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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Columbia, SC

March 28, 2010Fairfield County, Lexington County, Richland County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this tornado warning at Mar 28, 2010, 11:48 PM EDT for Fairfield County, Lexington County, Richland County, South Carolina. It was in force for 42 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: Mar 28, 2010, 11:48 PM EDT (03:48 UTC)
Expired: Mar 29, 2010, 12:30 AM EDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Columbia, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Fairfield County, SC, Lexington County, SC, Richland County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:48 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 29, 12:03 AM EDT	TORNADO	9 Ssw Winnsboro, SC	THE SUPERCELL THAT PRODUCED THE TORNADOES IN EDGEFIELD AND LEXINGTON COUNTIES PRODUCED ANOTHER SMALL EF0 TORNADO IN SOUTHWEST FAIRFIELD COUNTY BETWEEN LANDIS AND JACKSON CREEK ROADS TAKING DOWN SEVERAL TREES.

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
Mar 28, 10:58 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 171 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: 531 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 592 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 94 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 103 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.3
Supercell composite: 2.2

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The text

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

961 
WFUS52 KCAE 290348
TORCAE
SCC039-063-079-290430-
/O.NEW.KCAE.TO.W.0006.100329T0348Z-100329T0430Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
1148 PM EDT SUN MAR 28 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD COUNTY
  NORTHWESTERN RICHLAND COUNTY
  NORTHERN LEXINGTON COUNTY

* UNTIL 1230 AM EDT

* AT 1147 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES WEST OF
  IRMO...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF LEXINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 40
  MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  BLYTHEWOOD AND RIDGEWAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM EDT MONDAY 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...TOLL FREE 1 877 6 3
3...6 7 7 2.

LAT...LON 3422 8084 3418 8086 3416 8083 3412 8079
      3402 8132 3414 8142 3422 8131 3435 8091
TIME...MOT...LOC 0348Z 250DEG 33KT 3408 8126

$$

AWP

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 28, 9:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Edgefield, McCormick	45 min
Mar 28, 10:20 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CAE	Aiken, Edgefield	40 min
Mar 28, 10:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	McCormick	42 min
Mar 28, 10:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Edgefield, Saluda	37 min
Mar 28, 11:16 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CAE	Lexington, Saluda	44 min
Mar 28, 11:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Edgefield, McCormick	45 min
Mar 29, 12:15 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Fairfield, Lancaster	45 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.