Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 94, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2011, 9:29 PM EDT for 4 counties in South Carolina; Columbia County, Georgia. It was in force for 61 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, 9:29 PM EDT (01:29 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2011, 10:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Columbia County, GA, Edgefield County, SC, McCormick County, SC, Newberry County, SC, Saluda County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:32 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 10:06 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Ne Newberry, SC | TREES DOWN ALONG DUSTY ROAD OFF HWY 219 BLOCKING THE ROADWAY |
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, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 215 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
073
WUUS52 KCAE 270129
SVRCAE
GAC073-SCC037-065-071-081-270230-
/O.NEW.KCAE.SV.W.0094.110527T0129Z-110527T0230Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
929 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN COLUMBIA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
NORTHWESTERN EDGEFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
SOUTHEASTERN MCCORMICK COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
NEWBERRY COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
SALUDA COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 1030 PM EDT
* AT 928 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 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 12 MILES WEST OF WHITMIRE TO 11
MILES SOUTHWEST OF EDGEFIELD...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13
MILES EAST OF LAURENS TO 11 MILES NORTH OF MARTINEZ...AND MOVING
EAST AT 35 MPH.
* SOME COMMUNITIES IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE WHITMIRE...SALUDA...
RIDGE SPRING...PROSPERITY...NEWBERRY AND EDGEFIELD
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 1 877 6 3
3...6 7 7 2.
&&
LAT...LON 3397 8216 3399 8209 3398 8204 3395 8204
3396 8201 3413 8186 3419 8193 3429 8188
3437 8176 3453 8163 3444 8154 3449 8143
3418 8142 3388 8157 3382 8165 3385 8189
3356 8203 3360 8226
TIME...MOT...LOC 0129Z 270DEG 31KT 3444 8180 3368 8205
$$1 follow-up statement
899
WWUS52 KCAE 270207
SVSCAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
1007 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2011
SCC065-270217-
/O.CAN.KCAE.SV.W.0094.000000T0000Z-110527T0230Z/
MCCORMICK SC-
1007 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MCCORMICK COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
REPORT LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS OR FLOODING TO YOUR COUNTY
SHERIFF...OR CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1...8 7
7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2.
LAT...LON 3391 8204 3413 8186 3419 8193 3429 8188
3437 8176 3453 8163 3444 8154 3449 8143
3418 8142 3388 8157 3382 8165 3385 8189
3356 8203 3358 8209 3360 8211 3364 8210
3366 8212
TIME...MOT...LOC 0207Z 240DEG 21KT 3449 8162 3373 8187
$$
SCC037-071-081-270230-
/O.CON.KCAE.SV.W.0094.000000T0000Z-110527T0230Z/
EDGEFIELD SC-NEWBERRY SC-SALUDA SC-
1007 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM EDT
FOR SALUDA...NEWBERRY AND EDGEFIELD COUNTIES...
AT 1006 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 WHITMIRE TO EDGEFIELD...OR
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES NORTH OF NEWBERRY TO 14 MILES
NORTH OF BELVEDERE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
SALUDA...WARD...RIDGE SPRING AND PROSPERITY
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 3391 8204 3413 8186 3419 8193 3429 8188
3437 8176 3453 8163 3444 8154 3449 8143
3418 8142 3388 8157 3382 8165 3385 8189
3356 8203 3358 8209 3360 8211 3364 8210
3366 8212
TIME...MOT...LOC 0207Z 240DEG 21KT 3449 8162 3373 8187
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 8:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken | 57 min |
| May 26, 8:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | McCormick | 22 min |
| May 26, 8:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | McCormick | 31 min |
| May 26, 9:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken, Edgefield | 64 min |
| May 26, 9:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken, Barnwell | 63 min |
| May 26, 10:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Lexington | 60 min |
| May 26, 10:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken, Edgefield | 31 min |
| May 26, 10:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken, Barnwell, Edgefield | 63 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 |
| May 26, 8:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lincoln, McDuffie | 52 min |
| May 27, 1:32 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Richmond | 44 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.