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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Columbia, SC

April 10, 2009Columbia County, Richmond County, Georgia

NWS Columbia, SC issued this tornado warning at Apr 10, 2009, 10:30 PM EDT for Columbia County, Richmond County, Georgia. It was in force for 30 min. 5 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: Apr 10, 2009, 10:30 PM EDT (02:30 UTC)
Expired: Apr 10, 2009, 11:00 PM EDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Columbia, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Columbia County, GA, Richmond County, GA

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:31 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
Apr 10, 10:30 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 N Harlem, GA	POWERLINES AND TREES DOWN COUNTY WIDE.
Apr 10, 10:30 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Grovetown, GA	LARGE TREE DOWN ON RAILROAD AVE
Apr 10, 10:30 PM EDT	HAIL 1.75	Evans, GA	MARBLE TO GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL ON VEHICLES.
Apr 10, 10:38 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 W Augusta, GA	POSSIBLE TORNADO VICINITY OF BARTON CHAPEL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ON BARTON CHAPEL RD IN RICHMOND COUNTY. STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. POWER LINES DOWN. METAL ROOFIING MATERIAL TWISTED IN TREES. INJURED PEOPLE BEING TREATED ON THE SCENE. POSSIBLE TORNADO ON COLUMBIA COUNTY A
Apr 10, 10:54 PM EDT	TORNADO	3 Sw Augusta, GA	HOUSE HIT BY TORNADO IN RICHMOND CO ON PRIMROSE DR. INFO MONITORED ON RICHMOND FIRE SERVICE DISPATCH CHANNEL.

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
Apr 10, 6:31 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 203 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1295 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 197 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 258 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS52 KCAE 110230
TORCAE
GAC073-245-110300-
/O.NEW.KCAE.TO.W.0003.090411T0230Z-090411T0300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
1030 PM EDT FRI APR 10 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN RICHMOND COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SOUTHERN COLUMBIA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT

* AT 1029 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
  GROVETOWN...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FORT
  GORDON...EVANS...MARTINEZ AND AUGUSTA

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA. A TORNADO WATCH
ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT SATURDAY MORNING 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 3351 8235 3354 8202 3339 8192 3338 8193
      3337 8194 3336 8194 3336 8228
TIME...MOT...LOC 0230Z 266DEG 42KT 3346 8225

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SJN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 10, 8:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Lincoln	46 min
Apr 10, 9:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Columbia, McDuffie, Richmond	42 min
Apr 10, 11:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Burke	40 min
Apr 10, 11:19 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CAE	Burke	56 min
Apr 10, 11:22 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Burke, Richmond	113 min
Apr 11, 12:19 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	CAE	Burke	41 min
Apr 11, 12:54 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Burke	51 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.