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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 167, NWS Columbia, SC

July 5, 2012Burke County, Richmond County, Georgia

NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2012, 9:43 PM EDT for Burke County, Richmond County, Georgia. 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 5, 2012, 9:43 PM EDT (01:43 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 2012, 10:15 PM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Burke County, GA, Richmond County, GA

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:45 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 189 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 00:00Z on 2012-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3378 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 00:00Z on 2012-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 28 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
3378 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-44 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1198 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

224 
WUUS52 KCAE 060143
SVRCAE
GAC033-245-060215-
/O.NEW.KCAE.SV.W.0167.120706T0143Z-120706T0215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
943 PM EDT THU JUL 5 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN RICHMOND COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  NORTHERN BURKE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT

* AT 936 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  HEPHZIBAH...OR 9 MILES SOUTH OF AUGUSTA...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 20
  MPH.

* SOME COMMUNITIES IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE HEPHZIBAH

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 3335 8218 3338 8194 3337 8193 3337 8195
      3335 8194 3334 8191 3333 8192 3332 8191
      3333 8190 3325 8185 3316 8178 3313 8214
TIME...MOT...LOC 0143Z 342DEG 17KT 3330 8200

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 5, 8:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEBurke56 min
Jul 5, 8:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEBurke44 min
Jul 5, 9:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAERichmond51 min
Jul 5, 11:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEColumbia28 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.