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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Columbia, SC

April 10, 2009Aiken County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this tornado warning at Apr 10, 2009, 10:41 PM EDT for Aiken County, South Carolina. It was in force for 34 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: Apr 10, 2009, 10:41 PM EDT (02:41 UTC)
Expired: Apr 10, 2009, 11:15 PM EDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Columbia, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Aiken County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:44 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, 11:15 PM EDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	Aiken, SC

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, 9:24 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 179 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 110241
TORCAE
SCC003-110315-
/O.NEW.KCAE.TO.W.0004.090411T0241Z-090411T0315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
1041 PM EDT FRI APR 10 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL AIKEN COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 1115 PM EDT

* AT 1040 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR NORTH
  AUGUSTA...OR ABOUT NEAR AUGUSTA...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  CLEARWATER...GLOVERVILLE...AIKEN AND NEW ELLENTON

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 3357 8129 3336 8153 3335 8193 3338 8194
      3338 8193 3341 8194 3341 8191 3343 8193
      3345 8191 3347 8194 3349 8199 3353 8201
TIME...MOT...LOC 0241Z 258DEG 43KT 3346 8195

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS52 KCAE 110253
SVSCAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
1053 PM EDT FRI APR 10 2009

SCC003-110315-
/O.CON.KCAE.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-090411T0315Z/
AIKEN SC-
1053 PM EDT FRI APR 10 2009

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM EDT FOR AIKEN
COUNTY...

AT 1051 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO ON 
BOBBY JONES EXPRESSWAY AND GORDON HIGHWAY ON THE WEST SIDE OF 
AUGUSTA...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
BURNETTOWN...GLOVERVILLE...AIKEN...NEW ELLENTON...WINDSOR AND SALLEY

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 3357 8129 3336 8153 3335 8193 3338 8194
      3338 8193 3341 8194 3341 8191 3343 8193
      3345 8191 3347 8194 3349 8199 3353 8201
TIME...MOT...LOC 0252Z 258DEG 43KT 3347 8193

$$

MC

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 10, 8:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	McCormick	42 min
Apr 10, 8:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	McCormick	46 min
Apr 10, 8:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Edgefield, Saluda	51 min
Apr 10, 9:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Aiken, Lexington, Newberry, Richland	51 min
Apr 10, 9:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Calhoun, Lexington, Richland	50 min
Apr 10, 10:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Calhoun, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lee, Richland, Sumter	24 min
Apr 10, 10:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Chesterfield	48 min
Apr 10, 10:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Aiken	44 min
Apr 10, 10:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Calhoun, Clarendon, Kershaw, Lee, Richland, Sumter	56 min
Apr 10, 11:12 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CAE	Aiken, Barnwell, Orangeburg	48 min
Apr 10, 11:22 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Aiken, Barnwell	113 min
Apr 10, 11:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Bamberg, Calhoun, Orangeburg	67 min
Apr 10, 11:51 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CAE	Bamberg, Calhoun, Orangeburg	39 min
Apr 11, 12:05 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	CAE	Barnwell	40 min
Apr 11, 12:49 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Bamberg	26 min
Apr 11, 1:12 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	CAE	Barnwell	48 min
Apr 11, 4:16 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	CAE	Edgefield, McCormick	16 hr

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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.