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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Columbia, SC

June 9, 2015Aiken County, South Carolina; 4 counties in Georgia

NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2015, 4:06 PM EDT for Aiken County, South Carolina; 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 54 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: Jun 9, 2015, 4:06 PM EDT (20:06 UTC)
Expired: Jun 9, 2015, 5:00 PM EDT
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Columbia, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Burke County, GA, Columbia County, GA, McDuffie County, GA, Richmond County, GA, Aiken County, SC

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:07 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
Jun 9, 4:17 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Blythe, GA	PUBLIC REPORTED LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN DUE TO THUNDERSTORM WINDS IN BLYTHE.

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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 196 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: 1188 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -32 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 850 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 138 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 143 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.

009 
WUUS52 KCAE 092006
SVRCAE
GAC033-073-189-245-SCC003-092100-
/O.NEW.KCAE.SV.W.0039.150609T2006Z-150609T2100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
406 PM EDT TUE JUN 9 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  RICHMOND COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  SOUTHEASTERN MCDUFFIE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  BURKE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  SOUTHERN COLUMBIA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  SOUTHWESTERN AIKEN COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 500 PM EDT

* AT 405 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE 
  THUNDERSTORMS IN MDCUFFIE AND NORTHERN BURKE COUNTIES CAPABLE OF 
  PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 
  MPH. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  NORTH AUGUSTA...GROVETOWN...EVANS...WAYNESBORO...BELVEDERE...
  AUGUSTA...FORT GORDON...MARTINEZ...HEPHZIBAH...HARLEM...SARDIS...
  BLYTHE...KEYSVILLE...GIRARD AND VIDETTE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...
DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION...MOVE TO
AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY
RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER
COVERS THE ROAD.

REPORT LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS OR FLOODING TO YOUR COUNTY
SHERIFF...ALSO USE WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/NWSCOLUMBIA AND EMAIL
CAEWX@NOAA.GOV TO RELAY SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS.
&&

LAT...LON 3286 8230 3293 8227 3308 8229 3323 8223
      3326 8226 3331 8236 3351 8238 3355 8203
      3353 8201 3356 8195 3317 8177 3298 8166
      3295 8170 3293 8179 3295 8186 3292 8196
      3292 8208 3286 8214 3283 8230
TIME...MOT...LOC 2005Z 270DEG 28KT 3338 8222 

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 8, 10:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Lexington	44 min
Jun 9, 1:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Barnwell	57 min
Jun 9, 1:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Orangeburg	50 min
Jun 9, 2:10 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Aiken, Barnwell	2 hr
Jun 9, 2:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	McCormick	52 min
Jun 9, 3:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Bamberg	58 min
Jun 9, 3:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Aiken	64 min
Jun 9, 6:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Chesterfield, Kershaw	45 min
Jun 9, 6:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Chesterfield, Kershaw	35 min
Jun 9, 7:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Chesterfield	61 min
Jun 9, 2:50 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Lincoln	115 min
Jun 9, 3:32 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	McDuffie	118 min
Jun 9, 3:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	McDuffie	62 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.