 278DEG 44KT 3384 8142
$$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, 4:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Edgefield, McCormick, Saluda | 40 min |
| Mar 15, 5:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Kershaw, Lee, Richland, Sumter | 44 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.