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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this tornado warning at Mar 15, 2008, 6:00 PM EDT for Burke County, McDuffie County, Richmond County, Georgia. It was in force for 45 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 15, 2008, 6:00 PM EDT (22:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 15, 2008, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Burke County, GA, McDuffie County, GA, Richmond County, GA
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 6:25 PM EDT | TORNADO | 2 S Keysville, GA | SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTS LARGE TREES DOWN AND LARGE HAIL NEAR ROAD 305 SOUTH OF KEYSVILLE. |
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, 10.0 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.
- 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 152201
TORCAE
GAC033-189-245-152245-
/O.NEW.KCAE.TO.W.0021.080315T2200Z-080315T2245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
600 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
BURKE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
SOUTHERN RICHMOND COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
SOUTHERN MCDUFFIE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 645 PM EDT
* AT 556 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 33 MILES WEST OF
HEPHZIBAH...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THOMSON...MOVING EAST AT
50 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
WAYNESBORO.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR
EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.
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 3340 8232 3337 8229 3339 8225 3332 8185
3329 8186 3328 8183 3325 8185 3320 8178
3292 8177 3305 8230 3325 8226 3331 8235
3335 8254 3343 8256 3343 8255
TIME...MOT...LOC 2200Z 277DEG 52KT 3329 8261
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KCAE 152224
SVSCAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
623 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008
GAC033-189-245-152245-
/O.CON.KCAE.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080315T2245Z/
BURKE GA-RICHMOND GA-MCDUFFIE GA-
623 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR
MCDUFFIE...RICHMOND AND BURKE COUNTIES...
AT 622 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF
KEYSVILLE...OR ABOUT 19 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GROVETOWN...MOVING EAST AT
50 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
BLYTHE...HEPHZIBAH AND WAYNESBORO
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR
EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.
THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS STORM WHICH HAS THE POTENTIAL TO
PRODUCE GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE...SEEK
SHELTER.
REPORT LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS OR FLOODING TO YOUR COUNTY
SHERIFF...OR CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA TOLL FREE
AT 1 800 7 7 5 7 1 9 9.
LAT...LON 3340 8232 3337 8229 3339 8225 3332 8185
3329 8186 3328 8183 3325 8185 3320 8178
3292 8177 3305 8230 3325 8226 3331 8235
3335 8254 3343 8256 3343 8255
TIME...MOT...LOC 2223Z 280DEG 51KT 3320 8229
$$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 | Burke, Columbia, Lincoln, McDuffie, Richmond | 22 hr |
| Mar 15, 4:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Lincoln | 43 min |
| Mar 15, 5:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lincoln | 52 min |
| Mar 15, 5:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Columbia, Lincoln, McDuffie | 39 min |
| Mar 15, 6:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Columbia, Richmond | 42 min |
| Mar 15, 6:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Burke, Richmond | 41 min |
| Mar 15, 7:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Burke | 49 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.