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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 90, NWS Columbia, SC

May 26, 2011Burke County, Richmond County, Georgia; Aiken County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2011, 8:33 PM EDT for Burke County, Richmond County, Georgia; Aiken County, South Carolina. It was in force for 57 min. 2 reports 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, 8:33 PM EDT (00:33 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2011, 9:30 PM EDT
In force: 57 min
Issued by: NWS Columbia, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Burke County, GA, Richmond County, GA, Aiken County, SC

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:36 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 26, 9:00 PM EDT	HAIL 1	2 W Waynesboro, GA
May 26, 9:00 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Waynesboro, GA

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

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 200 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: 383 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -294 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1255 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 52 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.

904 
WUUS52 KCAE 270033
SVRCAE
GAC033-245-SCC003-270130-
/O.NEW.KCAE.SV.W.0090.110527T0033Z-110527T0130Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  RICHMOND COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  WESTERN BURKE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SOUTHWESTERN AIKEN COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 930 PM EDT

* AT 828 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 7 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF MIDVILLE...OR 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF MILLEN...AND
  MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.

* SOME COMMUNITIES IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE WAYNESBORO...
  MIDVILLE...HEPHZIBAH...AUGUSTA...NORTH AUGUSTA AND CLEARWATER

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 3282 8231 3285 8232 3291 8228 3305 8229
      3349 8211 3355 8203 3353 8202 3355 8199
      3346 8174 3292 8198 3290 8209 3288 8212
      3281 8215 3280 8221
TIME...MOT...LOC 0033Z 199DEG 27KT 3293 8214

$$

HC

1 follow-up statement

048 
WWUS52 KCAE 270058
SVSCAE

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

GAC033-245-SCC003-270130-
/O.CON.KCAE.SV.W.0090.000000T0000Z-110527T0130Z/
RICHMOND GA-BURKE GA-AIKEN SC-
858 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM EDT
FOR AIKEN...BURKE AND RICHMOND COUNTIES...

AT 857 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 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
WAYNESBORO TO AUGUSTA...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CLEARWATER...HEPHZIBAH...FORT GORDON AND NORTH AUGUSTA

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 AT 1...8 7
7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2.

&&

LAT...LON 3296 8228 3305 8229 3349 8211 3355 8203
      3353 8202 3355 8199 3346 8174 3292 8198
      3291 8209
TIME...MOT...LOC 0058Z 199DEG 27KT 3302 8211 3344 8194

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 26, 8:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Lincoln, McDuffie	52 min
May 26, 8:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Lincoln	22 min
May 26, 9:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Burke, Richmond	64 min
May 26, 9:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Columbia	61 min
May 26, 9:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Burke, Richmond	63 min
May 26, 10:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Columbia, Richmond	31 min
May 26, 10:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Burke, Richmond	63 min
May 27, 1:32 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Richmond	44 min
May 26, 8:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	McCormick	31 min
May 26, 10:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Lexington	60 min
May 26, 11:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Lexington, Orangeburg and 1 more	61 min
May 27, 9:59 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Newberry	61 min
May 27, 12:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Chesterfield	35 min
May 27, 12:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Chesterfield	44 min
May 27, 12:57 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Chesterfield	2 hr
May 27, 2:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Bamberg, Barnwell, Orangeburg	60 min
May 27, 2:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Chesterfield, Lancaster	64 min
May 27, 2:44 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Lexington, Richland	98 min
May 27, 2:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Chesterfield, Kershaw	61 min
May 27, 3:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Chesterfield, Kershaw, Lancaster	44 min
May 27, 3:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Calhoun, Clarendon, Sumter	53 min
May 27, 4:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Calhoun, Clarendon, Sumter	48 min
May 27, 4:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Richland, Sumter	50 min
May 27, 6:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Fairfield, Kershaw, Richland	47 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.