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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Columbia, SC

June 10, 2012Newberry County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this tornado warning at Jun 10, 2012, 9:34 PM EDT for Newberry County, South Carolina. It was in force for 26 min. 2 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: Jun 10, 2012, 9:34 PM EDT (01:34 UTC)
Expired: Jun 10, 2012, 10:00 PM EDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Columbia, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Newberry County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:36 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
Jun 10, 9:45 PM EDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	Newberry, SC	FUNNEL CLOUD SPOTTED IN THE AREA OF AIRPORT AND LEWIS ROADS.
Jun 10, 9:45 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Newberry, SC	TREE DOWN ON GLENN ST.

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, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 215 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1469 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 494 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 69 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 223 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.

738 
WFUS52 KCAE 110134
TORCAE
SCC071-110200-
/O.NEW.KCAE.TO.W.0010.120611T0134Z-120611T0200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
934 PM EDT SUN JUN 10 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN NEWBERRY COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT

* AT 931 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR NEWBERRY...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO   
  NEWBERRY.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3449 8145 3424 8133 3415 8163 3431 8174
      3450 8146
TIME...MOT...LOC 0134Z 240DEG 19KT 3427 8159

$$

1 follow-up statement

702 
WWUS52 KCAE 110140
SVSCAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
940 PM EDT SUN JUN 10 2012

SCC071-110200-
/O.CON.KCAE.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-120611T0200Z/
NEWBERRY SC-
940 PM EDT SUN JUN 10 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR NEWBERRY
COUNTY...

AT 938 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A LIKELY TORNADO NEAR THE CITY OF NEWBERRY. MOVEMENT WAS
NORTHEAST NEAR 20 MPH. THE CITY OF NEWBERRY AND STATE ROAD 34
AREA NORTHEAST OF NEWBERRY IS MOST THREATENED BY THIS STORM. 

A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR USUALLY OFFERS THE
BEST PROTECTION FROM TORNADOES. 

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 3416 8162 3432 8171 3450 8146 3449 8145
      3424 8133
TIME...MOT...LOC 0138Z 240DEG 19KT 3429 8157

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 10, 9:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Newberry	45 min
Jun 10, 9:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Fairfield	78 min
Jun 11, 11:57 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Aiken, Barnwell	108 min
Jun 11, 12:10 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Lexington, Richland	65 min
Jun 11, 12:32 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CAE	Richland	50 min
Jun 11, 12:39 PM EDT	Flood Watch	CAE	Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chesterfield, Clarendon and 10 more	39 hr
Jun 11, 12:39 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Clarendon, Fairfield and 7 more	111 min
Jun 11, 1:09 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CAE	Calhoun, Orangeburg	36 min
Jun 11, 1:59 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Chesterfield, Kershaw, Lancaster	2 hr
Jun 11, 2:53 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Bamberg, Clarendon, Lee, Orangeburg, Sumter	112 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.