Alert archive / South Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 16, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this tornado warning at May 28, 2009, 7:58 PM EDT for Kershaw 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 28, 2009, 7:58 PM EDT (23:58 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 2009, 8:23 PM EDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Kershaw County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:03 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
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 182 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
- 889 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 568 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -47 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS52 KCAE 282358
TORCAE
SCC055-290045-
/O.NEW.KCAE.TO.W.0016.090528T2358Z-090529T0045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
758 PM EDT THU MAY 28 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN KERSHAW COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 845 PM EDT
* AT 756 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER KERSHAW
COUNTY...OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF CAMDEN...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 15 MPH TOWARD THE CHESTERFIELD AND KERSHAW COUNTY LINE
NORTHWEST OF MCBEE. A FUNNEL CLOUD HAS BE REPORTED WITH
THIS STORM.
* 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 3439 8049 3450 8055 3451 8053 3453 8053
3461 8040 3459 8039 3456 8037 3454 8037
3448 8033 3444 8033 3443 8032
TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 237DEG 14KT 3446 8049
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KCAE 290023
SVSCAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
823 PM EDT THU MAY 28 2009
SCC055-290032-
/O.CAN.KCAE.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-090529T0045Z/
KERSHAW SC-
823 PM EDT THU MAY 28 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR KERSHAW COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
RADAR SHOWS ROTATION HAS MOVED NORTHEASTWARD AND INTO CHESTERFIELD
COUNTY. THE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CHESTERFIELD COUNTY.
REPORT LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS OR FLOODING TO YOUR COUNTY
SHERIFF...OR CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA TOLL FREE
AT 1 800 7 7 5 7 1 9 9.
LAT...LON 3439 8049 3450 8055 3451 8053 3453 8053
3461 8040 3459 8039 3456 8037 3454 8037
3448 8033 3444 8033 3443 8032
TIME...MOT...LOC 0022Z 237DEG 14KT 3451 8039
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 5:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lancaster | 73 min |
| May 28, 7:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Fairfield, Kershaw, Lancaster | 51 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.