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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 129, NWS Columbia, SC

July 1, 2012Saluda County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 2012, 6:28 PM EDT for Saluda County, South Carolina. It was in force for 32 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 1, 2012, 6:28 PM EDT (22:28 UTC)
Expired: Jul 1, 2012, 7:00 PM EDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Columbia, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Saluda County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:30 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.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 205 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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

903 
WUUS52 KCAE 012228
SVRCAE
SCC081-012300-
/O.NEW.KCAE.SV.W.0129.120701T2228Z-120701T2300Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SALUDA COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 700 PM EDT

* AT 625 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES
  NORTH OF SALUDA...OR 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEWBERRY...AND MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* SOME COMMUNITIES IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE SALUDA

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 3418 8174 3407 8149 3387 8167 3411 8187
TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 312DEG 10KT 3410 8176

$$

SJN

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Columbia, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 1, 4:14 PM EDT, 2 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 4:14 PM EDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
414 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012

.SYNOPSIS...
A STRONG UPPER-LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE REGION WILL WEAKEN AND SHIFT
TO OUR WEST MONDAY AND TUESDAY. A SLIGHT DECREASE IN TEMPERATURE
WILL OCCUR AS THE UPPER SYSTEM WEAKENS. THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY
ASSOCIATED WITH STRONG HEATING WILL BE WIDELY SCATTERED MAINLY
DURING THE AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS.

&&

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM MONDAY MORNING/...
STRONG HEATING AND CONVERGENCE INTO THE LEE-SIDE TROUGH WAS
HELPING TO SUPPORT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. INSTABILITY WAS STRONG
WITH CAPES OVER 4000 J/KG... K-INDEX IN THE MID/UPPER 40S... AND
LIS -15...TOTALS 64. SEVERE WIND AND HAIL WILL OCCUR WITH A FEW OF
THE THUNDERSTORMS. COVERAGE SHOULD DIMINISH THIS EVENING BECAUSE
OF THE LOSS OF HEATING...BUT CONTINUED INSTABILITY AND BOUNDARY
INTERACTION COULD SUPPORT THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT...BUT EXPECT
VERY LITTLE COVERAGE.

A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 8 PM.

&&

.SHORT TERM /6 AM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/...
CONTINUED HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS EXPECTED EARLY THIS WEEK
ALTHOUGH THE TEMPERATURES WILL BE SLIGHTLY COOLER EACH DAY MOVING
THROUGH THE WEEK. UPPER RIDGE WILL RETROGRADE TO THE WEST MONDAY
THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT. PRECIPITABLE WATER
VALUES WILL REMAIN HIGH ABOVE 1.5 INCHES AND INCREASE TO NEAR 2
INCHES BY LATE MONDAY. SEVERAL PIECES OF ENERGY MOVING THROUGH THE
NORTHWEST FLOW WILL INCREASE THE LIKELIHOOD OF CONVECTION MOVING
INTO THE AREA RIDING ALONG THE PERIPHERY OF THE UPPER RIDGE.

FORECAST SOUNDINGS AGAIN SHOW STRONG TO EXTREME INSTABILITY
ASSOCIATED WITH AN ANOMALOUS ELEVATED MIXED LAYER EAST OF THE
MOUNTAINS AND WILL SUPPORT STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS DURING THIS
PERIOD. SPC HAS THE AREA OUTLOOKED MONDAY AND LIKELY WILL BE FOR
TUESDAY. HAVE INCREASED POPS FOR THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS
MONDAY AND TUESDAY TO HIGHER CHANCE. MAX TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE
100 TO 104 MONDAY AND UPPER 90S TUE/WED WHILE OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL
BE IN THE 70S.

&&

.LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
A MORE UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN EXPECTED DURING THE EXTENDED
PERIOD BUT CONTINUED ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES.

MEDIUM RANGE GUIDANCE IS COMING INTO REASONABLE AGREEMENT IN SHOWING
A LARGE AMPLIFYING UPPER RIDGE OVER THE CENTRAL PART OF THE COUNTRY
AND SOUTHERN CANADA ON WEDNESDAY...RESULTING IN A DOWNSTREAM TROUGH
ALONG THE EAST COAST.  THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...THE UPPER RIDGE
BUILDS ACROSS THE NORTHERN TIER STATES INTO THE NORTHEAST AND MID
ATLANTIC WHILE A WEAK UPPER TROUGH REMAINS STATIONARY ALONG THE
CAROLINAS INTO THE GULF COAST STATES.

PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES DURING THIS PERIOD WILL BE INCREASING FROM
AROUND 1.75 INCHES ON WEDNESDAY TO AROUND OR EXCEEDING 2 INCHES BY
SATURDAY.  WITH INCREASED MOISTURE AND SOME UPPER SUPPORT WEDNESDAY
INTO THURSDAY PLAN TO INCREASE POPS THESE DAYS TO HIGHER CHANCE
WHILE CONTINUING A DIURNAL TREND OF POPS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE EXTENDED WILL GENERALLY REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL
AND COOL SLIGHTLY THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK.  MAX TEMPERATURES IN
THE MID TO UPPER 90S WED/THUR FALLING BACK TO THE LOWER TO MID 90S
BY FRI/SAT.

&&

.AVIATION /20Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN A MOIST AND VERY UNSTABLE
ATMOSPHERE. UPPER RIDGING WILL LIMIT COVERAGE. THUNDERSTORMS WERE
MAINLY NOT INCLUDED IN THE TERMINAL FORECASTS. STRONG WINDS AND
HAIL MAY OCCUR WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS. EXPECT MVFR VISIBILITIES IN
FOG OR HAZE DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.

EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...EXPECT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DIURNAL
THUNDERSTORMS AS WELL AS AREAS OF LATE NIGHT AND EARLY MORNING
FOG/HAZE THROUGH FRIDAY.

&&

.CLIMATE...
RECORD HIGHS FOR COLUMBIA
SUN JULY 1ST....103 IN 1970
MON JULY 2ND....103 IN 1970
TUE JULY 3RD....103 IN 1970 ALL-TIME RECORD HIGH FOR COLUMBIA IS
NOW 109 DEGREES (NEW RECORD AS OF JUNE 29TH AND TIED ON JUNE
30TH)...

RECORD HIGHS FOR AUGUSTA
SUN JULY 1ST....102 IN 1990
MON JULY 2ND....101 IN 1945 AND 1931
TUE JULY 3RD....103 IN 1931 ALL-TIME RECORD HIGH FOR AUGUSTA IS
108 DEGREES...

&&

.CAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SC...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR SCZ015-016-018-
     020>022-025>031-035>038-041.
GA...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR GAZ040-063>065-
     077.
&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 1, 4:52 PM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
452 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012

GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-022100-
LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD-
MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON-
RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON-
BAMBERG-
452 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 445 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND
CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   HEAT ADVISORY.
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

THE OPPRESSIVE HEAT WILL CONTINUE MONDAY WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES OVER
100 DEGREES. AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL BE AROUND 110 AND
ANOTHER HEAT ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED FOR MONDAY. TUESDAY THROUGH
SATURDAY WILL NOT BE AS HOT WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES FINALLY
DROPPING TO THE UPPER 90S. AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES ARE
EXPECTED TO BE BELOW THE 110 THRESHOLD FOR A HEAT ADVISORY TUESDAY
THROUGH THURSDAY.

AGAIN BECAUSE OF THE HEAT MONDAY...THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF STRONG
TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING
HOURS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 1, 5:57 PM EDT, 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
557 PM EDT SUN JUL 01 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0430 PM     HAIL             WEST COLUMBIA           33.99N 81.08W
07/01/2012  E2.00 INCH       LEXINGTON          SC   PUBLIC

            REPORT FROM GRAYDON COURT.

0445 PM     HAIL             3 W WEST COLUMBIA       33.99N 81.13W
07/01/2012  E2.00 INCH       LEXINGTON          SC   PUBLIC

            REPORT FROM OLD BARNWELL ROAD.

&&

MJP

Local storm report, Jul 1, 6:04 PM EDT, 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
604 PM EDT SUN JUL 01 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0557 PM     HAIL             10 N EVANS              33.66N 82.16W
07/01/2012  E1.00 INCH       MCCORMICK          SC   PUBLIC

            PUBLIC REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL NEAR MERIWETHER.

&&

HC

Local storm report, Jul 1, 6:07 PM EDT, 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
607 PM EDT SUN JUL 01 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0600 PM     TSTM WND DMG     8 NE MANNING            33.78N 80.12W
07/01/2012                   CLARENDON          SC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SHERIFF REPORTED MANY TREES DOWN IN THE NORTHERN PORTIONS
            OF THE COUNTY.

&&

HC

Local storm report, Jul 1, 6:17 PM EDT, 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
617 PM EDT SUN JUL 01 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0543 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 ESE BELVEDERE         33.51N 81.87W
07/01/2012                   AIKEN              SC   AMATEUR RADIO

            TREES DOWN ACROSS ROAD AT INTERSECTION OF SUDLOW LAKE RD
            AND OSCAGO LAKE RD.

&&

DS

Local storm report, Jul 1, 6:19 PM EDT, 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
619 PM EDT SUN JUL 01 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0455 PM     HAIL             5 SSW PAGELAND          34.70N 80.41W
07/01/2012  E1.00 INCH       CHESTERFIELD       SC   PUBLIC

            PUBLIC REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL SOUTH OF PAGELAND ALONG
            HIGH POINT CHURCH ROAD.

&&

HC

Local storm report, Jul 1, 6:23 PM EDT, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
623 PM EDT SUN JUL 01 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0455 PM     HAIL             5 WNW SALUDA            34.03N 81.86W
07/01/2012  E1.00 INCH       SALUDA             SC   PUBLIC

            PUBLIC REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL NORTHWEST OF SALUDA
            NEAR HWY 702.

&&

HC

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, 2:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Aiken, Edgefield, McCormick	53 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, 6:58 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

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.