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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Columbia, SC

November 16, 2011Burke County, Richmond County, Georgia

NWS Columbia, SC issued this tornado warning at Nov 16, 2011, 4:13 PM EST for Burke County, Richmond County, Georgia. It was in force for 62 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: Nov 16, 2011, 4:13 PM EST (21:13 UTC)
Expired: Nov 16, 2011, 5:15 PM EST
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Columbia, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Burke County, GA, Richmond County, GA

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:15 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
Nov 16, 4:57 PM EST	TORNADO	Hephzibah, GA	PUBLIC REPORT OF TORNADO NEAR WINDSOR SPRINGS ROAD IN HEPHZIBAH - PHOTO FROM WRDW AUGUSTA
Nov 16, 5:05 PM EST	TSTM WND GST 58	6 Sse Augusta, GA	AGS ASOS REPORTS 58 MPH WIND GUST

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
Nov 16, 1:35 PM EST	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 191 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: 347 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -68 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 485 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 127 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 137 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.4

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The text

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

056 
WFUS52 KCAE 162113
TORCAE
GAC033-245-162215-
/O.NEW.KCAE.TO.W.0012.111116T2113Z-111116T2215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
413 PM EST WED NOV 16 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  RICHMOND COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  NORTHERN BURKE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 515 PM EST

* AT 412 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 30 MILES WEST OF
  HEPHZIBAH...OR ABOUT 22 MILES SOUTH OF THOMSON...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 35 MPH.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.

&&

LAT...LON 3345 8217 3353 8201 3341 8193 3341 8195
      3338 8193 3337 8195 3335 8194 3335 8191
      3332 8191 3333 8191 3331 8188 3331 8186
      3329 8186 3326 8183 3325 8185 3317 8177
      3311 8228 3323 8224 3331 8235
TIME...MOT...LOC 2112Z 235DEG 33KT 3317 8258

$$

SJN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 16, 3:48 AM EST	Lake Wind Advisory	CAE	Burke, Columbia, Lincoln, McDuffie, Richmond	20 hr
Nov 16, 5:01 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Burke, Richmond	44 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.