Alert archive / South Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 10, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this tornado warning at Sep 5, 2011, 5:13 PM EDT for Fairfield County, Newberry County, South Carolina. It was in force for 47 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
- Sep 5, 2011, 5:13 PM EDT (21:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 5, 2011, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Fairfield County, SC, Newberry County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 5:16 PM EDT | TORNADO 0 | 7 Nne Newberry, SC | NWS STORM SURVEY CONCLUDED A BRIEF EF0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF EPPS AND SPUR ROADS. THE TRACK LENGTH WAS 100 YARDS AND WIDTH 50 YARDS. ESTIMATED WINDS WERE BETWEEN 65-75 MPH. THREE TREES WERE TOPPED AND SEVERAL OTHER SMALLER TREES WERE BE |
| Sep 5, 5:19 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Ene Newberry, SC | TREES DOWN ON INTERSTATE 26 EAST OF NEWBERRY. |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 3:42 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 221 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
- 175 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1017 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
471
WFUS52 KCAE 052113
TORCAE
SCC039-071-052200-
/O.NEW.KCAE.TO.W.0010.110905T2113Z-110905T2200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
513 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN FAIRFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
NORTHEASTERN NEWBERRY COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 600 PM EDT
* AT 510 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER NEWBERRY
COUNTY...OR ABOUT NEAR NEWBERRY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE
INDICATED COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT MONDAY EVENING
FOR EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.
&&
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 3456 8109 3428 8155 3435 8172 3451 8160
3448 8155 3446 8155 3445 8153 3449 8149
3449 8145 3450 8143 3454 8143 3458 8142
TIME...MOT...LOC 2113Z 221DEG 26KT 3435 8155
$$1 follow-up statement
548
WWUS52 KCAE 052148
SVSCAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
548 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011
SCC071-052158-
/O.CAN.KCAE.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-110905T2200Z/
NEWBERRY SC-
548 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NEWBERRY COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT MONDAY EVENING
FOR EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.
REPORT LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS OR FLOODING TO YOUR COUNTY
SHERIFF...OR CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1...8 7
7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2.
LAT...LON 3457 8140 3456 8110 3455 8110 3446 8136
3446 8141 3448 8141 3449 8142 3450 8143
3454 8143 3458 8142 3458 8140
TIME...MOT...LOC 2148Z 221DEG 26KT 3454 8135
$$
SCC039-052200-
/O.CON.KCAE.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-110905T2200Z/
FAIRFIELD SC-
548 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR FAIRFIELD
COUNTY...
AT 544 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER FAIRFIELD
COUNTY...OR 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHESTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30
MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE
INDICATED COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT MONDAY EVENING
FOR EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.
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 3457 8140 3456 8110 3455 8110 3446 8136
3446 8141 3448 8141 3449 8142 3450 8143
3454 8143 3458 8142 3458 8140
TIME...MOT...LOC 2148Z 221DEG 26KT 3454 8135
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 1:18 PM EDT | Lake Wind Advisory | CAE | Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chesterfield, Clarendon and 10 more | 29 hr |
| Sep 5, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Bamberg, Barnwell | 36 min |
| Sep 5, 5:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Lexington, Orangeburg | 46 min |
| Sep 5, 6:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken, Calhoun, Edgefield, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lexington and 3 more | 38 min |
| Sep 5, 6:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Lancaster | 28 min |
| Sep 5, 7:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Fairfield, Newberry | 29 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.