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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Columbia, SC

April 19, 2015Fairfield County, Lexington County, Richland County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this tornado warning at Apr 19, 2015, 5:15 PM EDT for Fairfield County, Lexington County, Richland County, South Carolina. It was in force for 30 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: Apr 19, 2015, 5:15 PM EDT (21:15 UTC)
Expired: Apr 19, 2015, 5:45 PM EDT
In force: 30 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), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:15 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
Apr 19, 5:15 PM EDT	TORNADO	7 Nne Gilbert, SC	THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONDUCTED A STORM SURVEY IN LEXINGTON COUNTY AND FOUND A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF LAKE MURRAY AND THEN AGAIN ON THE NORTH SHORE NEAR BALENTINE. THE INITIAL TOUCHDOWN OCCURRED ALONG ST. JOHN CHURCH ROAD AND TURNER C
Apr 19, 5:27 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Ne Lake Murray Of Rich, SC	PONTOON BOAT FLIPPED ON ITS SIDE AND LANDED ON THE OTHER SIDE OF DOCK AND MULTIPLE TREES REPORTED DOWN OFF SHADOWOOD DRIVE IN BALLENTINE.
Apr 19, 5:30 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 44	1 Ssw Lake Murray Of Ric, SC	A WIND GUST OF 44 MPH OCCURRED AT FLOTILLA ISLAND ON LAKE MURRAY.

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

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 19, 1:04 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 186 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: 209 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -40 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 665 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 162 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

363 
WFUS52 KCAE 192115
TORCAE
SCC039-063-079-192200-
/O.NEW.KCAE.TO.W.0009.150419T2115Z-150419T2200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
515 PM EDT SUN APR 19 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 600 PM EDT

* AT 512 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 11 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF IRMO...OR ABOUT 8 MILES WEST OF LEXINGTON...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CHAPIN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR
CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.

&&

LAT...LON 3433 8125 3416 8102 3392 8133 3407 8148
      3409 8146 3408 8145 3408 8143 3407 8140
      3408 8139 3412 8143 3418 8138 3420 8134
      3425 8132
TIME...MOT...LOC 2115Z 228DEG 24KT 3403 8135

$$

HC

2 follow-up statements

553 
WWUS52 KCAE 192137
SVSCAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
537 PM EDT SUN APR 19 2015

SCC063-192147-
/O.CAN.KCAE.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-150419T2200Z/
LEXINGTON SC-
537 PM EDT SUN APR 19 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR LEXINGTON COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR
CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.

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

LAT...LON 3433 8125 3416 8102 3407 8113 3412 8125
      3420 8134 3425 8132
TIME...MOT...LOC 2137Z 228DEG 24KT 3413 8122

$$

SCC039-079-192200-
/O.CON.KCAE.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-150419T2200Z/
FAIRFIELD SC-RICHLAND SC-
537 PM EDT SUN APR 19 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR RICHLAND
AND FAIRFIELD COUNTIES...

AT 535 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER RICHLAND COUNTY...
OR NEAR IRMO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE
INDICATED COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR
CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3433 8125 3416 8102 3407 8113 3412 8125
      3420 8134 3425 8132
TIME...MOT...LOC 2137Z 228DEG 24KT 3413 8122

$$

HC

261 
WWUS52 KCAE 192145
SVSCAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
545 PM EDT SUN APR 19 2015

SCC039-079-192155-
/O.CAN.KCAE.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-150419T2200Z/
FAIRFIELD SC-RICHLAND SC-
545 PM EDT SUN APR 19 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR RICHLAND AND FAIRFIELD COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR
CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.

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

LAT...LON 3433 8125 3416 8102 3407 8113 3412 8125
      3420 8134 3425 8132
TIME...MOT...LOC 2145Z 228DEG 24KT 3417 8117

$$

HC

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 19, 3:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Aiken, Barnwell, Edgefield	35 min
Apr 19, 3:28 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	McCormick	62 min
Apr 19, 3:40 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CAE	Aiken	35 min
Apr 19, 4:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Orangeburg	43 min
Apr 19, 4:10 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CAE	Aiken, Lexington	50 min
Apr 19, 4:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Aiken, Edgefield, Lexington, Saluda	26 min
Apr 19, 4:24 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CAE	Edgefield, Lexington, Saluda	36 min
Apr 19, 4:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Lexington, Orangeburg and 1 more	48 min
Apr 19, 4:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Aiken, Fairfield, Lexington, Newberry, Richland, Saluda	44 min
Apr 19, 5:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Calhoun, Clarendon, Kershaw, Lee, Orangeburg, Richland and 1 more	66 min
Apr 19, 5:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Fairfield, Kershaw, Lancaster, Lee, Newberry, Richland	59 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.