Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2011, 8:03 PM EDT for 7 counties in 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
- Jun 15, 2011, 8:03 PM EDT (00:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2011, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Fairfield County, SC, Kershaw County, SC, Lancaster County, SC, Lexington County, SC, Newberry County, SC, Richland County, SC, Saluda County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:06 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 8:23 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 10 W Winnsboro, SC | MANY TREES DOWN WESTERN PART OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 7:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 185 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
- 459 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -111 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1117 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
608
WUUS52 KCAE 160003
SVRCAE
SCC039-055-057-063-071-079-081-160045-
/O.NEW.KCAE.SV.W.0151.110616T0003Z-110616T0045Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
803 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
FAIRFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
KERSHAW COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
LANCASTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
NORTHERN LEXINGTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
EASTERN NEWBERRY COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
RICHLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
EASTERN SALUDA COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 845 PM EDT
* AT 757 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM 25 MILES WEST OF IRWIN TO 15 MILES WEST OF WINNSBORO TO 20
MILES NORTHWEST OF LEESVILLE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6
MILES NORTH OF CHESTER TO 15 MILES WEST OF WINNSBORO TO 7 MILES
SOUTH OF NEWBERRY...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
* SOME COMMUNITIES IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE FIVE POINTS...FORT
JACKSON...WOODFIELDS...WINNSBORO...WEST COLUMBIA...ST. ANDREWS...
SPRINGDALE...SOUTH CONGAREE...RED BANK...PINE RIDGE...OAK GROVE...
LUGOFF...LEXINGTON...LEESVILLE...LANCASTER...KERSHAW...IRWIN...
IRMO...HEATH SPRINGS...FOREST ACRES...ELGIN...EASTOVER...
DENTSVILLE...COLUMBIA...CAYCE...CAMDEN...BATESBURG AND ARCADIA
LAKES
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 MIDNIGHT EDT
THURSDAY MORNING FOR EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.
&&
LAT...LON 3505 8088 3494 8078 3482 8079 3482 8059
3461 8040 3410 8057 3408 8064 3403 8060
3400 8064 3397 8062 3378 8067 3381 8092
3388 8100 3383 8104 3389 8160 3456 8143
3454 8088 3482 8090 3493 8087 3506 8090
TIME...MOT...LOC 0003Z 290DEG 22KT 3478 8120 3443 8130
3418 8161
$$
SJNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 8:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Edgefield, McCormick, Newberry, Saluda | 45 min |
| Jun 15, 8:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken, Barnwell, Calhoun, Edgefield, Lexington, McCormick and 2 more | 39 min |
| Jun 15, 8:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Calhoun, Chesterfield, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lancaster, Lee and 4 more | 44 min |
| Jun 15, 8:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Edgefield, McCormick, Saluda | 26 min |
| Jun 15, 9:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Lexington, Orangeburg | 43 min |
| Jun 15, 9:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Calhoun, Clarendon, Lee, Orangeburg, Richland, Sumter | 62 min |
| Jun 15, 9:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Bamberg, Barnwell, Orangeburg | 42 min |
| Jun 15, 10:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Bamberg, Calhoun, Clarendon, Orangeburg | 48 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.