Alert archive / South Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this tornado warning at Mar 15, 2008, 4:04 PM EDT for Newberry County, South Carolina. It was in force for 41 min. 6 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, 4:04 PM EDT (20:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 15, 2008, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Newberry County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:07 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, 4:09 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | 2 N Silverstreet, SC | |
| Mar 15, 4:14 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Newberry, SC | NEWBERRY POLICE REPORT QUARTER SIZE HAIL AT STATE ROAD 56 AND BUSH RIVER ROAD. |
| Mar 15, 4:33 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Newberry, SC | ONE-INCH HAIL REPORTED IN TOWN. |
| Mar 15, 4:37 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 2 N Prosperity, SC | FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED ON HWY 76 AT MT BURKE AND GARMEN ROAD. |
| Mar 15, 4:40 PM EDT | TORNADO | Prosperity, SC | POSSIBLE TORNADO REPORTED IN PROSPERITY. ROOF BLOWN OFF OF HOUSE AND TREES DOWN. |
| Mar 15, 4:45 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | 1 Ne Newberry, SC | NICKEL SIZE HAIL REPORTED ALONG WITH ESTIMATED WINDS OF 65 MPH. |
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 |
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 219 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 152004
TORCAE
SCC071-152045-
/O.NEW.KCAE.TO.W.0008.080315T2004Z-080315T2045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
404 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NEWBERRY COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 445 PM EDT
* AT 403 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 26 MILES WEST OF
NEWBERRY...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF GREENWOOD...MOVING
EAST AT 50 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
PROSPERITY
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING
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 3420 8135 3422 8192 3425 8192 3430 8189
3435 8180 3443 8174 3447 8169 3448 8154
3445 8153 3448 8150 3448 8141 3443 8142
3422 8132
TIME...MOT...LOC 2004Z 268DEG 48KT 3432 8198
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KCAE 152027
SVSCAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
425 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008
SCC071-152045-
/O.CON.KCAE.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-080315T2045Z/
NEWBERRY SC-
425 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EDT FOR NEWBERRY
COUNTY...
AT 424 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUE TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES WEST OF
NEWBERRY...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED
GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL 1 MILE NORTH OF SILVERSTREET.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
PROSPERITY AND POMARIA.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.
REPORT LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS OR FLOODING TO YOUR COUNTY
SHERIFF...OR CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA TOLL FREE
AT 1 800 7 7 5 7 1 9 9.
LAT...LON 3420 8135 3422 8192 3425 8192 3430 8189
3435 8180 3443 8174 3447 8169 3448 8154
3445 8153 3448 8150 3448 8141 3443 8142
3422 8132
TIME...MOT...LOC 2025Z 270DEG 49KT 3430 8164
$$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, 4:06 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, 6:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Aiken, Edgefield, McCormick | 42 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 |
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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.