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Tornado Warning 36, NWS Columbia, SC

May 11, 2008Burke County, Georgia

NWS Columbia, SC issued this tornado warning at May 11, 2008, 7:15 AM EDT for Burke County, Georgia. It was in force for 30 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: May 11, 2008, 7:15 AM EDT (11:15 UTC)
Expired: May 11, 2008, 7:45 AM EDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Columbia, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Burke County, GA

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:15 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
May 11, 7:21 AM EDT	HAIL 0.88	11 W Waynesboro, GA	NICKEL-SIZE HAIL NEAR GOUGH

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
May 11, 2:37 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 185 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2775 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 889 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 84 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 103 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.6
Supercell composite: 9.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS52 KCAE 111116
TORCAE
GAC033-111145-
/O.NEW.KCAE.TO.W.0036.080511T1115Z-080511T1145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
715 AM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  BURKE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 745 AM EDT

* AT 713 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 19 MILES WEST OF
  WAYNESBORO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 29 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  ROSIER...WAYNESBORO...SARDIS AND GIRARD

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM EDT SUNDAY MORNING
FOR EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.

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 3323 8181 3296 8166 3296 8228 3311 8229
TIME...MOT...LOC 1115Z 247DEG 26KT 3305 8230

$$

SJN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 10, 8:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Burke	36 min
May 11, 3:54 AM EDT	Lake Wind Advisory	CAE	Burke, Columbia, Lincoln, McDuffie, Richmond	40 hr
May 11, 4:57 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Lincoln	18 min
May 11, 7:04 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Burke	71 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.