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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Columbia, SC

April 10, 2009Bamberg County, Calhoun County, Orangeburg County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this tornado warning at Apr 10, 2009, 11:51 PM EDT for Bamberg County, Calhoun County, Orangeburg County, South Carolina. It was in force for 39 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
Apr 10, 2009, 11:51 PM EDT (03:51 UTC)
Expired
Apr 11, 2009, 12:30 AM EDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Bamberg County, SC, Calhoun County, SC, Orangeburg County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 10, 9:24 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 100 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Charleston AFB, SC at 00:00Z on 2009-04-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Charleston AFB, SC at 00:00Z on 2009-04-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 197 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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 110351
TORCAE
SCC009-017-075-110430-
/O.NEW.KCAE.TO.W.0007.090411T0351Z-090411T0430Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
1151 PM EDT FRI APR 10 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
  CENTRAL ORANGEBURG COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
  NORTHWESTERN BAMBERG COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 1230 AM EDT

* AT 1150 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 11 MILES NORTH
  OF DENMARK...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  ORANGEBURG...BROOKDALE...BOWMAN AND ELLOREE

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 3330 8121 3354 8118 3359 8051 3357 8051
      3330 8056
TIME...MOT...LOC 0351Z 266DEG 41KT 3346 8119

$$
SJN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 10, 8:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEMcCormick42 min
Apr 10, 8:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEMcCormick46 min
Apr 10, 8:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEEdgefield, Saluda51 min
Apr 10, 9:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEAiken, Lexington, Newberry, Richland51 min
Apr 10, 9:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAECalhoun, Lexington, Richland50 min
Apr 10, 10:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAECalhoun, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lee, Richland, Sumter24 min
Apr 10, 10:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEChesterfield48 min
Apr 10, 10:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEAiken44 min
Apr 10, 10:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAECalhoun, Clarendon, Kershaw, Lee, Richland, Sumter56 min
Apr 10, 10:41 PM EDTTornado WarningCAEAiken34 min
Apr 10, 11:12 PM EDTTornado WarningCAEAiken, Barnwell, Orangeburg48 min
Apr 10, 11:22 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCAEAiken, Barnwell113 min
Apr 10, 11:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEBamberg, Calhoun, Orangeburg67 min
Apr 11, 12:05 AM EDTTornado WarningCAEBarnwell40 min
Apr 11, 12:49 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEBamberg26 min
Apr 11, 1:12 AM EDTTornado WarningCAEBarnwell48 min
Apr 11, 4:16 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningCAEEdgefield, McCormick16 hr

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.