Alert archive / South Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 22, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this tornado warning at Mar 15, 2008, 6:03 PM EDT for Aiken County, Edgefield County, McCormick County, South Carolina; Columbia County, Richmond County, Georgia. It was in force for 42 min. 5 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, 6:03 PM EDT (22:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 15, 2008, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Columbia County, GA, Richmond County, GA, Aiken County, SC, Edgefield County, SC, McCormick County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 6:27 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | North Augusta, SC | SPOTTER REPORTS PENNY SIZE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS IN NORTH AUGUSTA. |
| Mar 15, 6:27 PM EDT | TORNADO | 1 E North Augusta, SC | LOCAL MEDIA REPORTS 2 TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS IN THE CITIES OF NORTH AUGUSTA AND BELVEDERE. |
| Mar 15, 6:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Clearwater, SC | SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO A WATER TOWER NEAR THE CLEARWATER AREA. HOMES AND SHOPPING CENTER WERE EFFECTED. THE LOCATION WAS NEAR HIGHWAY 421 NEAR BATH AND CLEARWATER. |
| Mar 15, 6:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | North Augusta, SC | TREE DAMAGE IN NORTH AUGUSTA. |
| Mar 15, 6:30 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 3 S Aiken, SC | TREES ALSO REPORTED DOWN NEAR VIRGINIA ACRES |
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, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 188 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 152203
TORCAE
GAC073-245-SCC003-037-065-152245-
/O.NEW.KCAE.TO.W.0022.080315T2203Z-080315T2245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
603 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN RICHMOND COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
EASTERN COLUMBIA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
SOUTHEASTERN MCCORMICK COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
SOUTHERN EDGEFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
CENTRAL AIKEN COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 645 PM EDT
* AT 602 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES
NORTHWEST OF EVANS...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
MARTINEZ...AUGUSTA...NORTH AUGUSTA...BELVEDERE...CLEARWATER...
GLOVERVILLE...AIKEN AND NEW ELLENTON
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 IS CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING 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 3372 8222 3362 8132 3338 8151 3330 8162
3349 8231
TIME...MOT...LOC 2203Z 279DEG 44KT 3360 8218
$$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, 5:21 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, 6:18 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 |
| Mar 15, 6:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Burke, McDuffie, Richmond | 45 min |
| Mar 15, 7:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Burke | 49 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.