Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 3, 2012, 4:24 AM EST for Edgefield County, Newberry County, Saluda County, South Carolina. It was in force for 60 min. 3 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, 4:24 AM EST (09:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 3, 2012, 5:24 AM EST
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Edgefield County, SC, Newberry County, SC, Saluda County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:26 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 3, 4:28 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 5 W Edgefield, SC | DISPATCH REPORTED A COUPLE OF TREES DOWN IN THE WEST END OF THE COUNTY ON GARRET ROAD. |
| Mar 3, 4:52 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Saluda, SC | DISPATCH REPORTED TREES DOWN COUNTYWIDE. |
| Mar 3, 5:06 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Pomaria, SC | DISPATCH REPORTED TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN IN NEWBERRY AND POMERIA. |
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 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 217 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
- 127 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -229 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 868 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 170 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 194 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
859
WUUS52 KCAE 030924
SVRCAE
SCC037-071-081-031045-
/O.NEW.KCAE.SV.W.0013.120303T0924Z-120303T1045Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
424 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EDGEFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
NEWBERRY COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
SALUDA COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 545 AM EST
* AT 422 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS
NEAR 60 MPH PLUS DAMAGING HAIL. THESE STORMS WERE NEARING THE
WESTERN BORDERS OF EDGEFIELD...NEWBERRY AND SALUDA COUNTIES.
MOVEMENT WAS EASTWARD NEAR 50 MPH.
* SOME COMMUNITIES IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE WHITMIRE...SALUDA...
RIDGE SPRING...PROSPERITY...NEWBERRY...JOHNSTON AND EDGEFIELD
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 3383 8211 3391 8215 3394 8213 3396 8202
3413 8188 3420 8195 3430 8190 3437 8178
3453 8165 3453 8162 3445 8154 3449 8149
3450 8143 3428 8135 3391 8156 3366 8187
3364 8210 3372 8218
TIME...MOT...LOC 0922Z 265DEG 58KT 3427 8196 3389 8223
$$2 follow-up statements
449
WWUS52 KCAE 031006
SVSCAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
506 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012
SCC037-071-081-031045-
/O.CON.KCAE.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120303T1045Z/
EDGEFIELD SC-NEWBERRY SC-SALUDA SC-
506 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 AM EST
FOR SALUDA...NEWBERRY AND EDGEFIELD COUNTIES...
AT 506 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THESE STORMS EXTENDED THROUGH
THE EAST SECTIONS OF NEWBERRY...SALUDA...AND EDGEFIELD COUNTIES.
MOVEMENT WAS EASTWARD NEAR 50 MPH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR USUALLY OFFERS THE
BEST PROTECTION FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM EST
SATURDAY MORNING FOR EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.
REPORT LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS OR FLOODING TO YOUR COUNTY
SHERIFF...OR CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1...8 7
7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2.
&&
LAT...LON 3365 8208 3376 8191 3413 8159 3435 8153
3449 8145 3428 8135 3391 8156 3366 8187
TIME...MOT...LOC 1006Z 265DEG 58KT 3433 8111 3395 8138
$$740
WWUS52 KCAE 031024
SVSCAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
524 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012
SCC037-071-081-031034-
/O.CAN.KCAE.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120303T1045Z/
EDGEFIELD SC-NEWBERRY SC-SALUDA SC-
524 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SALUDA...NEWBERRY AND
EDGEFIELD COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS DIMINISHED AT THIS TIME
IN THE COUNTIES OF SALUDA...NEWBERRY AND EDGEFIELD.
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 3365 8208 3376 8191 3413 8159 3435 8153
3449 8145 3428 8135 3391 8156 3366 8187
TIME...MOT...LOC 1024Z 265DEG 58KT 3435 8076 3398 8103
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 4:03 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | McCormick | 61 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, 7:17 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Clarendon, Orangeburg | 58 min |
| Mar 3, 8:16 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Barnwell | 44 min |
| Mar 3, 8:54 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Bamberg, Barnwell, Orangeburg | 51 min |
| Mar 3, 9:44 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Bamberg, Orangeburg | 46 min |
Nearby
Severe 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.