Alert archive / South Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 11, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this tornado warning at May 4, 2009, 5:56 PM EDT for Newberry County, South Carolina. It was in force for 49 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 4, 2009, 5:56 PM EDT (21:56 UTC)
- Expired
- May 4, 2009, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Newberry County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:56 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 4, 6:30 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 9 Nw Newberry, SC | SHERIFFS DEPUTIES SAW FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR JALAPA RD AND PETE HARRIS RD |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 225 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
- 647 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -88 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 971 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS52 KCAE 042156
TORCAE
SCC071-042245-
/O.NEW.KCAE.TO.W.0011.090504T2156Z-090504T2245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
556 PM EDT MON MAY 4 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WESTERN NEWBERRY COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 645 PM EDT
* AT 555 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES
NORTHWEST OF CHAPPELLS...OR ABOUT 13 MILES EAST OF GREENWOOD...
MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
SILVERSTREET
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT MONDAY
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 3423 8193 3429 8189 3431 8187 3435 8178
3439 8176 3444 8161 3413 8162 3418 8173
3417 8177 3418 8184 3416 8187 3420 8193
TIME...MOT...LOC 2157Z 265DEG 19KT 3425 8192
$$
LCV1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KCAE 042208
SVSCAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
608 PM EDT MON MAY 4 2009
SCC071-042245-
/O.CON.KCAE.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-090504T2245Z/
NEWBERRY SC-
608 PM EDT MON MAY 4 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR NEWBERRY
COUNTY...
AT 601 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LIKELY TORNADO. THE STORM WAS IN THE STATE ROAD 39
NORTH OF CHAPPELLS. MOVEMENT WAS EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 20 MPH. THE
AREA BETWEEN MUDLICK AND LONGSHORE IN WESTERN NEWBERRY COUNTY
IS MOST THREATENED BY THIS STORM.
A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR USUALLY OFFERS THE BEST
PROTECTION FROM TORNADOES.
REPORT LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS OR FLOODING TO YOUR COUNTY
SHERIFF...OR CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA TOLL FREE
AT 1 800 7 7 5 7 1 9 9.
LAT...LON 3423 8193 3429 8189 3431 8187 3435 8178
3439 8176 3444 8161 3413 8162 3418 8173
3417 8177 3418 8184 3416 8187 3420 8193
TIME...MOT...LOC 2203Z 265DEG 19KT 3425 8188
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 6:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Clarendon, Lee, Sumter | 58 min |
| May 4, 6:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Fairfield, Newberry | 39 min |
| May 4, 7:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Fairfield | 37 min |
| May 4, 7:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Clarendon, Kershaw, Lee, Richland, Sumter | 56 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.