Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 192, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 30, 2016, 6:59 PM EST for Chesterfield County, Kershaw County, Lancaster County, South Carolina. It was in force for 46 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
- Nov 30, 2016, 6:59 PM EST (23:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 30, 2016, 7:45 PM EST
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Chesterfield County, SC, Kershaw County, SC, Lancaster County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:00 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 175 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
- 57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -81 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 623 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 283 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 254 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted.
769 WUUS52 KCAE 302359 SVRCAE SCC025-055-057-010045- /O.NEW.KCAE.SV.W.0192.161130T2359Z-161201T0045Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 659 PM EST WED NOV 30 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CENTRAL KERSHAW COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA... SOUTHEASTERN LANCASTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA... CHESTERFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA... * UNTIL 745 PM EST * AT 658 PM EST...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MINERAL SPRINGS TO 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF LUGOFF...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CAMDEN...PAGELAND...KERSHAW...CHESTERFIELD...HEATH SPRINGS... MCBEE...JEFFERSON...RUBY...BETHUNE AND MOUNT CROGHAN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. && LAT...LON 3447 8009 3418 8085 3482 8062 3481 8003 TIME...MOT...LOC 2358Z 234DEG 46KT 3481 8058 3429 8078 TORNADO...POSSIBLE HAIL...<.75IN WIND...60MPH $$ FWA
3 follow-up statements
739 WWUS52 KCAE 010017 SVSCAE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 717 PM EST WED NOV 30 2016 SCC025-055-057-010045- /O.CON.KCAE.SV.W.0192.000000T0000Z-161201T0045Z/ KERSHAW SC-LANCASTER SC-CHESTERFIELD SC- 717 PM EST WED NOV 30 2016 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EST FOR NORTHEASTERN KERSHAW...SOUTHEASTERN LANCASTER AND CHESTERFIELD COUNTIES... AT 717 PM EST...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR STURDIVANTS TO 8 MILES NORTH OF CAMDEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CAMDEN...PAGELAND...CHESTERFIELD...MCBEE...JEFFERSON...RUBY...BETHUNE AND MOUNT CROGHAN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. && LAT...LON 3447 8009 3427 8063 3482 8049 3481 8003 TIME...MOT...LOC 0017Z 238DEG 41KT 3495 8035 3438 8057 HAIL...<.75IN WIND...60MPH $$ FWA
311
WWUS52 KCAE 010027
SVSCAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
727 PM EST WED NOV 30 2016
SCC057-010037-
/O.CAN.KCAE.SV.W.0192.000000T0000Z-161201T0045Z/
LANCASTER SC-
727 PM EST WED NOV 30 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LANCASTER COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3431 8052 3453 8039 3482 8031 3481 8003
3447 8009
TIME...MOT...LOC 0027Z 234DEG 46KT 3502 8024 3445 8046
$$
SCC025-055-010045-
/O.CON.KCAE.SV.W.0192.000000T0000Z-161201T0045Z/
KERSHAW SC-CHESTERFIELD SC-
727 PM EST WED NOV 30 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EST
FOR NORTHEASTERN KERSHAW AND CENTRAL CHESTERFIELD COUNTIES...
AT 727 PM EST...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES EAST OF MARSHVILLE TO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
KERSHAW...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CHESTERFIELD...MCBEE...RUBY...BETHUNE AND MOUNT CROGHAN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3431 8052 3453 8039 3482 8031 3481 8003
3447 8009
TIME...MOT...LOC 0027Z 234DEG 46KT 3502 8024 3445 8046
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
FWA392
WWUS52 KCAE 010037
SVSCAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
737 PM EST WED NOV 30 2016
SCC025-055-010045-
/O.EXP.KCAE.SV.W.0192.000000T0000Z-161201T0045Z/
KERSHAW SC-CHESTERFIELD SC-
737 PM EST WED NOV 30 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN KERSHAW AND
CENTRAL CHESTERFIELD COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 745 PM EST...
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 3431 8052 3453 8039 3482 8031 3481 8003
3447 8009
TIME...MOT...LOC 0035Z 234DEG 46KT 3507 8016 3450 8038
$$
FWAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 30, 5:21 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Edgefield, McCormick | 39 min |
| Nov 30, 5:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Fairfield, Newberry | 65 min |
| Nov 30, 5:36 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Edgefield, McCormick, Saluda | 39 min |
| Nov 30, 6:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Fairfield, Kershaw, Lancaster, Newberry | 54 min |
| Nov 30, 6:30 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CAE | Lancaster | 17 min |
| Nov 30, 6:33 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CAE | Lancaster | 27 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.