Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2011, 10:57 PM EDT for Burke County, Richmond County, Georgia; Aiken County, Barnwell County, Edgefield County, South Carolina. It was in force for 63 min. 3 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, 10:57 PM EDT (02:57 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2011, 12:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Burke County, GA, Richmond County, GA, Aiken County, SC, Barnwell County, SC, Edgefield County, SC
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:58 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, 11:24 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 11 Sse New Ellenton, SC | SAVANNAH RIVER SITE EOC REPORTED LARGE TREE DOWN ACROSS INTERSECTION OF ECHO AND FOXTROT ROADS |
| May 26, 11:28 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Se Aiken, SC | HIGHWAY DEPT REPORTS LARGE TREE DOWN NEAR TOOLEBECK ROAD AND DELOACH WAY |
| May 26, 11:49 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 7 Nw Wagener, SC | HIGHWAY DEPT REPORTS LARGE TREE DOWN ACROSS NEW HOLLAND ROAD. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. |
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, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 178 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.
763
WUUS52 KCAE 270257
SVRCAE
GAC033-245-SCC003-011-037-270400-
/O.NEW.KCAE.SV.W.0097.110527T0257Z-110527T0400Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
1057 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
BURKE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
WESTERN BARNWELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
SOUTHEASTERN EDGEFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
AIKEN COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
* AT 1054 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM NORTH AUGUSTA TO 6 MILES SOUTH OF HEPHZIBAH TO WAYNESBORO
TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF WAYNESBORO...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* SOME COMMUNITIES IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE SAVANNAH RIVER SITE...
WAYNESBORO...SARDIS...HEPHZIBAH...FORT GORDON...AUGUSTA...NORTH
AUGUSTA...NEW ELLENTON...JACKSON...CLEARWATER...BELVEDERE...AIKEN
AND GLOVERVILLE
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 3303 8212 3311 8228 3347 8213 3354 8203
3358 8209 3374 8203 3377 8144 3373 8139
3334 8148 3312 8142 3315 8154 3310 8161
3304 8155 3291 8176 3295 8186 3292 8196
3291 8208 3288 8212 3282 8214 3281 8219
TIME...MOT...LOC 0256Z 227DEG 22KT 3353 8199 3321 8208
3308 8199 3296 8200
$$1 follow-up statement
332
WWUS52 KCAE 270346
SVSCAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
1146 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2011
GAC245-SCC037-270356-
/O.CAN.KCAE.SV.W.0097.000000T0000Z-110527T0400Z/
RICHMOND GA-EDGEFIELD SC-
1146 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EDGEFIELD AND RICHMOND
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
REPORT LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS OR FLOODING TO YOUR COUNTY
SHERIFF...OR CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1...8 7
7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2.
LAT...LON 3296 8169 3322 8166 3336 8169 3354 8178
3371 8178 3374 8175 3377 8144 3373 8139
3334 8148 3312 8142 3315 8154 3310 8161
3304 8155
TIME...MOT...LOC 0346Z 227DEG 22KT 3375 8168 3350 8161
3334 8150 3312 8141
$$
GAC033-SCC003-011-270400-
/O.CON.KCAE.SV.W.0097.000000T0000Z-110527T0400Z/
BURKE GA-BARNWELL SC-AIKEN SC-
1146 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
FOR AIKEN...BARNWELL AND BURKE COUNTIES...
AT 1145 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES NORTH OF AIKEN TO 6 MILES WEST OF WINDSOR TO
7 MILES NORTH OF SNELLING TO 9 MILES SOUTH OF SNELLING...OR ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BATESBURG TO 7 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF AIKEN TO 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF BARNWELL TO 9 MILES SOUTH
OF BARNWELL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 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 3296 8169 3322 8166 3336 8169 3354 8178
3371 8178 3374 8175 3377 8144 3373 8139
3334 8148 3312 8142 3315 8154 3310 8161
3304 8155
TIME...MOT...LOC 0346Z 227DEG 22KT 3375 8168 3350 8161
3334 8150 3312 8141
$$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, 8:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Burke, Richmond | 57 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 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
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.