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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Columbia, SC

March 2, 2016Burke County, Richmond County, Georgia

NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 2, 2016, 12:01 AM EST for Burke County, Richmond County, Georgia. It was in force for 16 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 2, 2016, 12:01 AM EST (05:01 UTC)
Expired
Mar 2, 2016, 12:17 AM EST
In force
16 min
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Burke County, GA, Richmond County, GA

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 1, 10:09 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 188 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Charleston AFB, SC at 00:00Z on 2016-03-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Charleston AFB, SC at 00:00Z on 2016-03-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 129 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1704 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
129 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
165 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

238 
WUUS52 KCAE 020501
SVRCAE
GAC033-245-020530-
/O.NEW.KCAE.SV.W.0010.160302T0501Z-160302T0530Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
1201 AM EST WED MAR 2 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN BURKE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  SOUTHEASTERN RICHMOND COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 1230 AM EST

* AT 1200 AM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM
  WAS LOCATED NEAR HEPHZIBAH...OR 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT
  GORDON...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HEPHZIBAH AND BLYTHE. 

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 3330 8223 3344 8193 3341 8192 3341 8195
      3338 8193 3337 8195 3334 8194 3335 8191
      3333 8192 3333 8190 3330 8188 3331 8187
      3325 8185 3313 8179 3311 8218
TIME...MOT...LOC 0500Z 254DEG 49KT 3329 8203 

$$
2 follow-up statements
125 
WWUS52 KCAE 020508
SVSCAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
1208 AM EST WED MAR 2 2016

GAC033-245-020530-
/O.CON.KCAE.SV.W.0010.000000T0000Z-160302T0530Z/
BURKE GA-RICHMOND GA-
1208 AM EST WED MAR 2 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM EST
FOR NORTHWESTERN BURKE AND SOUTHEASTERN RICHMOND COUNTIES...

AT 1205 AM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LIKELY SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
NEAR THE RICHMOND AND BURKE COUNTY LINE NEAR HEPHZIBAH MOVING EASTWARD
NEAR 45 MPH. THE STORM WAS MOVING TOWARD THE MCBEAN AREA.

THE STORM LIKELY CONTAINED WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 60 MPH. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR USUALLY OFFERS
THE BEST PROTECTION FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

&&

LAT...LON 3331 8210 3344 8193 3341 8192 3341 8195
      3338 8193 3337 8195 3334 8194 3335 8191
      3333 8192 3333 8190 3330 8188 3331 8187
      3325 8185 3313 8179 3311 8218
TIME...MOT...LOC 0505Z 254DEG 49KT 3331 8194 

$$
877 
WWUS52 KCAE 020517
SVSCAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
1217 AM EST WED MAR 2 2016

GAC033-245-020526-
/O.CAN.KCAE.SV.W.0010.000000T0000Z-160302T0530Z/
BURKE GA-RICHMOND GA-
1217 AM EST WED MAR 2 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN BURKE AND
SOUTHEASTERN RICHMOND COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING 
HAS WEAKENED AND THE THREAT OF DAMAGING WIND HAS DIMINISHED.

LAT...LON 3331 8210 3344 8193 3341 8192 3341 8195
      3338 8193 3337 8195 3334 8194 3335 8191
      3333 8192 3333 8190 3330 8188 3331 8187
      3325 8185 3313 8179 3311 8218
TIME...MOT...LOC 0509Z 254DEG 49KT 3335 8176 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 1, 10:10 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementCAEBurke, Columbia, Lincoln, McDuffie, Richmond50 min
Mar 1, 11:08 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementCAEBurke, Columbia, Richmond52 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.