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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 115, NWS Columbia, SC

July 1, 2012Columbia County, Lincoln County, Richmond County, Georgia; 5 counties in South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 2012, 3:42 PM EDT for Columbia County, Lincoln County, Richmond County, Georgia; 5 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 63 min. 9 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, 3:42 PM EDT (19:42 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 2012, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Columbia County, GA, Lincoln County, GA, Richmond County, GA, Aiken County, SC, Edgefield County, SC, Lexington County, SC, McCormick County, SC, Saluda County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:42 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 1, 3:45 PM EDTHAIL 1.25Evans, GA
Jul 1, 3:47 PM EDTHAIL 1Evans, GAREPORT OF UP TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL ON HEREFORD FARM ROAD, BETWEEN WASHINGTON AND COLUMBIA ROADS
Jul 1, 3:55 PM EDTHAIL 1.752 N Grovetown, GAGOLF BALL SIZE HAIL ON COLUMBIA ROAD JUST NORTH OF I-20.
Jul 1, 3:56 PM EDTHAIL 1Grovetown, GA
Jul 1, 4:11 PM EDTHAIL 1.75Plum Branch, SC
Jul 1, 4:20 PM EDTHAIL 0.88Batesburg, SC
Jul 1, 4:34 PM EDTHAIL 1.75Leesville, SCGOLFBALL SIZE HAIL IN LEESVILLE.
Jul 1, 4:38 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 60Batesburg, SC
Jul 1, 4:40 PM EDTHAIL 14 Ssw Saluda, SCQUARTER SIZE HAIL.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 1, 2:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 212 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 2012-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 5275 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 2012-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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The text

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

771 
WUUS52 KCAE 011942
SVRCAE
GAC073-181-245-SCC003-037-063-065-081-012045-
/O.NEW.KCAE.SV.W.0115.120701T1942Z-120701T2045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
342 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  RICHMOND COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  COLUMBIA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  EDGEFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
  WESTERN LEXINGTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
  MCCORMICK COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
  SOUTHERN SALUDA COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
  NORTHWESTERN AIKEN COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 445 PM EDT

* AT 333 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE
  HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THESE STORMS    
  WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM RIDGE SPRING TO EVANS     
  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

* SOME COMMUNITIES IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE MARTINEZ...
  GROVETOWN...FORT GORDON...EVANS...AUGUSTA...RIDGE SPRING...NORTH
  AUGUSTA...MCCORMICK...LEESVILLE...JOHNSTON...EDGEFIELD...
  CLEARWATER...BELVEDERE...BATESBURG AND GLOVERVILLE

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 3398 8245 3399 8205 3396 8202 3401 8199
      3401 8193 3390 8138 3373 8146 3328 8215
      3330 8218 3327 8226
TIME...MOT...LOC 1941Z 324DEG 9KT 3382 8167 3351 8218

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 1, 2:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEColumbia, Richmond53 min
Jul 1, 4:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEColumbia, McDuffie, Richmond40 min
Jul 1, 4:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEColumbia, Lincoln33 min
Jul 1, 5:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEColumbia, Lincoln, McDuffie43 min
Jul 1, 5:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEBurke, Columbia, Lincoln, Richmond47 min
Jul 1, 2:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEKershaw, Lancaster48 min
Jul 1, 2:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEChesterfield48 min
Jul 1, 2:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEFairfield, Kershaw54 min
Jul 1, 2:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEChesterfield50 min
Jul 1, 3:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEKershaw, Richland, Sumter59 min
Jul 1, 3:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEChesterfield, Kershaw, Lancaster60 min
Jul 1, 3:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEFairfield, Kershaw, Richland46 min
Jul 1, 3:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEChesterfield56 min
Jul 1, 4:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAECalhoun, Lexington, Richland48 min
Jul 1, 4:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEChesterfield, Kershaw, Lancaster48 min
Jul 1, 4:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEFairfield, Kershaw, Lexington, Newberry, Richland, Sumter43 min
Jul 1, 4:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEEdgefield, Saluda49 min
Jul 1, 4:49 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCAELexington, Richland3 hr
Jul 1, 4:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAECalhoun, Lexington, Newberry, Richland, Saluda, Sumter47 min
Jul 1, 5:21 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCAERichland87 min
Jul 1, 5:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEClarendon, Richland, Sumter49 min
Jul 1, 5:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAELexington, Richland, Sumter60 min
Jul 1, 6:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEClarendon50 min
Jul 1, 6:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAESaluda32 min
Jul 1, 6:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEBamberg, Barnwell, Clarendon, Orangeburg62 min
Jul 1, 7:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAELexington26 min
Jul 1, 7:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEChesterfield, Kershaw, Lancaster72 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.