Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 111, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 2012, 2:52 PM EDT for Aiken County, Edgefield County, McCormick County, South Carolina; Columbia County, Richmond County, Georgia. It was in force for 53 min. 6 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
- Jul 1, 2012, 2:52 PM EDT (18:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 2012, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Columbia County, GA, Richmond County, GA, Aiken County, SC, Edgefield County, SC, McCormick County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:54 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 3:15 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 3 Ssw Trenton, SC | QUARTER SIZE HAIL COVERING THE GROUND. |
| Jul 1, 3:20 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | 4 Sse Edgefield, SC | GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL ON LLOYD RD. |
| Jul 1, 3:20 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | 5 Sse Edgefield, SC | GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL ON YARBOROUGH RD. |
| Jul 1, 3:45 PM EDT | HAIL 1.25 | Evans, GA | |
| Jul 1, 3:47 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Evans, GA | REPORT OF UP TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL ON HEREFORD FARM ROAD, BETWEEN WASHINGTON AND COLUMBIA ROADS |
| Jul 1, 3:55 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | 2 N Grovetown, GA | GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL ON COLUMBIA ROAD JUST NORTH OF I-20. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 2:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 193 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
- 5275 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -133 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1026 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
307
WUUS52 KCAE 011852
SVRCAE
GAC073-245-SCC003-037-065-011945-
/O.NEW.KCAE.SV.W.0111.120701T1852Z-120701T1945Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
252 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN RICHMOND COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
EASTERN COLUMBIA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
SOUTHERN EDGEFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
SOUTHEASTERN MCCORMICK COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
WESTERN AIKEN COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 345 PM EDT
* AT 250 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
BELVEDERE...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.
* SOME COMMUNITIES IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE MARTINEZ...EVANS...
AUGUSTA...NORTH AUGUSTA...CLEARWATER...BELVEDERE AND GLOVERVILLE
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
SUNDAY EVENING FOR EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.
&&
LAT...LON 3354 8174 3340 8177 3347 8223 3377 8220
3374 8178
TIME...MOT...LOC 1852Z 357DEG 8KT 3361 8196
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 2:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Kershaw, Lancaster | 48 min |
| Jul 1, 2:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Chesterfield | 48 min |
| Jul 1, 2:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Fairfield, Kershaw | 54 min |
| Jul 1, 2:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Chesterfield | 50 min |
| Jul 1, 3:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Kershaw, Richland, Sumter | 59 min |
| Jul 1, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Chesterfield, Kershaw, Lancaster | 60 min |
| Jul 1, 3:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken, Edgefield, Lexington, McCormick, Saluda | 63 min |
| Jul 1, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Fairfield, Kershaw, Richland | 46 min |
| Jul 1, 3:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Chesterfield | 56 min |
| Jul 1, 4:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Calhoun, Lexington, Richland | 48 min |
| Jul 1, 4:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Chesterfield, Kershaw, Lancaster | 48 min |
| Jul 1, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Fairfield, Kershaw, Lexington, Newberry, Richland, Sumter | 43 min |
| Jul 1, 4:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Edgefield, Saluda | 49 min |
| Jul 1, 4:49 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Lexington, Richland | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Calhoun, Lexington, Newberry, Richland, Saluda, Sumter | 47 min |
| Jul 1, 5:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | McCormick | 43 min |
| Jul 1, 5:21 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CAE | Richland | 87 min |
| Jul 1, 5:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Clarendon, Richland, Sumter | 49 min |
| Jul 1, 5:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken, Edgefield, McCormick | 47 min |
| Jul 1, 5:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Lexington, Richland, Sumter | 60 min |
| Jul 1, 6:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Clarendon | 50 min |
| Jul 1, 6:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Saluda | 32 min |
| Jul 1, 6:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Bamberg, Barnwell, Clarendon, Orangeburg | 62 min |
| Jul 1, 7:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lexington | 26 min |
| Jul 1, 7:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Chesterfield, Kershaw, Lancaster | 72 min |
| Jul 1, 4:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Columbia, McDuffie, Richmond | 40 min |
| Jul 1, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Columbia, Lincoln | 33 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.