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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Columbia, SC

June 11, 2014Fairfield County, Newberry County, Richland County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2014, 12:58 AM EDT for Fairfield County, Newberry County, Richland County, South Carolina. It was in force for 51 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 11, 2014, 12:58 AM EDT (04:58 UTC)
Expired: Jun 11, 2014, 1:49 AM EDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Columbia, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Fairfield County, SC, Newberry County, SC, Richland County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:59 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 11, 1:12 AM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 Ne Newberry, SC	TREES DOWN ON A HOUSE ON MT. BETHEL GARMANY RD. NO INJURIES.
Jun 11, 1:21 AM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 Nnw Pomaria, SC	TREES DOWN ON GRAHAM RD AT GRAHAM CEMETERY RD.
Jun 11, 1:21 AM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	9 Nw Newberry, SC	TREES DOWN ON US HWY 76 AND RAMAGE RD.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 3 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 14 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 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: 1551 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -58 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1364 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 31 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.

111 
WUUS52 KCAE 110458
SVRCAE
SCC039-071-079-110600-
/O.NEW.KCAE.SV.W.0055.140611T0458Z-140611T0600Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
1258 AM EDT WED JUN 11 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN FAIRFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
  NEWBERRY COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
  NORTHWESTERN RICHLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 200 AM EDT

* AT 1251 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WIND. THE CLUSTER EXTENDED
  FROM WESTERN LAKE MURRAY TO CHAPPELLS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT
  35 MPH. 

* SOME COMMUNITIES IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE WHITMIRE...PROSPERITY
  AND NEWBERRY

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 3456 8118 3415 8117 3417 8130 3420 8134
      3418 8138 3425 8192 3432 8187 3437 8178
      3453 8165 3453 8162 3445 8153 3449 8149
      3450 8143 3458 8142
TIME...MOT...LOC 0457Z 183DEG 35KT 3418 8168

$$

2 follow-up statements

977 
WWUS52 KCAE 110521
SVSCAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
121 AM EDT WED JUN 11 2014

SCC039-071-079-110600-
/O.CON.KCAE.SV.W.0055.000000T0000Z-140611T0600Z/
FAIRFIELD SC-NEWBERRY SC-RICHLAND SC-
121 AM EDT WED JUN 11 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EDT
FOR RICHLAND...NEWBERRY AND FAIRFIELD COUNTIES...

AT 118 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM MONTICELLO ON SOUTHWEST
FAIRFIELD COUNTY WESTWARD THROUGH NEWBERRY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT
35 MPH. 

THE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINED WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 60 MPH...ALONG WITH
HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. 

REPORT DAMAGING WIND OR HAIL 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 3456 8118 3415 8117 3417 8130 3420 8134
      3418 8138 3425 8192 3432 8187 3437 8178
      3453 8165 3453 8162 3445 8153 3449 8149
      3450 8143 3458 8142
TIME...MOT...LOC 0518Z 183DEG 35KT 3438 8167

$$

821 
WWUS52 KCAE 110549
SVSCAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
149 AM EDT WED JUN 11 2014

SCC039-071-079-110558-
/O.CAN.KCAE.SV.W.0055.000000T0000Z-140611T0600Z/
FAIRFIELD SC-NEWBERRY SC-RICHLAND SC-
149 AM EDT WED JUN 11 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR RICHLAND...NEWBERRY AND
FAIRFIELD COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

RADAR INDICATES WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED TO BELOW SEVERE CRITERIA.

REPORT DAMAGING WIND OR HAIL 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 3456 8118 3415 8117 3417 8130 3420 8134
      3418 8138 3425 8192 3432 8187 3437 8178
      3453 8165 3453 8162 3445 8153 3449 8149
      3450 8143 3458 8142
TIME...MOT...LOC 0548Z 183DEG 35KT 3467 8165

$$

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Columbia, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 10, 10:50 PM EDT, 2 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 10, 10:50 PM EDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
1050 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2014

.SYNOPSIS...
AN APPROACHING UPPER-LEVEL LOW WILL CAUSE AN INCREASE IN RAIN
CHANCES WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DEVELOP EACH DAY INTO THE WEEKEND AS A SERIES
OF LOWS MOVES ACROSS THE REGION.

&&

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING/...
HAVE INCREASED POPS IN THE CSRA. RADAR SHOWS THUNDERSTORMS
APPROACHING FROM THE SOUTH. RADAR ALSO INDICATES THE SEA-BREEZE
BOUNDARY AND OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM CONVECTION TO THE WEST WILL BE
INTERSECTING IN THIS AREA.

THE 1000 PM ANALYSIS SHOWED A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH IN THE WEST
PART OF THE FORECAST AREA. CONVERGENCE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS
FEATURE MAY SUPPORT ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT. ALSO...THE
H5 MID-LEVEL SHORTWAVE RIDGE THAT LIKELY HELPED LIMIT CONVECTION
EARLIER WILL BE SHIFTING FARTHER NORTHEASTWARD. THE RAP INDICATED
SOME H5 COOLING FROM THE WEST. THE 16Z HRRR KEEPS MOST OF THE
CONVECTION WEST OF THE FORECAST AREA OVERNIGHT CLOSER TO COOLER
TEMPERATURES ALOFT AND DEEPER MOISTURE. STILL EXPECT LITTLE
COVERAGE DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS BECAUSE OF NOCTURNAL
COOLING AND THE WEAK SURFACE FEATURE THAT THE RAP SHOWS
DISSIPATING.

THE TEMPERATURE FORECAST WAS CONSISTENT WITH LOWS NEAR 70.

&&

.SHORT TERM /6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/...
MAIN UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH CONTINUES TO TREK EASTWARD THROUGH THE
SHORT-TERM PERIOD. THIS TROUGH DOES TRY TO CLOSE OFF THURSDAY AS
IT MOVES THROUGH THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. THE CAROLINAS REMAIN IN A
SOUTHERLY FLOW REGIME THROUGH THE PERIOD. EXPECT AIR MASS TO
REMAIN MOIST. WITH THE CENTER OF THE LOW NEARING THE CWA THROUGH
THE PERIOD...EXPECT AT LEAST SCATTERED AFTERNOON SHOWER AND
THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE THROUGH THE DAYTIME AND EARLY EVENING HOURS
EACH DAY. WITH ADDITIONAL CLOUD COVER POSSIBLE...TEMPERATURES WILL
REACH THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S DURING THE DAY. OVERNIGHT LOWS IN
THE UPPER 60S.

&&

.LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
NOT MUCH CHANGE IN THE OVERALL LONGER TERM FORECAST. THE CURRENT
LOW WILL OPEN UP AND TRACK TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE REGION FRIDAY
INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL BE REPLACED BY ANOTHER LOW OFF TO THE
WEST OF THE REGION THROUGH THE WEEKEND. GFS AND ECMWF DO SHOW SOME
DIFFERENCES IN THE STRENGTH AND TIMING OF THE WEEKEND LOW...BUT IN
GENERAL STILL EXPECT UNSETTLED WEATHER WITH AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. MONDAY AND TUESDAY
MAY BEGIN TO SEE THE OVERALL UPPER PATTERN FLATTEN BRIEFLY ACROSS
THE REGION. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN GENERALLY IN THE LOWER TO
MIDDLE 90S FOR DAYTIME HIGHS...WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE UPPER
60S TO LOWER 70S.

&&

.AVIATION /03Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
OUTFLOWS FROM THUNDERSTORMS TO THE WEST AND THE SEA BREEZE HAVE
COMBINED TO GENERATE ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS SOUTH OF AGS/DNL.
THESE CELLS ARE MOVING NORTHWARD AND WILL MOVE INTO AGS/DNL OVER
THE NEXT HOUR ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN. WITH
ADDITIONAL OUTFLOWS AND INSTABILITY REMAINING MODERATE EXPECT THE
CELLS TO CONTINUE MOVING TOWARD THE CAE/CUB/OGB SITES OVER THE
NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. HAVE BROUGHT THUNDERSTORMS INTO AGS/DNL
BEGINNING AT 0330Z AND THE CAE/CUB/OGB SITES BETWEEN 04Z AND
0430Z. WITH THE RAINFALL FOG POTENTIAL FOR AGS/OGB IS ALSO
INCREASING...HOWEVER THIS COULD BE OFFSET BY THUNDERSTORMS WINDS
SO WILL NOT INCLUDE FOG ATTM. FORECAST FOR 08Z ONWARD REMAINS
UNCHANGED.

EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY MAY
CAUSE BRIEF MVFR CIGS/VSBYS.

&&

.CAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SC...NONE.
GA...NONE.
&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 10, 9:41 PM EDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
941 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2014

GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-120145-
LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD-
MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON-
RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON-
BAMBERG-
941 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND
CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 10, 10:39 PM EDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
1039 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2014

GAZ077-110330-
BURKE-
1039 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2014

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PARTS OF BURKE COUNTY...

AT 1037 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING BURKE COUNTY FROM THE SOUTH. THESE
STORMS WILL AFFECT MUCH OF THE COUNTY DURING THE 1100 PM TO 100 AM
TIME FRAME.

THE STORMS WILL LIKELY CONTAIN WIND GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH...FREQUENT
LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS. SMALL HAIL MAY OCCUR.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3283 8232 3293 8228 3308 8230 3312 8228
      3309 8160 3306 8157 3301 8159 3291 8176
      3294 8182 3294 8188 3292 8196 3291 8209
      3288 8212 3282 8214 3281 8216 3280 8222
TIME...MOT...LOC 0237Z 184DEG 27KT 3289 8198

Special weather statement, Jun 10, 11:29 PM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
1129 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2014

GAZ063>065-077-SCZ030-110430-
AIKEN-BURKE-COLUMBIA-MCDUFFIE-RICHMOND-
1129 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2014

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF RICHMOND...
MCDUFFIE...BURKE...COLUMBIA AND AIKEN COUNTIES THROUGH 100 AM EDT...

AT 1127 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER
AREA FROM THE SOUTH. THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH
1230 AM.

EXPECT WIND GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY
DOWNPOURS. PONDING OF WATER WILL OCCUR IN POOR-DRAINAGE AREAS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3360 8210 3353 8201 3359 8194 3357 8128
      3318 8177 3315 8227 3322 8224 3326 8226
      3331 8234 3335 8255 3341 8255 3360 8265
TIME...MOT...LOC 0327Z 187DEG 22KT 3347 8194

Local storm report, Jun 11, 12:24 AM EDT, 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
1224 AM EDT WED JUN 11 2014

...TIME...  ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
...DATE...  ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1200 AM     TSTM WND DMG     1 N CLEARWATER          33.52N 81.91W
06/11/2014                   AIKEN              SC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SC HIGHWAY PATROL REPORTS TREE DOWN ON
            LAKEVIEW DR. AT CLEARWATER RD.

&&

NWS COLUMBIA SC
IRIS SYSTEM

Local storm report, Jun 11, 12:26 AM EDT, 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
1226 AM EDT WED JUN 11 2014

...TIME...  ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
...DATE...  ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1200 AM     TSTM WND GST     2 NNE EVANS             33.55N 82.13W
06/11/2014  M56 MPH          COLUMBIA           GA   PUBLIC

            PUBLIC REPORTED SMALL TO MEDIUM TREE LIMBS
            DOWN AND A MEASURED 56 MPH WIND GUST ON HER
            PERSONAL WEATHER STATION.

&&

NWS COLUMBIA SC
IRIS SYSTEM

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 10, 11:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Aiken	61 min
Jun 10, 11:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Aiken, Edgefield, McCormick, Saluda	51 min
Jun 11, 12:19 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Aiken, Edgefield, Lexington, McCormick, Newberry, Richland and 1 more	56 min
Jun 11, 1:33 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Fairfield	27 min
Jun 11, 1:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Edgefield	56 min
Jun 11, 1:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Edgefield	45 min
Jun 11, 3:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Saluda	25 min
Jun 11, 3:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Saluda	47 min
Jun 11, 4:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Aiken, Barnwell	42 min
Jun 11, 4:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Fairfield	26 min
Jun 11, 4:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Lexington, Newberry	35 min
Jun 11, 4:50 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Lexington, Richland	3 hr
Jun 11, 4:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Bamberg	63 min
Jun 11, 5:05 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CAE	Richland	3 hr
Jun 11, 5:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Richland	23 min
Jun 11, 5:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Fairfield	39 min
Jun 11, 6:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Kershaw	60 min
Jun 11, 6:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Kershaw, Lancaster	66 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.