Alert archive / South Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2013
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 2013, 3:18 PM EDT for Orangeburg County, South Carolina. It was in force for 27 min. 3 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 4, 2013, 3:18 PM EDT (19:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2013, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Orangeburg County, SC
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 3:23 PM EDT | HAIL 1.25 | 6 Ese Bowman, SC | PUBLIC REPORT OF HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL ON DITCH BANK ROAD AND EBENEZER ROAD. |
| Jun 4, 3:28 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 8 W Holly Hill, SC | HIGHTWAY PATROL REPORTED A TREE DOWN ON EASTBOUND I-26 NEAR I-95 INTERCHANGE BLOCKING TRAFFIC. |
| Jun 4, 3:29 PM EDT | TORNADO 1 | 5 E Bowman, SC | NWS STORM SURVEY FOUND AN EF1 TORNADO THAT BEGAN NEAR AYSHIRE ROAD AND EBENEZER ROAD. THE TORNADO CONTINUED TO MOVE SOUTHEAST ALONG EBENEZER ROAD AND THEN TURNED RIGHT NEAR POND ROAD. THE TORNADO CONTINUED ALONG EBENEZER ROAD TOWARD DUNCAN CHAPEL ROAD. THERE W |
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, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 61 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
- 2086 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 571 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
761
WFUS52 KCAE 041918
TORCAE
SCC075-041945-
/O.NEW.KCAE.TO.W.0005.130604T1918Z-130604T1945Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
318 PM EDT TUE JUN 4 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN ORANGEBURG COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 345 PM EDT
* AT 317 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR BOWMAN...OR
ABOUT 12 MILES NORTH OF SAINT GEORGE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HOLLY
HILL
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
1.00 INCH SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
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 USE
WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.COLUMBIA.GOV TO RELAY
SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS.
&&
LAT...LON 3326 8031 3327 8033 3327 8035 3325 8036
3325 8043 3328 8049 3332 8050 3333 8051
3325 8065 3336 8077 3346 8062 3331 8025
TIME...MOT...LOC 1918Z 310DEG 15KT 3335 8059
$$
AWP1 follow-up statement
886
WWUS52 KCAE 041927
SVSCAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
327 PM EDT TUE JUN 4 2013
SCC075-041945-
/O.CON.KCAE.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-130604T1945Z/
ORANGEBURG SC-
327 PM EDT TUE JUN 4 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM EDT FOR
ORANGEBURG COUNTY...
AT 323 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES EAST OF
BOWMAN...OR 10 MILES NORTH OF SAINT GEORGE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15
MPH.
THE STORM WILL MOVE ALONG INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 26.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 1.00
SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
REPORT LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS OR FLOODING TO YOUR COUNTY
SHERIFF...OR USE
WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.COLUMBIA.GOV TO RELAY
SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS.
&&
LAT...LON 3326 8031 3327 8033 3327 8035 3325 8036
3325 8043 3328 8049 3332 8050 3333 8051
3325 8065 3336 8077 3346 8062 3331 8025
TIME...MOT...LOC 1926Z 310DEG 15KT 3333 8056
$$
AWPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 1:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Calhoun | 58 min |
| Jun 4, 3:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Orangeburg | 51 min |
| Jun 4, 5:03 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Aiken | 57 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.