Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Columbia, SC

Issued

May 27, 2011, 2:00 PM EDT (18:00 UTC)

Expired

May 27, 2011, 3:00 PM EDT

In force

60 min

Issued by

NWS Columbia, SC

Area

Storm-based polygon

Counties Bamberg County, SC, Barnwell County, SC, Orangeburg County, SC

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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058 
WUUS52 KCAE 271800
SVRCAE
SCC009-011-075-271900-
/O.NEW.KCAE.SV.W.0101.110527T1800Z-110527T1900Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
200 PM EDT FRI MAY 27 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN BAMBERG COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
  EASTERN BARNWELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
  WESTERN ORANGEBURG COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 300 PM EDT

* AT 159 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF BARNWELL...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* SOME COMMUNITIES IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE WILLISTON...DENMARK...
  BLACKVILLE AND BARNWELL

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.

&&

LAT...LON 3316 8156 3343 8146 3352 8134 3338 8101
      3312 8144
TIME...MOT...LOC 1759Z 220DEG 13KT 3321 8146

$$

SMITH

633 
WWUS52 KCAE 271837
SVSCAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
237 PM EDT FRI MAY 27 2011

SCC009-011-075-271900-
/O.CON.KCAE.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-110527T1900Z/
BAMBERG SC-BARNWELL SC-ORANGEBURG SC-
237 PM EDT FRI MAY 27 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM EDT
FOR ORANGEBURG...BARNWELL AND BAMBERG COUNTIES...

AT 234 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR BARNWELL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
HILDA...ELKO...BLACKVILLE AND DENMARK

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN BARNWELL WITH 
THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...TAKE IMMEDIATE 
ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.

REPORT LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS OR FLOODING TO YOUR COUNTY
SHERIFF...OR CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1...8 7
7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2.

&&

LAT...LON 3323 8140 3336 8143 3352 8134 3338 8101
      3319 8132
TIME...MOT...LOC 1835Z 220DEG 13KT 3331 8136

$$

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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.