Alert archive / South Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this tornado warning at Feb 24, 2012, 1:07 PM EST for Calhoun County, Lexington County, South Carolina. It was in force for 31 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
- Feb 24, 2012, 1:07 PM EST (18:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2012, 1:38 PM EST
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Calhoun County, SC, Lexington County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 12 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 8:48 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 146 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
- 817 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -120 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 606 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 70 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 350 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 365 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 9.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
601
WFUS52 KCAE 241807
TORCAE
SCC017-063-241845-
/O.NEW.KCAE.TO.W.0001.120224T1807Z-120224T1845Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
107 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN LEXINGTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
NORTHWESTERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 145 PM EST
* AT 105 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 12 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF GASTON...OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTH OF RED BANK...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
GASTON...SOUTH CONGAREE...PINE RIDGE AND CAYCE
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EST FRIDAY AFTERNOON
FOR EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.
&&
LAT...LON 3377 8143 3397 8104 3392 8102 3391 8103
3390 8100 3389 8102 3388 8100 3386 8100
3385 8098 3376 8093 3365 8119
TIME...MOT...LOC 1807Z 247DEG 62KT 3378 8120
$$
SJN1 follow-up statement
618
WWUS52 KCAE 241838
SVSCAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
138 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012
SCC017-063-241847-
/O.CAN.KCAE.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120224T1845Z/
LEXINGTON SC-CALHOUN SC-
138 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CALHOUN AND LEXINGTON COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...
LEXINGTON COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR THE
AIKEN LEXINGTON COUNTY LINE AND MOVED NORTHEAST TO NEAR GASTON.
DEPUTIES ARE ENROUTE TO INVESTIGATE.
REPORT LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS OR FLOODING TO YOUR COUNTY
SHERIFF...OR CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT
1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2.
LAT...LON 3377 8143 3397 8104 3392 8102 3391 8103
3390 8100 3389 8102 3388 8100 3386 8100
3385 8098 3376 8093 3365 8119
TIME...MOT...LOC 1837Z 247DEG 62KT 3398 8063
$$
SJNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 4:18 AM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | CAE | Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chesterfield, Clarendon and 10 more | 38 hr |
| Feb 24, 12:28 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken, Edgefield | 32 min |
| Feb 24, 1:01 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken, Calhoun, Lexington, Orangeburg, Richland | 29 min |
| Feb 24, 1:33 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Aiken, Lexington, Richland | 117 min |
| Feb 24, 1:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Calhoun, Clarendon, Kershaw, Lee, Orangeburg, Richland and 1 more | 42 min |
| Feb 24, 1:43 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CAE | Calhoun, Clarendon, Sumter | 17 min |
| Feb 24, 2:59 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Aiken, Edgefield, Lexington, Saluda | 2 hr |
| Feb 24, 3:37 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Aiken, Lexington, Richland | 53 min |
| Feb 24, 5:16 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Clarendon | 29 min |
Nearby
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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.