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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 184, NWS Columbia, SC

June 21, 2011Richmond County, Georgia; Aiken County, Edgefield County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 2011, 11:46 PM EDT for Richmond County, Georgia; Aiken County, Edgefield County, South Carolina. It was in force for 44 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 21, 2011, 11:46 PM EDT (03:46 UTC)
Expired: Jun 22, 2011, 12:30 AM EDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Columbia, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Richmond County, GA, Aiken County, SC, Edgefield County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:47 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.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 188 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: 1536 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -75 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1870 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 76 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.7

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The text

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

035 
WUUS52 KCAE 220346
SVRCAE
GAC245-SCC003-037-220430-
/O.NEW.KCAE.SV.W.0184.110622T0346Z-110622T0430Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
1146 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN RICHMOND COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SOUTHEASTERN EDGEFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
  AIKEN COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 1230 AM EDT

* AT 1139 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR AUGUSTA...AND MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* SOME COMMUNITIES IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE AUGUSTA...NORTH
  AUGUSTA...CLEARWATER...BELVEDERE...AIKEN AND GLOVERVILLE

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 3354 8203 3356 8204 3382 8168 3382 8167
      3353 8140 3333 8193 3352 8206
TIME...MOT...LOC 0346Z 237DEG 33KT 3348 8190

$$

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Columbia, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 21, 10:34 PM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 21, 10:34 PM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
1034 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2011

.SYNOPSIS...
MUCH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE
OF DAYS AS AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BUILDS ACROSS THE AREA. SLIGHT
COOLING IS EXPECTED FOR THE END OF THE WEEK AS THE THREAT OF
THUNDERSTORMS INCREASES.

&&

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING/...
UPDATE...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MARCH ACROSS THE AREA WITH SOME
CELLS REACHING SEVERE LIMITS...WITH THE MAIN REPORTS BEING WIND
DAMAGE. WITH MUCH OF REMAINING AREA SEEING OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES
INTERSECTING AND INITIATING NEW CONVECTION WILL UPDATE THE
FORECAST TO UP POPS AND CLOUDS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.
UPDATE ALREADY OUT.

PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED
ACROSS THE CSRA AND CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO THE WESTERN MIDLANDS.
OTHER CONCERN WILL BE FOR THE EASTERN MIDLANDS WHERE THE SEA
BREEZE IS CURRENTLY MOVING INTO BAMBERG...ORANGEBURG AND CLARENDON
COUNTIES. THIS COULD IGNITE SOME ADDITIONAL
THUNDERSTORMS...HOWEVER BEST INSTABILITY REMAINS OVER THE WESTERN
AND CENTRAL MIDLANDS. WILL ISSUE AN UPDATE TO BETTER REPRESENT THE
CURRENT SITUATION.

&&

.SHORT TERM /6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY/...
BY WEDNESDAY AN UPPER TROUGH OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS BEGINS TO
MOVE EASTWARD HELPING TO FLATTEN THE UPPER RIDGE. WILL INCREASE
POPS TO LOW CHANCE MAINLY FOR THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS.
STILL QUITE WARM WEDNESDAY WITH HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER
90S...BUT LOWERING INTO THE LOWER 90S THURSDAY. A HEAT ADVISORY
MAY AGAIN BE NEEDED WEDNESDAY. OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE LOWER TO
MIDDLE 70S.

&&

.LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/...
MEDIUM RANGE MODELS CONTINUE TO DEPICT AN UPPER TROUGH OVER THE
CENTRAL PART OF THE COUNTRY SLOWLY MOVING EAST. TROPICAL MOISTURE
MAY BEGIN TO STREAM INTO THE AREA FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO BY LATE
WEEK AS WELL. A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST BY FRIDAY
BUT MODELS SUGGEST THAT THE FRONT WILL HAVE A TOUGH TIME GETTING
THROUGH OUR AREA...POSSIBLY STALLING INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. WILL
CONTINUE THE MENTION OF CHANCE POPS THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD.
MAX TEMPS GENERALLY IN THE LOWER 90S. OVERNIGHT LOWS REMAIN IN
THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 70S.

&&

.AVIATION /03Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS SPREAD ACROSS THE MIDLANDS INCLUDING CAE/CUB
AS OF 22/03Z. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM CLUSTERS FEATURE SMALL
HAIL AND WINDS UP TO 50 KNTS WITH CONTINUOUS LIGHTNING. CSRA IS
CLEAR NOW BUT WILL MONITOR FOR ANOTHER BATCH TO MOVE OVER SITES IN
THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS. OGB MAY JUST SEE STORMS BRUSH TO THE NORTH.

THERE STILL REMAINS SOME UNCERTAINTY TO FOG TOMORROW MORNING BUT
WITH CURRENT STORM ACTIVITY HAVE INCLUDED IT INTO AGS/OGB SITES
WHERE NAM MOS HAS INDICATED BRIEF PERIOD OF MVFR FOG. WINDS PICK
UP AFTER 22/18Z FROM THE WEST- SOUTHWEST. FOR NOW HAVE LEFT OUT CB
MENTION IN TAFS FOR THE END OF THE TAF PERIOD DUE TO
TIMING/LOCATION OF UPPER TROUGH ARRIVING FROM THE WEST AND
UNCERTAINTY IN STORM COVERAGE.

EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...SCATTERED AFTERNOON/EVENING CONVECTION
IS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

&&

.CAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SC...NONE.
GA...NONE.
&&

AVIATION...SMITH

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 21, 6:51 PM EDT, 4 hours 55 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
651 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2011

GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-222300-
LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD-
MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON-
RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON-
BAMBERG-
651 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND
CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 21, 10:24 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
1024 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1012 PM     TSTM WND DMG     8 SSW LANCASTER         34.62N 80.83W
06/21/2011                   LANCASTER          SC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN ACROSS WEST END OF COUNTY REPORTED BY
            SHERRIFFS DISPATCH

&&

SMITH

Local storm report, Jun 21, 10:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
1038 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1022 PM     TSTM WND DMG     6 NE SWANSEA            33.80N 81.03W
06/21/2011                   CALHOUN            SC   NWS EMPLOYEE

            SEVERAL LIMBS DOWN NEAR SWANSEA. ALSO 1/2 INCH HAIL.

&&

MJP

Local storm report, Jun 21, 10:46 PM EDT, 1 hour before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
1046 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1033 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 S PAGELAND            34.74N 80.39W
06/21/2011                   CHESTERFIELD       SC   EMERGENCY MNGR

            SEVERAL TREES DOWN ON SR 151 SOUTH OF PAGELAND.

&&

MJP

Local storm report, Jun 21, 10:53 PM EDT, 53 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
1053 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0950 PM     TSTM WND DMG     12 SW WINNSBORO         34.25N 81.24W
06/21/2011                   FAIRFIELD          SC   911 CALL CENTER

            DISPATCH CENTER REPORTS NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN THE
            SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE COUNTY.

1020 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 E RIDGEWAY            34.31N 80.89W
06/21/2011                   FAIRFIELD          SC   911 CALL CENTER

            NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN FAIRFIELD COUNTY.

&&

MJP

Local storm report, Jun 21, 11:17 PM EDT, 29 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
1117 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1021 PM     TSTM WND DMG     NEESES                  33.54N 81.13W
06/21/2011                   ORANGEBURG         SC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SHERIFF DISPATCH REPORTED TREES DOWN IN NEESES AND
            NORWAY.

&&

VAUGHAN

Local storm report, Jun 21, 11:37 PM EDT, 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
1137 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1110 PM     TSTM WND DMG     KEYSVILLE               33.24N 82.23W
06/21/2011                   BURKE              GA   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTS POWERLINES DOWN AND POWER OUTAGES
            IN THE KEYSVILLE AREA.

&&

VAUGHAN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 21, 8:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Burke, Richmond	50 min
Jun 21, 11:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Burke, Richmond	41 min
Jun 21, 8:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Fairfield, Lexington, Newberry, Richland, Saluda	49 min
Jun 21, 9:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Aiken	26 min
Jun 21, 9:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Aiken, Calhoun, Lexington, Richland	43 min
Jun 21, 9:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Fairfield, Kershaw, Lancaster, Lexington, Richland	49 min
Jun 21, 10:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Aiken, Calhoun, Lexington, Orangeburg, Richland	50 min
Jun 21, 10:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Chesterfield, Kershaw, Lancaster	46 min
Jun 21, 10:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Kershaw, Lancaster, Lee, Richland, Sumter	34 min
Jun 21, 10:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Calhoun, Kershaw, Lee, Richland, Sumter	63 min
Jun 21, 11:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Aiken, Lexington	47 min
Jun 21, 11:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Chesterfield	32 min
Jun 22, 12:16 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Richland	44 min
Jun 22, 1:14 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Kershaw, Lee, Richland, Sumter	46 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 2011 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2011 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2011

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.