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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Columbia, SC

March 15, 2008Columbia County, Lincoln County, McDuffie County, Georgia; Edgefield County, McCormick County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this tornado warning at Mar 15, 2008, 5:36 PM EDT for Columbia County, Lincoln County, McDuffie County, Georgia; Edgefield County, McCormick County, South Carolina. It was in force for 39 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 15, 2008, 5:36 PM EDT (21:36 UTC)
Expired
Mar 15, 2008, 6:15 PM EDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Columbia County, GA, Lincoln County, GA, McDuffie County, GA, Edgefield County, SC, McCormick County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:39 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 15, 11:02 AM EDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr
Mar 15, 4:36 PM EDTTornado Watch PDSSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 190 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2008-03-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 33 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2008-03-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 196 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
33 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-342 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1103 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
196 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
459 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 
WFUS52 KCAE 152137
TORCAE
GAC073-181-189-SCC037-065-152215-
/O.NEW.KCAE.TO.W.0017.080315T2136Z-080315T2215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
536 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN MCDUFFIE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  NORTHERN COLUMBIA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SOUTHEASTERN MCCORMICK COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
  SOUTHWESTERN EDGEFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 615 PM EDT

* AT 535 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 21 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF PARKSVILLE...OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTH OF THOMSON...
  MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE
  INDICATED COUNTIES.

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 3365 8259 3365 8254 3366 8251 3373 8255
      3374 8255 3381 8210 3354 8207 3355 8262
      3363 8263
TIME...MOT...LOC 2136Z 267DEG 55KT 3365 8252

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 15, 1:34 AM EDTLake Wind AdvisoryCAEBurke, Columbia, Lincoln, McDuffie, Richmond22 hr
Mar 15, 4:17 PM EDTTornado WarningCAELincoln43 min
Mar 15, 5:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAELincoln52 min
Mar 15, 6:00 PM EDTTornado WarningCAEBurke, McDuffie, Richmond45 min
Mar 15, 6:03 PM EDTTornado WarningCAEColumbia, Richmond42 min
Mar 15, 6:34 PM EDTTornado WarningCAEBurke, Richmond41 min
Mar 15, 7:11 PM EDTTornado WarningCAEBurke49 min
Mar 15, 9:25 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEFairfield, Newberry23 min
Mar 15, 3:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEFairfield24 min
Mar 15, 3:58 PM EDTTornado WarningCAEFairfield17 min
Mar 15, 4:04 PM EDTTornado WarningCAENewberry41 min
Mar 15, 4:06 PM EDTTornado WarningCAELancaster24 min
Mar 15, 4:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEFairfield, Kershaw, Lancaster, Richland44 min
Mar 15, 4:25 PM EDTTornado WarningCAEKershaw, Lancaster35 min
Mar 15, 4:40 PM EDTTornado WarningCAEFairfield, Lexington, Newberry, Richland50 min
Mar 15, 4:41 PM EDTTornado WarningCAEChesterfield34 min
Mar 15, 4:50 PM EDTTornado WarningCAEEdgefield, McCormick, Saluda40 min
Mar 15, 5:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEKershaw, Lee, Richland, Sumter44 min
Mar 15, 5:21 PM EDTTornado WarningCAEAiken, Edgefield, Lexington, Saluda39 min
Mar 15, 5:30 PM EDTTornado WarningCAERichland30 min
Mar 15, 5:46 PM EDTTornado WarningCAELee44 min
Mar 15, 5:50 PM EDTTornado WarningCAECalhoun, Lexington, Orangeburg, Richland40 min
Mar 15, 5:56 PM EDTTornado WarningCAENewberry, Saluda34 min
Mar 15, 6:18 PM EDTTornado WarningCAECalhoun, Clarendon, Orangeburg, Richland, Sumter42 min
Mar 15, 6:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEFairfield, Lexington, Richland34 min
Mar 15, 6:32 PM EDTTornado WarningCAEAiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Orangeburg43 min
Mar 15, 7:01 PM EDTTornado WarningCAEClarendon14 min
Mar 15, 7:14 PM EDTTornado WarningCAEBamberg, Orangeburg46 min

Nearby

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.