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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Columbia, SC

March 19, 2011Newberry County, Saluda County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this tornado warning at Mar 19, 2011, 6:26 PM EDT for Newberry County, Saluda County, South Carolina. It was in force for 34 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: Mar 19, 2011, 6:26 PM EDT (22:26 UTC)
Expired: Mar 19, 2011, 7:00 PM EDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Columbia, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Newberry County, SC, Saluda County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:26 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
Mar 19, 6:50 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Saluda, SC	SALUDA COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY.
Mar 19, 6:51 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Silverstreet, SC	NEWBERRY COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED TREE ON CAR AND POWERLINES DOWN.

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 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 219 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1888 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -18 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.

936 
WFUS52 KCAE 192226
TORCAE
SCC071-081-192300-
/O.NEW.KCAE.TO.W.0003.110319T2226Z-110319T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
626 PM EDT SAT MAR 19 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN NEWBERRY COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
  SALUDA COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 700 PM EDT

* AT 617 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 19 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF SALUDA...OR ABOUT 12 MILES EAST OF GREENWOOD...MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  SALUDA

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.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

&&

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 3408 8192 3413 8186 3415 8190 3419 8193
      3427 8190 3431 8187 3435 8178 3438 8176
      3395 8159 3389 8184 3395 8189 3398 8189
      3399 8192 3397 8200
TIME...MOT...LOC 2225Z 328DEG 23KT 3419 8192

$$

TTH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 19, 6:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Newberry, Saluda	50 min
Mar 19, 6:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Saluda	40 min
Mar 19, 7:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Aiken, Lexington, Saluda	38 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.