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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 129, NWS Columbia, SC

June 3, 2011Burke County, Georgia

NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2011, 6:37 PM EDT for Burke County, Georgia. It was in force for 25 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
Jun 3, 2011, 6:37 PM EDT (22:37 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2011, 7:02 PM EDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Burke County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:37 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 207 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 12:00Z on 2011-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 493 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2011-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 37 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
493 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-197 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1260 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-63 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.

426 
WUUS52 KCAE 032237
SVRCAE
GAC033-032315-
/O.NEW.KCAE.SV.W.0129.110603T2237Z-110603T2315Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
637 PM EDT FRI JUN 3 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN BURKE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 715 PM EDT

* AT 630 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 12     
  MILES NORTH OF MIDVILLE AND MOVING SOUTH SOUTHWEST AT 15 TO 20     
  MPH. 

* SOME COMMUNITIES IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE MIDVILLE

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 3283 8232 3285 8232 3291 8229 3291 8228
      3301 8229 3308 8228 3309 8216 3292 8207
      3291 8208 3288 8212 3282 8214 3280 8219
TIME...MOT...LOC 2237Z 359DEG 15KT 3297 8221

$$
2 follow-up statements
035 
WWUS52 KCAE 032257
SVSCAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
657 PM EDT FRI JUN 3 2011

GAC033-032315-
/O.CON.KCAE.SV.W.0129.000000T0000Z-110603T2315Z/
BURKE GA-
657 PM EDT FRI JUN 3 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EDT
FOR BURKE COUNTY...

AT 651 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 6 MILES NORTH OF MIDVILLE...OR 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF 
WAYNESBORO...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 TO 20 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS
OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.

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 3280 8219 3283 8232 3285 8232 3291 8229
      3291 8228 3299 8229 3303 8229 3302 8218
      3291 8209 3290 8210 3288 8212 3282 8214
TIME...MOT...LOC 2257Z 359DEG 15KT 3289 8221

$$
785 
WWUS52 KCAE 032302
SVSCAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
702 PM EDT FRI JUN 3 2011

GAC033-032312-
/O.CAN.KCAE.SV.W.0129.000000T0000Z-110603T2315Z/
BURKE GA-
702 PM EDT FRI JUN 3 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR BURKE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

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 3280 8219 3283 8232 3285 8232 3291 8229
      3291 8228 3299 8229 3303 8229 3302 8218
      3291 8209 3290 8210 3288 8212 3282 8214
TIME...MOT...LOC 2302Z 359DEG 15KT 3287 8221

$$

TTH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 11:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEBurke62 min
Jun 3, 12:12 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEBurke63 min
Jun 3, 6:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEBurke37 min
Jun 3, 7:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEBurke58 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.