Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 3, 2012, 9:44 AM EST for Bamberg County, Orangeburg County, South Carolina. It was in force for 46 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
- Mar 3, 2012, 9:44 AM EST (14:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 3, 2012, 10:30 AM EST
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bamberg County, SC, Orangeburg County, SC
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:46 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 73 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
- 279 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -77 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 685 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 205 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 181 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
538
WUUS52 KCAE 031444
SVRCAE
SCC009-075-031530-
/O.NEW.KCAE.SV.W.0019.120303T1444Z-120303T1530Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
944 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
BAMBERG COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
SOUTHEASTERN ORANGEBURG COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 1030 AM EST
* AT 942 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF HOLLY HILL TO 11 MILES SOUTH OF BAMBERG...OR
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 19 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MANNING TO 11
MILES SOUTH OF BAMBERG...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
* SOME COMMUNITIES IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE HOLLY HILL...
BRANCHVILLE...BOWMAN AND BAMBERG
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A
SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
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 3316 8123 3322 8121 3348 8067 3346 8062
3350 8062 3348 8044 3343 8035 3345 8028
3344 8022 3330 8025 3326 8030 3327 8035
3325 8036 3325 8043 3328 8049 3333 8051
3313 8087 3306 8090 3310 8094 3303 8109
TIME...MOT...LOC 1444Z 267DEG 43KT 3347 8039 3315 8096
$$1 follow-up statement
334
WWUS52 KCAE 031516
SVSCAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
1016 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012
SCC009-075-031530-
/O.CON.KCAE.SV.W.0019.000000T0000Z-120303T1530Z/
BAMBERG SC-ORANGEBURG SC-
1016 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 AM EST
FOR ORANGEBURG AND BAMBERG COUNTIES...
AT 1014 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES EAST OF EUTAWVILLE TO 6 MILES EAST OF
EHRHARDT...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF
MONCKS CORNER TO 17 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BAMBERG...MOVING EAST AT 40
MPH.
THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY
RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A
SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
REPORT LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS OR FLOODING TO YOUR COUNTY
SHERIFF...OR CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1...8 7
7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2.
&&
LAT...LON 3312 8119 3346 8041 3343 8035 3345 8028
3344 8027 3344 8022 3330 8025 3326 8030
3327 8034 3325 8036 3325 8043 3328 8049
3332 8050 3333 8052 3313 8087 3306 8090
3310 8094 3303 8109
TIME...MOT...LOC 1515Z 268DEG 36KT 3337 8024 3308 8091
$$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, 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 |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.