Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 19, 2011, 6:54 PM EDT for Saluda County, South Carolina. It was in force for 40 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 19, 2011, 6:54 PM EDT (22:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 19, 2011, 7:34 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Saluda County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:56 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 7:20 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 2 W Saluda, SC | HAIL FELL FOR 20 TO 25 MINUTES. RANGED FROM 0.75 TO 1.00 INCH IN SIZE. HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WIND ALSO OBSERVED 2 MILES WEST OF THE TOWN OF SALUDA ON HIGHWAY 178. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 208 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1888 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -18 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
133
WUUS52 KCAE 192254
SVRCAE
SCC081-192345-
/O.NEW.KCAE.SV.W.0013.110319T2254Z-110319T2345Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
654 PM EDT SAT MAR 19 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SALUDA COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 745 PM EDT
* AT 647 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 8 MILES
NORTHWEST OF SALUDA...OR 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEWBERRY...AND
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
SALUDA BY 705 PM EDT...
RIDGE SPRING BY 735 PM EDT...
* SOME COMMUNITIES IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE SALUDA AND RIDGE
SPRING
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 3407 8192 3417 8180 3417 8178 3416 8178
3418 8176 3403 8151 3383 8163 3382 8164
3389 8186 3399 8188 3398 8198
TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 328DEG 22KT 3406 8181
$$
TTH1 follow-up statement
896
WWUS52 KCAE 192334
SVSCAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
734 PM EDT SAT MAR 19 2011
SCC081-192343-
/O.CAN.KCAE.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110319T2345Z/
SALUDA SC-
734 PM EDT SAT MAR 19 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SALUDA COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WEAKENED AND NO LONGER POSES A THREAT.
REPORT LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS OR FLOODING TO YOUR COUNTY
SHERIFF...OR CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1...8 7
7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2.
LAT...LON 3407 8192 3417 8180 3417 8178 3416 8178
3418 8176 3403 8151 3383 8163 3382 8164
3389 8186 3399 8188 3398 8198
TIME...MOT...LOC 2333Z 328DEG 22KT 3386 8166
$$
TTHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 6:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Newberry, Saluda | 50 min |
| Mar 19, 6:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Newberry, Saluda | 34 min |
| Mar 19, 7:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken, Lexington, Saluda | 38 min |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.