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Tornado Warning 37, NWS Columbia, SC

May 20, 2008Bamberg County, Barnwell County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this tornado warning at May 20, 2008, 5:04 PM EDT for Bamberg County, Barnwell County, South Carolina. It was in force for 41 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 20, 2008, 5:04 PM EDT (21:04 UTC)
Expired: May 20, 2008, 5:45 PM EDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Columbia, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Bamberg County, SC, Barnwell County, SC

The radar

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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 20, 2:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
May 20, 3:39 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Columbia, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at May 20, 3:12 PM EDT, 1 hour 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 20, 3:12 PM EDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 20, 3:04 PM EDT, 2 hours before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
304 PM EDT TUE MAY 20 2008

GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-211000-
LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD-
MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON-
RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON-
BAMBERG-
304 PM EDT TUE MAY 20 2008

...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 328 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND
CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   LAKE WIND ADVISORY.
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 20, 4:33 PM EDT, 31 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 20, 4:35 PM EDT, 29 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 20, 4:37 PM EDT, 27 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 20, 4:39 PM EDT, 25 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 20, 4:41 PM EDT, 23 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 20, 4:44 PM EDT, 20 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 20, 3:50 AM EDT	Lake Wind Advisory	CAE	Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chesterfield, Clarendon and 10 more	16 hr
May 20, 3:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Aiken	58 min
May 20, 4:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Barnwell	58 min
May 20, 4:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Bamberg	56 min
May 20, 4:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Calhoun, Lexington, Orangeburg	65 min
May 20, 5:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Calhoun, Clarendon, Richland, Sumter	48 min
May 20, 6:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Barnwell	41 min
May 20, 7:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Saluda	60 min
May 20, 7:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Edgefield, McCormick	41 min
May 20, 7:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Lexington, Newberry, Richland	41 min
May 20, 7:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Lexington, Saluda	49 min
May 20, 3:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	McDuffie	52 min
May 20, 3:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Columbia	35 min
May 20, 3:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Richmond	35 min
May 20, 5:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	McDuffie	37 min
May 20, 5:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Columbia, Richmond	42 min
May 20, 5:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Burke, Richmond	46 min
May 20, 6:31 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CAE	Burke	44 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.