Alert archive / South Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 14, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this tornado warning at May 5, 2009, 11:05 PM EDT for McCormick County, South Carolina. It was in force for 25 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 5, 2009, 11:05 PM EDT (03:05 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 2009, 11:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County McCormick County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 204 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
- 66 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1561 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 139 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS52 KCAE 060305
TORCAE
SCC065-060330-
/O.NEW.KCAE.TO.W.0014.090506T0305Z-090506T0330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
1105 PM EDT TUE MAY 5 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN MCCORMICK COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 1130 PM EDT
* AT 1105 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR MOUNT
CARMEL...OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ABBEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT
15 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE
INDICATED COUNTY.
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 3407 8253 3408 8247 3406 8242 3406 8233
3401 8230 3402 8223 3401 8223 3400 8225
3401 8225 3401 8230 3400 8230 3397 8258
3401 8260
TIME...MOT...LOC 0306Z 275DEG 9KT 3406 8254
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KCAE 060310
SVSCAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
1110 PM EDT TUE MAY 5 2009
SCC065-060330-
/O.CON.KCAE.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-090506T0330Z/
MCCORMICK SC-
1110 PM EDT TUE MAY 5 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM EDT FOR
MCCORMICK COUNTY...
AT 1106 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LIKELY TORNADO. THE STORM WAS JUST NORTH OF
MOUNT CARMEL...MOVING EASTWARD NEAR 15 MPH. THE CALHOUN MILL AND
BELCHER CROSSROADS AREA IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.
A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM USUALLY OFFERS THE BEST PROTECTION FROM
TORNADOES.
REPORT LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS OR FLOODING TO YOUR COUNTY
SHERIFF...OR CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA TOLL FREE
AT 1 800 7 7 5 7 1 9 9.
LAT...LON 3407 8253 3408 8247 3406 8242 3406 8233
3401 8230 3402 8223 3401 8223 3400 8225
3401 8225 3401 8230 3400 8230 3397 8258
3401 8260
TIME...MOT...LOC 0308Z 275DEG 9KT 3406 8253
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 11:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Edgefield, McCormick | 44 min |
| May 6, 6:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Orangeburg | 27 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.