Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 3, 2016, 1:25 PM EST for 7 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 50 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
- Feb 3, 2016, 1:25 PM EST (18:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 3, 2016, 2:15 PM EST
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Aiken County, SC, Edgefield County, SC, Fairfield County, SC, Lexington County, SC, Newberry County, SC, Richland County, SC, Saluda County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:26 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 3, 1:51 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 10 S Summit, SC | NWS STORM SURVEY CONFIRMED MICROBURST WITH 70 MPH WINDS. VEHICLE TRAILER BLOWN OVER, POWER LINES DOWN, WIND DAMAGE TO TRACTOR TRAILER TRUCK HOODS. DAMAGE TO AN OUTBUILDING WITH ROOF BLOWN OFF. |
| Feb 3, 1:51 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 10 S Summit, SC | VEHICLE TRAILER BLOWN OVER, POWER LINES DOWN, WIND DAMAGE TO TRACTOR TRAILER TRUCK HOODS. TIME EST BY RADAR. |
| Feb 3, 2:00 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 N Irmo, SC | TREES IN ROADWAY CONNIE WRIGHT ROAD AND KOON ROAD |
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, 6.4 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
- 33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -76 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 668 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 281 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 297 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
270
WUUS52 KCAE 031825
SVRCAE
SCC003-037-039-063-071-079-081-031915-
/O.NEW.KCAE.SV.W.0002.160203T1825Z-160203T1915Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
125 PM EST WED FEB 3 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SALUDA COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
WESTERN RICHLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
WESTERN FAIRFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHEASTERN NEWBERRY COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
NORTHEASTERN EDGEFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
LEXINGTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
CENTRAL AIKEN COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 215 PM EST
* AT 124 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM
WAS LOCATED OVER RIDGE SPRING...OR 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
BATESBURG...AND MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COLUMBIA...AIKEN...LEXINGTON...WEST COLUMBIA...CAYCE...IRMO...
FOREST ACRES...WINNSBORO...SPRINGDALE...ST. ANDREWS...BATESBURG...
OAK GROVE...RED BANK...DENTSVILLE...BATESBURG-LEESVILLE...SALUDA...
JOHNSTON...SOUTH CONGAREE...PINE RIDGE AND NEW ELLENTON.
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 3456 8112 3385 8093 3387 8103 3378 8105
3334 8183 3401 8191 3456 8118
TIME...MOT...LOC 1824Z 249DEG 36KT 3380 8166
$$
AWP2 follow-up statements
720
WWUS52 KCAE 031840
SVSCAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
140 PM EST WED FEB 3 2016
SCC003-037-039-063-071-079-081-031915-
/O.CON.KCAE.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160203T1915Z/
SALUDA SC-RICHLAND SC-FAIRFIELD SC-NEWBERRY SC-EDGEFIELD SC-
LEXINGTON SC-AIKEN SC-
140 PM EST WED FEB 3 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM EST
FOR EASTERN SALUDA...WESTERN RICHLAND...WESTERN FAIRFIELD...
SOUTHEASTERN NEWBERRY...EAST CENTRAL EDGEFIELD...LEXINGTON AND
NORTHEASTERN AIKEN COUNTIES...
AT 139 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR LEESVILLE...OR NEAR BATESBURG...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COLUMBIA...AIKEN...LEXINGTON...WEST COLUMBIA...CAYCE...IRMO...FOREST
ACRES...WINNSBORO...SPRINGDALE...ST. ANDREWS...BATESBURG...OAK
GROVE...RED BANK...DENTSVILLE...BATESBURG-LEESVILLE...SOUTH
CONGAREE...PINE RIDGE...GASTON...RIDGE SPRING AND LEESVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...
DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY
RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER
COVERS THE ROAD.
INTENSE THUNDERSTORM LINES CAN OCCASIONALLY PRODUCE BRIEF TORNADOES
AND WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE
SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.
&&
LAT...LON 3385 8093 3387 8103 3378 8105 3343 8182
3398 8176 3444 8125 3449 8110
TIME...MOT...LOC 1839Z 249DEG 36KT 3386 8148
$$
AWP323
WWUS52 KCAE 031903
SVSCAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
203 PM EST WED FEB 3 2016
SCC037-031911-
/O.CAN.KCAE.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160203T1915Z/
EDGEFIELD SC-
203 PM EST WED FEB 3 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL EDGEFIELD COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3449 8110 3385 8093 3387 8103 3378 8106
3343 8182 3378 8170 3381 8166 3382 8168
3386 8167 3444 8125
TIME...MOT...LOC 1901Z 249DEG 36KT 3394 8122
$$
SCC003-039-063-071-079-081-031915-
/O.CON.KCAE.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160203T1915Z/
SALUDA SC-RICHLAND SC-FAIRFIELD SC-NEWBERRY SC-LEXINGTON SC-AIKEN SC-
203 PM EST WED FEB 3 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM EST
FOR SOUTHEASTERN SALUDA...WESTERN RICHLAND...WESTERN FAIRFIELD...
SOUTHEASTERN NEWBERRY...LEXINGTON AND NORTHEASTERN AIKEN COUNTIES...
AT 201 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED OVER RED BANK...MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COLUMBIA...AIKEN...LEXINGTON...WEST COLUMBIA...CAYCE...IRMO...FOREST
ACRES...WINNSBORO...SPRINGDALE...ST. ANDREWS...BATESBURG...OAK
GROVE...RED BANK...DENTSVILLE...BATESBURG-LEESVILLE...SOUTH
CONGAREE...PINE RIDGE...GASTON...RIDGE SPRING AND LEESVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...
DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY
RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER
COVERS THE ROAD.
INTENSE THUNDERSTORM LINES CAN OCCASIONALLY PRODUCE BRIEF TORNADOES
AND WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE
SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.
&&
LAT...LON 3449 8110 3385 8093 3387 8103 3378 8106
3343 8182 3378 8170 3381 8166 3382 8168
3386 8167 3444 8125
TIME...MOT...LOC 1901Z 249DEG 36KT 3394 8122
$$
AWPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 3, 11:08 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Edgefield, McCormick | 52 min |
| Feb 3, 12:48 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken, Edgefield, McCormick, Saluda | 42 min |
| Feb 3, 2:17 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Kershaw, Lexington, Richland | 58 min |
| Feb 3, 2:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Calhoun, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lexington, Richland, Sumter | 63 min |
| Feb 3, 2:35 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CAE | Lexington, Richland | 55 min |
| Feb 3, 2:55 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CAE | Chesterfield, Kershaw, Lee, Richland, Sumter | 65 min |
| Feb 3, 3:25 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CAE | Richland | 65 min |
| Feb 3, 4:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Bamberg, Calhoun, Orangeburg | 42 min |
| Feb 3, 5:45 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Bamberg | 30 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.