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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Columbia, SC

April 28, 2011Lexington County, Richland County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 28, 2011, 5:31 AM EDT for Lexington County, Richland County, South Carolina. It was in force for 44 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
Apr 28, 2011, 5:31 AM EDT (09:31 UTC)
Expired
Apr 28, 2011, 6:15 AM EDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Lexington County, SC, Richland County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:34 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 28, 5:51 AM EDTHAIL 1Gilbert, SCQUARTER SIZE HAIL IN GILBERT.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 28, 4:30 AM EDTTornado WatchSPC10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 166 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 00:00Z on 2011-04-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1949 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 00:00Z on 2011-04-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 104 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
1949 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
686 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
104 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
101 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
5.7

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The text

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

478 
WUUS52 KCAE 280931
SVRCAE
SCC063-079-281015-
/O.NEW.KCAE.SV.W.0056.110428T0931Z-110428T1015Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
531 AM EDT THU APR 28 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN LEXINGTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
  RICHLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 615 AM EDT

* AT 525 AM 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 7 MILES
  EAST OF LEESVILLE...OR 9 MILES EAST OF BATESBURG...AND MOVING EAST
  AT 50 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RED BANK BY 535 AM EDT...
  LEXINGTON AND SOUTH CONGAREE BY 540 AM EDT...
  WEST COLUMBIA...OAK GROVE...SPRINGDALE AND PINE RIDGE BY 545 AM
  EDT...
  COLUMBIA...FIVE POINTS AND CAYCE BY 550 AM EDT...

* SOME COMMUNITIES IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE FIVE POINTS...FORT
  JACKSON...WOODFIELDS...WEST COLUMBIA...ST. ANDREWS...SPRINGDALE...
  SOUTH CONGAREE...RED BANK...PINE RIDGE...OAK GROVE...LEXINGTON...
  LEESVILLE...IRMO...FOREST ACRES...DENTSVILLE...COLUMBIA...CAYCE AND
  ARCADIA LAKES

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

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 3390 8064 3386 8156 3409 8143 3407 8139
      3411 8142 3415 8140 3418 8118 3425 8088
      3421 8085 3418 8087 3413 8079
TIME...MOT...LOC 0930Z 252DEG 44KT 3392 8133

$$

TTH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 28, 2:28 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEMcCormick47 min
Apr 28, 2:57 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEEdgefield, McCormick48 min
Apr 28, 3:24 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAENewberry, Saluda51 min
Apr 28, 3:48 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEMcCormick42 min
Apr 28, 4:15 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEEdgefield, McCormick45 min
Apr 28, 4:26 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEMcCormick34 min
Apr 28, 4:50 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEAiken, Edgefield, Lexington, Saluda40 min
Apr 28, 4:56 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEMcCormick49 min
Apr 28, 5:03 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEEdgefield42 min
Apr 28, 5:17 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEAiken43 min
Apr 28, 5:24 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCAEEdgefield, McCormick3 hr
Apr 28, 5:41 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEAiken, Edgefield, Saluda49 min
Apr 28, 5:57 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAELexington, Richland48 min
Apr 28, 6:12 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEAiken48 min
Apr 28, 6:28 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEAiken, Calhoun, Lexington, Orangeburg, Richland47 min
Apr 28, 6:40 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEAiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Orangeburg65 min
Apr 28, 6:54 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEKershaw, Lee, Richland, Sumter66 min
Apr 28, 7:08 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEAiken, Barnwell52 min
Apr 28, 7:16 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEChesterfield44 min
Apr 28, 7:20 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAECalhoun, Clarendon, Lee, Orangeburg, Richland, Sumter55 min
Apr 28, 7:30 AM EDTTornado WarningCAECalhoun, Clarendon, Richland, Sumter45 min
Apr 28, 7:49 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEBamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Clarendon, Orangeburg56 min
Apr 28, 8:05 AM EDTTornado WarningCAELee, Sumter25 min
Apr 28, 8:16 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAECalhoun, Clarendon, Lee, Orangeburg, Richland, Sumter59 min
Apr 28, 8:45 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEBamberg, Clarendon, Orangeburg60 min
Apr 28, 9:22 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEClarendon, Lee, Orangeburg, Sumter53 min
Apr 28, 10:59 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAECalhoun, Orangeburg, Richland31 min
Apr 28, 11:16 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEChesterfield, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lee, Richland, Sumter44 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.