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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Columbia, SC

June 6, 2014McDuffie County, Richmond County, Georgia

NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 2014, 5:01 PM EDT for McDuffie County, Richmond County, Georgia. It was in force for 44 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
Jun 6, 2014, 5:01 PM EDT (21:01 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 2014, 5:45 PM EDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties McDuffie County, GA, Richmond County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:02 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 197 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2014-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 634 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2014-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 97 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
634 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-80 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
897 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
97 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
109 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.1

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The text

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

211 
WUUS52 KCAE 062101
SVRCAE
GAC189-245-062145-
/O.NEW.KCAE.SV.W.0039.140606T2101Z-140606T2145Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
501 PM EDT FRI JUN 6 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN RICHMOND COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SOUTHERN MCDUFFIE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT

* AT 451 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  THOMSON...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE STORM WILL AFFECT THE EXTREME SOUTH PART OF MCDUFFIE COUNTY
  AND PARTS OF WESTERN RICHMOND COUNTY. 

REPORT LARGE HAIL OR DAMAGING WINDS TO YOUR COUNTY SHERIFF...OR USE

WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.COLUMBIA.GOV

TO RELAY SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS.

OR CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT

8...0...3...8...2...2...8...1...3...5.

LAT...LON 3343 8235 3342 8234 3340 8234 3336 8230
      3340 8223 3338 8216 3329 8220 3327 8228
      3331 8234 3331 8239 3334 8245 3335 8255
      3342 8256 3345 8259 3349 8261
TIME...MOT...LOC 2100Z 292DEG 14KT 3338 8255

$$
1 follow-up statement
516 
WWUS52 KCAE 062118
SVSCAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
518 PM EDT FRI JUN 6 2014

GAC189-245-062145-
/O.CON.KCAE.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-140606T2145Z/
RICHMOND GA-MCDUFFIE GA-
518 PM EDT FRI JUN 6 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT
FOR MCDUFFIE AND RICHMOND COUNTIES...

AT 516 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHERN MCDUFFIE COUNTY IN THE AREA
SOUTH OF THOMSON. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEASTWARD NEAR 25 MPH. 

EXPECT WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 60 MPH WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. 

REPORT LARGE HAIL OR DAMAGING WINDS TO YOUR COUNTY SHERIFF...OR USE
WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.COLUMBIA.GOV OR EMAIL US 
AT CAEWX@NOAA.GOV

TO RELAY SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS.

LAT...LON 3343 8235 3342 8234 3340 8234 3336 8230
      3340 8223 3338 8216 3329 8220 3327 8228
      3331 8234 3331 8239 3334 8245 3335 8255
      3342 8256 3345 8259 3349 8261
TIME...MOT...LOC 2116Z 292DEG 14KT 3336 8248

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 10:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEColumbia, Lincoln, McDuffie, Richmond63 min
Jun 6, 1:48 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEJenkins42 min
Jun 6, 4:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAELincoln53 min
Jun 6, 4:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEBurke62 min
Jun 6, 5:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEBurke60 min
Jun 6, 6:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAERichmond54 min
Jun 6, 7:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAERichmond44 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.