Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2015
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 78, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 2015, 7:10 PM EDT for Fairfield County, Kershaw County, Lancaster County, South Carolina. It was in force for 50 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 24, 2015, 7:10 PM EDT (23:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 2015, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Fairfield County, SC, Kershaw County, SC, Lancaster County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:12 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 24, 7:20 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | 13 Ne Winnsboro, SC | GAS STATION ATTENDANT NEAR SR 200 AND US 21 STATED THAT A CUSTOMER HAD REPORTED GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL NEAR MITFORD. TIME ESTIMATED. |
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 one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 10 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 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 192 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
- 607 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -136 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1198 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
685
WUUS52 KCAE 242310
SVRCAE
SCC039-055-057-250000-
/O.NEW.KCAE.SV.W.0078.150624T2310Z-150625T0000Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
710 PM EDT WED JUN 24 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN FAIRFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHWESTERN LANCASTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
NORTHWESTERN KERSHAW COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 800 PM EDT
* AT 708 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED MULTIPLE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES
SOUTH OF GREAT FALLS...OR 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF WINNSBORO. ANOTHER
STRONG STORM IS LOCATED EAST OF LAKE WATEREE. THESE STORMS ARE
NEARLY STATIONARY.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CAMDEN.
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 3453 8079 3442 8056 3426 8065 3443 8112
3455 8102 3454 8088 3455 8087
TIME...MOT...LOC 2308Z 353DEG 3KT 3446 8095
$$
CJRWhat 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 24, 1:50 PM EDT, 5 hours 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 24, 1:50 PM EDT, 5 hours 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 150 PM EDT WED JUN 24 2015 .SYNOPSIS... AN UPPER-LEVEL RIDGE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN STATES WILL HOLD ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE END OF THE WORKWEEK. COOLER TEMPERATURES AND INCREASED CHANCES FOR CONVECTION WILL ARRIVE THIS WEEKEND AS THE AN UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH DEVELOPS OVER THE EASTERN STATES. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... IT IS ANOTHER HOT DAY. THE PERSISTENT UPPER RIDGING HAS HELPED PUSH AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES INTO THE MIDDLE AND UPPER 90S. PEAK HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL BE AROUND 105...BELOW THE HEAT ADVISORY CRITERIA OF 110 FOR 2 HOURS OR LONGER. THE LATEST ANALYSIS HAD A WEAK SURFACE HEAT TROUGH THAT SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. WEAK CONVERGENCE INTO THIS FEATURE MAY HELP SUPPORT THUNDERSTORMS. COVERAGE SHOULD BE LIMITED BY SOMEWHAT SHALLOW MOISTURE AND UPPER RIDGING. THE HIGH-RESOLUTION MODELS DISPLAY ISOLATED OR SCATTERED COVERAGE. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP MAY BE SEVERE. EARLY AFTERNOON SURFACE-BASED LI VALUES WERE -6 TO -7 C. THE LATEST LAPS SOUNDINGS HAD LARGE CAPE IN THE HAIL GROWTH AREA. DAMAGING WIND AND HAIL ARE A THREAT. THE STORMS SHOULD DIMINISH THIS EVENING AS THE BOUNDARY LAYER COOLS. && .SHORT TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/... PERSISTENCE IS THE WORD FOR THE SHORT TERM AS THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE REMAINS OVER THE AREA. EXPECT ANOTHER DAY WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 90S AND SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... A MAJOR SHIFT IN THE WEATHER PATTERN IS IN STORE FOR THE LONG RANGE PERIOD. THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE THAT HAS KEPT TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 90S SINCE THE MIDDLE OF THE MONTH WILL BE REPLACED BY A DEEP UPPER TROUGH STARTING LATE FRIDAY. BOTH THE GFS AND THE ECMWF ARE IN AGREEMENT ON THIS SIGNIFICANT PATTERN SHIFT. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL COOL SLIGHTLY INTO THE LOWER/MIDDLE 90S FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...AND THEN INTO THE UPPER 80S TO AROUND 90 ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY. WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE UPPER TROUGH AND COOLER TEMPERATURES ALOFT...INSTABILITY WILL BE ENHANCED AND PRODUCE AN INCREASE IN THE RAIN CHANCES INTO AND THROUGH THE WEEKEND. POPS WILL BE IN THE 40 TO 50 PERCENT RANGE FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AND IN THE 30 T0 50 PERCENT RANGE ON SUNDAY. THE CONVECTION SHOULD MAINLY BE DIURNALLY MODULATED. THE UPPER TROUGH REMAINS OVER THE AREA THROUGH TUESDAY ALTHOUGH IT IS FORECAST TO WEAKEN SOMEWHAT. && .AVIATION /18Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR MOST OF THE PERIOD...BUT THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG WIND WILL BE A THREAT. THE LATEST ANALYSIS HAD A WEAK SURFACE HEAT TROUGH THAT SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. WEAK CONVERGENCE INTO THIS FEATURE MAY HELP SUPPORT THUNDERSTORMS. COVERAGE SHOULD BE LIMITED BY SOMEWHAT SHALLOW MOISTURE AND UPPER RIDGING. THE HIGH-RESOLUTION MODELS DISPLAY ISOLATED OR SCATTERED COVERAGE. THE THUNDERSTORM CHANCE WAS TOO LOW TO INCLUDE IN THE TERMINAL FORECASTS AT THIS TIME. STRONG WINDS MAY OCCUR NEAR ANY THUNDERSTORMS. EARLY AFTERNOON SURFACE-BASED LI VALUES WERE -6 TO -7 C. THE LATEST LAPS SOUNDINGS HAD LARGE CAPE IN THE HAIL GROWTH AREA. HAIL IS ALSO A THREAT. THE STORMS SHOULD DIMINISH THIS EVENING AS THE BOUNDARY LAYER COOLS. CONTINUED WEAK INSTABILITY AND MIXING OVERNIGHT SHOULD LIMIT THE FOG THREAT. EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...RESTRICTIONS POSSIBLE IN MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORM. && .CLIMATE... RECORDS FROM TUE JUNE 24TH AND THU JUNE 25TH AUGUSTA... JUN 24...103 IN 1914 JUN 25...104 IN 1914 COLUMBIA... JUN 24...103 IN 1914 JUN 25...103 IN 1952 && .CAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SC...NONE. GA...NONE. && 99
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 24, 5:14 AM EDT, 13 hours 56 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 514 AM EDT WED JUN 24 2015 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041- 250915- LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD- MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON- RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON- BAMBERG- 514 AM EDT WED JUN 24 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT. LARGE HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 24, 5:32 PM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
532 PM EDT WED JUN 24 2015
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0440 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 N GLOVERVILLE 33.57N 81.82W
06/24/2015 AIKEN SC LAW ENFORCEMENT
AIKEN COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED POWERLINES
DOWN ON ASCAUGA LAKE ROAD IN GRANITEVILLE
&&
AWPLocal storm report, Jun 24, 5:52 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
552 PM EDT WED JUN 24 2015
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0510 PM HAIL NEW ELLENTON 33.42N 81.69W
06/24/2015 E1.00 INCH AIKEN SC PUBLIC
QUARTER SIZED HAIL IN NEW ELLENTON.
&&
DCMSpecial weather statement, Jun 24, 5:56 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 556 PM EDT WED JUN 24 2015 SCZ021-028-242245- RICHLAND-FAIRFIELD- 556 PM EDT WED JUN 24 2015 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTH CENTRAL FAIRFIELD AND NORTHWESTERN RICHLAND COUNTIES... AT 556 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 7 MILES SOUTH OF WINNSBORO. THE STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH AND DIME SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WINNSBORO AND WINNSBORO MILLS. THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 3444 8126 3444 8111 3420 8100 3419 8122 TIME...MOT...LOC 2156Z 000DEG 3KT 3427 8113 CJR
Local storm report, Jun 24, 6:48 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
648 PM EDT WED JUN 24 2015
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0610 PM HAIL 22 NNW LANCASTER 35.03N 80.87W
06/24/2015 E1.75 INCH LANCASTER SC LAW ENFORCEMENT
POLICE OFFICER REPORTED GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL
AND TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ON HARRISBURG
RD
&&
DCMSpecial weather statement, Jun 24, 6:51 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 651 PM EDT WED JUN 24 2015 SCZ020-021-027-028-242345- NEWBERRY-LEXINGTON-RICHLAND-FAIRFIELD- 651 PM EDT WED JUN 24 2015 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTH CENTRAL LEXINGTON... SOUTHWESTERN FAIRFIELD...NORTHWESTERN RICHLAND AND SOUTHEASTERN NEWBERRY COUNTIES... AT 648 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT THE CENTRAL MIDLANDS. THE STRONGEST STORMS ARE CURRENTLY IN SOUTHWESTERN FAIRFIELD AND EAST OF PROSPERITY. THESE STORMS ARE NEARLY STATIONARY. WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... COLUMBIA...IRMO...CHAPIN...LITTLE MOUNTAIN...POMARIA...PEAK AND LAKE MURRAY OF RICHLAND. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE. LAT...LON 3413 8149 3438 8142 3444 8114 3408 8110 TIME...MOT...LOC 2248Z 314DEG 5KT 3423 8138 CJR
Local storm report, Jun 24, 6:56 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
656 PM EDT WED JUN 24 2015
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0635 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 S LEESVILLE 33.90N 81.51W
06/24/2015 LEXINGTON SC LAW ENFORCEMENT
BATESBURG-LEEESVILLE POLICE REPORTED TREES
DOWN ON SUSSEX ROAD/LEE STREET
&&
AWPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 4:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken | 48 min |
| Jun 24, 4:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken | 42 min |
| Jun 24, 5:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken, Barnwell | 30 min |
| Jun 24, 5:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Aiken | 48 min |
| Jun 24, 5:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken, Edgefield, Saluda | 42 min |
| Jun 24, 5:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Fairfield | 49 min |
| Jun 24, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Newberry | 30 min |
| Jun 24, 6:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lancaster | 38 min |
| Jun 24, 6:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken, Lexington, Saluda | 61 min |
| Jun 24, 6:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Newberry | 48 min |
| Jun 24, 6:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Fairfield | 54 min |
| Jun 24, 7:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Fairfield, Lexington, Newberry, Richland | 59 min |
| Jun 24, 7:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lee, Sumter | 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.