Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Columbia, SC

February 28, 2011McCormick County, South Carolina; Lincoln County, Georgia

NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 28, 2011, 6:28 PM EST for McCormick County, South Carolina; Lincoln County, Georgia. It was in force for 62 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
Feb 28, 2011, 6:28 PM EST (23:28 UTC)
Expired
Feb 28, 2011, 7:30 PM EST
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Lincoln County, GA, McCormick County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 28, 5:04 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 204 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2011-02-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2011-02-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 229 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1162 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
229 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
350 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.

654 
WUUS52 KCAE 282328
SVRCAE
GAC181-SCC065-010030-
/O.NEW.KCAE.SV.W.0002.110228T2328Z-110301T0030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
628 PM EST MON FEB 28 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LINCOLN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  MCCORMICK COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 730 PM EST

* AT 628 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 41 MILES WEST OF LINCOLNTON...OR
  28 MILES NORTHWEST OF WASHINGTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* SOME COMMUNITIES IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE LINCOLNTON AND
  MCCORMICK

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 1000 PM EST
MONDAY EVENING FOR EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.

&&

LAT...LON 3398 8261 3396 8258 3401 8259 3407 8251
      3408 8247 3405 8242 3406 8233 3397 8229
      3401 8224 3397 8220 3396 8213 3390 8216
      3380 8214 3377 8217 3374 8217 3364 8248
      3381 8259 3387 8258 3387 8260 3397 8264
TIME...MOT...LOC 2328Z 269DEG 47KT 3396 8310

$$

SJN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 27, 8:25 PM ESTLake Wind AdvisoryCAEAiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chesterfield, Clarendon and 10 more40 hr
Feb 28, 6:19 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAELancaster56 min
Feb 28, 6:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEFairfield, Lancaster, Lexington, Newberry, Saluda45 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 2011Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2011Every 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.