Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 3, 2012, 4:52 AM EST for 5 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 83 min. 10 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, 4:52 AM EST (09:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 3, 2012, 6:15 AM EST
- In force
- 83 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Aiken County, SC, Fairfield County, SC, Lexington County, SC, Newberry County, SC, Richland County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:52 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, 5:19 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 9 Sw Winnsboro, SC | DISPATCH REPORTED TREES DOWN AROUND THE JENKINSVILLE AREA. |
| Mar 3, 5:33 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Ridgeway, SC | DISPATCH REPORTED A FEW TREES DOWN ON HWYS 34 AND 69. |
| Mar 3, 5:36 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Ese Irmo, SC | SKYWARN SPOTTER REPORTED ANTENNAS AND TREES DOWN. |
| Mar 3, 5:36 AM EST | TORNADO | 5 Nnw Columbia, SC | AN EF0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST WEST OF MONTICELLO ROAD NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HOUSTON STREET AND BISHOPVILLE AVENUE. MANY TREES AND LARGE BRANCHES WERE DOWN, SOME WHICH FELL ON A MOBILE HOME AND DID MINOR DAMAGE. |
| Mar 3, 5:38 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Lexington, SC | TREES IN ROADWAY AT 1500 CORLEY MILL ROAD. |
| Mar 3, 5:43 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Forest Acres, SC | SKYWARN SPOTTER REPORTED SOME TREES DOWN IN FOREST ACRES. |
| Mar 3, 5:47 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 N Columbia, SC | TREES BLOCKING ROADWAY ON BURNING TREE ROAD NEAR BUSH RIVER ROAD. |
| Mar 3, 6:02 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 6 Nw Columbia, SC | TREES DOWN AT BROAD RIVER ROAD AND HAVILAND CIRCLE. |
| Mar 3, 6:11 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 6 Sw Red Bank, SC | TREES DOWN ON CALKS FERRY ROAD NEAR POND BRANCH ROAD. |
| Mar 3, 6:21 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Sse Irmo, SC | TREES DOWN AT BEATTY ROAD AND MORNINGSIDE DRIVE. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 4:39 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 182 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.
490
WUUS52 KCAE 030952
SVRCAE
SCC003-039-063-071-079-031115-
/O.NEW.KCAE.SV.W.0014.120303T0952Z-120303T1115Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
452 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
FAIRFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
LEXINGTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
EASTERN NEWBERRY COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
NORTHWESTERN RICHLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
NORTHERN AIKEN COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 615 AM EST
* AT 450 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF LIKELY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THESE STORMS EXTENDED FROM
NEWBERRY TO SALUDA TO EDGEFIELD. MOVEMENT WAS EASTWARD NEAR 50
MPH.
* SOME COMMUNITIES IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE FIVE POINTS...
WINNSBORO...WEST COLUMBIA...ST. ANDREWS...SPRINGDALE...SOUTH
CONGAREE...RED BANK...PINE RIDGE...OAK GROVE...LEXINGTON...
LEESVILLE...IRMO...GASTON...FOREST ACRES...DENTSVILLE...COLUMBIA...
CAYCE...BATESBURG AND ARCADIA LAKES
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 1 877 6 3
3...6 7 7 2.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM EST
SATURDAY MORNING FOR EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.
&&
LAT...LON 3455 8088 3448 8090 3442 8084 3423 8085
3371 8111 3352 8135 3363 8188 3388 8157
3428 8135 3450 8143 3458 8142
TIME...MOT...LOC 0950Z 269DEG 54KT 3457 8129 3369 8197
$$3 follow-up statements
599
WWUS52 KCAE 031029
SVSCAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
529 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012
SCC071-031037-
/O.CAN.KCAE.SV.W.0014.000000T0000Z-120303T1115Z/
NEWBERRY SC-
529 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NEWBERRY COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS DIMINISHED IN NEWBERRY
COUNTY AT THIS TIME.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM EST
SATURDAY MORNING FOR EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.
REPORT LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS OR FLOODING TO YOUR COUNTY
SHERIFF...OR CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1...8 7
7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2.
LAT...LON 3455 8089 3448 8090 3442 8084 3423 8085
3371 8111 3352 8135 3361 8176 3383 8146
3418 8116 3455 8098
TIME...MOT...LOC 1027Z 269DEG 54KT 3458 8062 3370 8130
$$
SCC003-039-063-079-031115-
/O.CON.KCAE.SV.W.0014.000000T0000Z-120303T1115Z/
FAIRFIELD SC-LEXINGTON SC-RICHLAND SC-AIKEN SC-
529 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 AM EST
FOR AIKEN...RICHLAND...LEXINGTON AND FAIRFIELD COUNTIES...
AT 527 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THESE STORMS EXTENDED
FROM EASTERN FAIRFIELD COUNTY...SOUTHWARD THROUGH COLUMBIA AND
INTO NORTHERN AIKEN COUNTY. 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 3455 8089 3448 8090 3442 8084 3423 8085
3371 8111 3352 8135 3361 8176 3383 8146
3418 8116 3455 8098
TIME...MOT...LOC 1027Z 269DEG 54KT 3458 8062 3370 8130
$$991
WWUS52 KCAE 031048
SVSCAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
548 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012
SCC039-031054-
/O.CAN.KCAE.SV.W.0014.000000T0000Z-120303T1115Z/
FAIRFIELD SC-
548 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR FAIRFIELD COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER IN FAIRFIELD COUNTY HAS
DIMINISHED AT THIS TIME.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM EST
SATURDAY MORNING FOR EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.
REPORT LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS OR FLOODING TO YOUR COUNTY
SHERIFF...OR CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1...8 7
7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2.
LAT...LON 3359 8167 3372 8134 3415 8089 3371 8111
3352 8135
TIME...MOT...LOC 1044Z 269DEG 54KT 3458 8031 3371 8099
$$
SCC003-063-079-031115-
/O.CON.KCAE.SV.W.0014.000000T0000Z-120303T1115Z/
LEXINGTON SC-RICHLAND SC-AIKEN SC-
548 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 AM EST
FOR AIKEN...RICHLAND AND LEXINGTON COUNTIES...
AT 544 AM EST...A LINE OF LIKELY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDED FROM LAKE WATEREE...TO COLUMBIA...TO GASTON...TO
WAGENER. MOVEMENT WAS EASTWARD NEAR 50 MPH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 3359 8167 3372 8134 3415 8089 3371 8111
3352 8135
TIME...MOT...LOC 1044Z 269DEG 54KT 3458 8031 3371 8099
$$894
WWUS52 KCAE 031104
SVSCAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
604 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012
SCC063-079-031112-
/O.CAN.KCAE.SV.W.0014.000000T0000Z-120303T1115Z/
LEXINGTON SC-RICHLAND SC-
604 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST
RICHLAND COUNTY AND CENTRAL AND WESTERN LEXINGTON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM EST
SATURDAY MORNING FOR EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.
REPORT LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS OR FLOODING TO YOUR COUNTY
SHERIFF...OR CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1...8 7
7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2.
LAT...LON 3357 8151 3365 8133 3366 8122 3366 8119
3364 8120 3361 8124 3352 8135
TIME...MOT...LOC 1102Z 269DEG 54KT 3458 7998 3372 8067
$$
SCC003-031115-
/O.CON.KCAE.SV.W.0014.000000T0000Z-120303T1115Z/
AIKEN SC-
604 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 AM EST
FOR AIKEN COUNTY...
AT 602 AM EST...A LINE OF LIKELY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS EXTENDING INTO
THE NORTHEAST PART OF AIKEN COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST NEAR 50 MPH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 3357 8151 3365 8133 3366 8122 3366 8119
3364 8120 3361 8124 3352 8135
TIME...MOT...LOC 1102Z 269DEG 54KT 3458 7998 3372 8067
$$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, 4:24 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Edgefield, Newberry, Saluda | 60 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.