Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 3, 2012, 4:03 AM EST for Lincoln County, Georgia; McCormick County, South Carolina. It was in force for 61 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 3, 2012, 4:03 AM EST (09:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 3, 2012, 5:04 AM EST
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Lincoln County, GA, McCormick County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:04 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 3, 4:21 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Lincolnton, GA | DISPATCH REPORTED A COUPLE OF TREES DOWN ON AUGUSTA HWY SOUTHEAST OF LINCOLNTON. |
| Mar 3, 4:26 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Plum Branch, SC | DISPATCH REPORTED A COUPLE OF TREES DOWN HWY 221. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 210 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
- 540 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -34 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 948 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 212 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 274 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 4.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
450
WUUS52 KCAE 030903
SVRCAE
GAC181-SCC065-031015-
/O.NEW.KCAE.SV.W.0012.120303T0903Z-120303T1015Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
403 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
LINCOLN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
MCCORMICK COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 515 AM EST
* AT 400 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
DEVELOPING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS
NEAR 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS NEARING WESTERN SECTIONS OF
LINCOLN COUNTY AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
* SOME COMMUNITIES IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE LINCOLNTON AND
MOUNT CARMEL.
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 3397 8259 3401 8260 3408 8249 3406 8232
3398 8230 3402 8225 3398 8219 3399 8208
3398 8208 3394 8209 3392 8216 3384 8212
3373 8218 3364 8217 3364 8220 3369 8222
3370 8231 3365 8242 3366 8250 3397 8265
TIME...MOT...LOC 0901Z 257DEG 61KT 3395 8262
$$3 follow-up statements
458
WWUS52 KCAE 030929
SVSCAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
429 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012
GAC181-SCC065-031015-
/O.CON.KCAE.SV.W.0012.000000T0000Z-120303T1015Z/
LINCOLN GA-MCCORMICK SC-
429 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 AM EST
FOR MCCORMICK AND LINCOLN COUNTIES...
AT 425 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE AN AREA OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS NEAR 60 MPH. DAMAGING HAIL MAY ALSO OCCUR. THE STORMS EXTENDED
FROM JUST SOUTH OF TROY...TO MCCORMICK...TO THE SOUTH PART OF LAKE
THURMOND. MOVEMENT WAS EASTWARD NEAR 50 MPH.
A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR USUALLY OFFERS THE
BEST PROTECTION FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
REPORT LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS OR FLOODING TO YOUR COUNTY
SHERIFF...OR CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1...8 7
7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2.
LAT...LON 3380 8256 3386 8246 3405 8232 3398 8230
3402 8225 3398 8219 3398 8208 3394 8209
3392 8216 3388 8216 3383 8212 3373 8218
3364 8217 3364 8220 3369 8222 3370 8231
3370 8235 3365 8243 3366 8250
TIME...MOT...LOC 0925Z 257DEG 61KT 3404 8214
$$103
WWUS52 KCAE 030947
SVSCAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
447 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012
GAC181-SCC065-031015-
/O.CON.KCAE.SV.W.0012.000000T0000Z-120303T1015Z/
LINCOLN GA-MCCORMICK SC-
447 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 AM EST
FOR MCCORMICK AND LINCOLN COUNTIES...
AT 446 AM EST...A LIKELY SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH WINDS NEAR
60 MPH WAS LOCATED NEAR THE SOUTH PART OF LAKE THURMOND...
MOVING EASTWARD NEAR 50 MPH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 3382 8214 3380 8214 3377 8217 3375 8217
3373 8218 3364 8217 3364 8220 3369 8222
3370 8226 3371 8228
TIME...MOT...LOC 0946Z 257DEG 61KT 3412 8172
$$209
WWUS52 KCAE 031004
SVSCAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
504 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012
GAC181-SCC065-031014-
/O.CAN.KCAE.SV.W.0012.000000T0000Z-120303T1015Z/
LINCOLN GA-MCCORMICK SC-
504 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MCCORMICK AND LINCOLN COUNTIES
IS CANCELLED.
HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM EST
SATURDAY MORNING FOR EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.
REPORT LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS OR FLOODING TO YOUR COUNTY
SHERIFF...OR CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1...8 7
7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2.
LAT...LON 3382 8214 3380 8214 3377 8217 3375 8217
3373 8218 3364 8217 3364 8220 3369 8222
3370 8226 3371 8228
TIME...MOT...LOC 1004Z 257DEG 61KT 3419 8136
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 7:17 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Burke, Richmond | 58 min |
| Mar 3, 8:16 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Burke | 44 min |
| Mar 3, 8:54 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Burke | 51 min |
| Mar 3, 4:24 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Edgefield, Newberry, Saluda | 60 min |
| Mar 3, 4:52 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken, Fairfield, Lexington, Newberry, Richland | 83 min |
| Mar 3, 5:23 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Calhoun, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lancaster, Lexington, Orangeburg and 2 more | 67 min |
| Mar 3, 5:32 AM EST | Tornado Warning | CAE | Kershaw, Richland | 13 min |
| Mar 3, 5:55 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Calhoun, Chesterfield, Clarendon, Kershaw, Lee, Orangeburg and 1 more | 80 min |
| Mar 3, 9:44 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Bamberg, Orangeburg | 46 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2012Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 2012Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2012
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.