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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 89, NWS Columbia, SC

May 26, 2011Lincoln County, McDuffie County, Georgia

NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2011, 8:08 PM EDT for Lincoln County, McDuffie County, Georgia. It was in force for 52 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
May 26, 2011, 8:08 PM EDT (00:08 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2011, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Lincoln County, GA, McDuffie County, GA

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:11 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 26, 8:45 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 Nw Lincolnton, GATREES DOWN ON POWER LINES ON ELBERTON HWY

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2011-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 111 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2011-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 148 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
111 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-162 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1444 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
148 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
176 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

752 
WUUS52 KCAE 270008
SVRCAE
GAC181-189-270100-
/O.NEW.KCAE.SV.W.0089.110527T0008Z-110527T0100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
808 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN MCDUFFIE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 900 PM EDT

* AT 807 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 9 MILES
  WEST OF THOMSON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* SOME COMMUNITIES IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE THOMSON AND LINCOLNTON

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 3364 8260 3365 8251 3365 8249 3381 8259
      3383 8260 3387 8258 3387 8260 3388 8259
      3376 8227 3369 8232 3367 8240 3364 8244
      3359 8241 3340 8255 3361 8265
TIME...MOT...LOC 0008Z 203DEG 23KT 3346 8265

$$

HC
1 follow-up statement
270 
WWUS52 KCAE 270031
SVSCAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
831 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2011

GAC181-189-270100-
/O.CON.KCAE.SV.W.0089.000000T0000Z-110527T0100Z/
MCDUFFIE GA-LINCOLN GA-
831 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
FOR LINCOLN AND MCDUFFIE COUNTIES...

AT 828 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER
SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM LINCOLNTON TO 6 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF THOMSON...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES
NORTHEAST OF WASHINGTON TO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THOMSON...MOVING
NORTH AT 35 MPH.

THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY
RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTIES.

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 3364 8260 3365 8251 3365 8249 3381 8259
      3383 8260 3387 8258 3387 8260 3388 8259
      3376 8227 3369 8232 3367 8240 3364 8244
      3359 8241 3340 8255 3361 8265
TIME...MOT...LOC 0031Z 197DEG 30KT 3386 8253 3345 8259

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 8:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEBurke, Richmond57 min
May 26, 8:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAELincoln22 min
May 26, 9:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEBurke, Richmond64 min
May 26, 9:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEColumbia61 min
May 26, 9:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEBurke, Richmond63 min
May 26, 10:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEColumbia, Richmond31 min
May 26, 10:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEBurke, Richmond63 min
May 27, 1:32 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCAERichmond44 min

Nearby

Severe 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.