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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Columbia, SC

December 23, 2015Fairfield County, Lexington County, Richland County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this tornado warning at Dec 23, 2015, 2:05 PM EST for Fairfield County, Lexington County, Richland County, South Carolina. It was in force for 27 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: Dec 23, 2015, 2:05 PM EST (19:05 UTC)
Expired: Dec 23, 2015, 2:32 PM EST
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Columbia, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Fairfield County, SC, Lexington County, SC, Richland County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:09 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
Dec 23, 2:05 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	1 S Chapin, SC	TREES DOWN ON MURRAY LINDLER ROAD. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.

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, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 184 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: -2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 497 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 146 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 195 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.1
Supercell composite: 6.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

552 
WFUS52 KCAE 231905
TORCAE
SCC039-063-079-231945-
/O.NEW.KCAE.TO.W.0010.151223T1905Z-151223T1945Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
205 PM EST WED DEC 23 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN RICHLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
  SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
  NORTH CENTRAL LEXINGTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 245 PM EST
    
* AT 205 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE SQUALL LINE
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO AS WELL AS DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE
  WINDS. THESE DANGEROUS STORMS WERE LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  IRMO...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WINNSBORO...BLYTHEWOOD...CHAPIN...RIDGEWAY...PEAK...WINNSBORO MILLS
  AND LAKE MURRAY OF RICHLAND.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE
HOME OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

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 3421 8085 3418 8087 3409 8135 3417 8141
      3418 8140 3418 8137 3420 8134 3422 8134
      3424 8132 3425 8133 3446 8100
TIME...MOT...LOC 1905Z 250DEG 28KT 3415 8134 

$$

HC

1 follow-up statement

125 
WWUS52 KCAE 231932
SVSCAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
232 PM EST WED DEC 23 2015

SCC039-063-079-231941-
/O.CAN.KCAE.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-151223T1945Z/
RICHLAND SC-FAIRFIELD SC-LEXINGTON SC-
232 PM EST WED DEC 23 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN RICHLAND...SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD
AND NORTH CENTRAL LEXINGTON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED. THEREFORE THE
WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE
WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3421 8085 3418 8087 3409 8135 3417 8141
      3418 8140 3418 8137 3420 8134 3422 8134
      3424 8132 3425 8133 3446 8100
TIME...MOT...LOC 1927Z 250DEG 28KT 3422 8111 

$$

HC

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 22, 11:33 PM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	CAE	Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chesterfield, Clarendon and 10 more	10 hr
Dec 23, 12:34 AM EST	River Flood Warning	CAE	Chesterfield, Marlboro	5 days
Dec 23, 7:52 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Chesterfield, Kershaw	53 min
Dec 23, 10:31 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	McCormick	3 hr
Dec 23, 1:25 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Newberry, Saluda	50 min
Dec 23, 1:43 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Edgefield, Lexington, Newberry, Saluda	2 hr
Dec 23, 1:55 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Fairfield, Lexington, Newberry, Richland	35 min
Dec 23, 1:56 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Lexington	34 min
Dec 23, 2:58 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Calhoun, Lexington, Richland	2 hr
Dec 23, 3:35 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Bamberg, Calhoun, Chesterfield, Kershaw, Lancaster, Lee and 3 more	55 min
Dec 23, 3:48 PM EST	River Flood Warning	CAE	Fairfield, Kershaw, Lancaster	14 days
Dec 23, 5:35 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Aiken, Edgefield, McCormick	4 hr
Dec 23, 6:24 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Calhoun, Clarendon, Lee, Orangeburg, Sumter	4 hr

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.