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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Columbia, SC

May 14, 2012Orangeburg County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this tornado warning at May 14, 2012, 5:50 PM EDT for Orangeburg County, South Carolina. It was in force for 26 min. 1 report 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: May 14, 2012, 5:50 PM EDT (21:50 UTC)
Expired: May 14, 2012, 6:16 PM EDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Columbia, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Orangeburg County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:51 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 14, 5:54 PM EDT	HAIL 1.5	9 W Orangeburg, SC	HAIL REPORT AND PICTURE SENT TO WIS-TV.

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 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 109 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: 518 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 722 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 96 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 143 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 1.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

932 
WFUS52 KCAE 142150
TORCAE
SCC075-142230-
/O.NEW.KCAE.TO.W.0008.120514T2150Z-120514T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
550 PM EDT MON MAY 14 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL ORANGEBURG COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT

* AT 546 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES WEST OF
  ORANGEBURG...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  ORANGEBURG

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW! IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.

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 3358 8085 3343 8083 3345 8102 3352 8103
TIME...MOT...LOC 2150Z 260DEG 12KT 3348 8100

$$

1 follow-up statement

953 
WWUS52 KCAE 142216
SVSCAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
616 PM EDT MON MAY 14 2012

SCC075-142226-
/O.CAN.KCAE.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120514T2230Z/
ORANGEBURG SC-
616 PM EDT MON MAY 14 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR ORANGEBURG COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

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 3358 8085 3343 8083 3345 8102 3352 8103
TIME...MOT...LOC 2216Z 260DEG 12KT 3349 8090

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 14, 2:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Orangeburg	48 min
May 14, 2:25 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CAE	Calhoun, Clarendon, Orangeburg	35 min
May 14, 3:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Clarendon	27 min
May 14, 3:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Aiken	53 min
May 14, 4:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Aiken, Barnwell	49 min
May 14, 4:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Calhoun, Orangeburg	44 min
May 14, 5:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Lancaster	35 min
May 14, 5:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Bamberg, Barnwell, Orangeburg	34 min
May 14, 5:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Calhoun, Orangeburg	46 min
May 14, 6:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Bamberg, Orangeburg	59 min
May 14, 6:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Bamberg, Barnwell	46 min
May 14, 6:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Chesterfield	45 min
May 14, 6:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Calhoun, Orangeburg	47 min
May 14, 7:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Bamberg, Barnwell, Orangeburg	42 min
May 14, 7:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Fairfield	23 min
May 14, 7:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Chesterfield, Lancaster	52 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.