Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 27, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 2016, 3:41 PM EDT for Aiken County, Barnwell County, South Carolina; Burke County, Richmond County, Georgia. It was in force for 64 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
- May 3, 2016, 3:41 PM EDT (19:41 UTC)
- Expired
- May 3, 2016, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Burke County, GA, Richmond County, GA, Aiken County, SC, Barnwell County, SC
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:41 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 3:55 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | 3 N Girard, GA | DIME-TO-PENNY SIZE HAIL REPORTED ON GRIFFIN LANDING ROAD |
| May 3, 3:56 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | 9 E Waynesboro, GA | NICKEL TO DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED AT INTERSECTION OF HWY 23 AND HANCOCK LANDING RD. |
| May 3, 3:58 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | 10 Nw Girard, GA | GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED ALONG HANCOCK LANDING ROAD. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 2:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 1450 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 726 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 196 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 5.2
The text
As transmitted.
911
WUUS52 KCAE 031941
SVRCAE
GAC033-245-SCC003-011-032045-
/O.NEW.KCAE.SV.W.0027.160503T1941Z-160503T2045Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
341 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EASTERN BURKE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
SOUTHEASTERN RICHMOND COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
BARNWELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
SOUTH CENTRAL AIKEN COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 445 PM EDT
* AT 341 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHEAST
OF WAYNESBORO...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WAYNESBORO...BARNWELL...SAVANNAH RIVER SITE...WILLISTON...BLACKVILLE...
NEW ELLENTON...JACKSON...SARDIS...HILDA...SNELLING...KLINE...ELKO AND
GIRARD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3306 8200 3324 8200 3340 8166 3349 8138
3348 8131 3343 8122 3316 8123 3313 8120
3312 8121 3311 8136 3316 8154 3310 8162
3304 8156 3305 8154 3304 8154 3291 8176
TIME...MOT...LOC 1941Z 268DEG 41KT 3316 8189
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$2 follow-up statements
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WWUS52 KCAE 032009
SVSCAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
409 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2016
GAC245-SCC003-032017-
/O.CAN.KCAE.SV.W.0027.000000T0000Z-160503T2045Z/
RICHMOND GA-AIKEN SC-
409 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN RICHMOND AND
SOUTH CENTRAL AIKEN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR
EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3319 8176 3349 8138 3348 8131 3343 8122
3316 8123 3313 8120 3312 8121 3311 8136
3316 8154 3310 8162 3305 8156 3304 8154
3304 8156 3303 8169
TIME...MOT...LOC 2007Z 268DEG 44KT 3312 8158
$$
GAC033-SCC011-032045-
/O.CON.KCAE.SV.W.0027.000000T0000Z-160503T2045Z/
BURKE GA-BARNWELL SC-
409 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL BURKE AND BARNWELL COUNTIES...
AT 407 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER THE
EXTREMESOUTHERN PORTION OF THE SAVANNAH RIVER SITE...MOVING EAST AT
35 MPH. GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM OVER BURKE
COUNTY GEORGIA.
HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...PUBLIC.
IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. EXPECT WIND
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BARNWELL...SAVANNAH RIVER SITE...WILLISTON...BLACKVILLE...HILDA...
SNELLING...KLINE AND ELKO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A WELL-BUILT STRUCTURE. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 3319 8176 3349 8138 3348 8131 3343 8122
3316 8123 3313 8120 3312 8121 3311 8136
3316 8154 3310 8162 3305 8156 3304 8154
3304 8156 3303 8169
TIME...MOT...LOC 2007Z 268DEG 44KT 3312 8158
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$885
WWUS52 KCAE 032028
SVSCAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
428 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2016
GAC033-032037-
/O.CAN.KCAE.SV.W.0027.000000T0000Z-160503T2045Z/
BURKE GA-
428 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL BURKE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR
CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3316 8123 3313 8120 3312 8121 3311 8136
3313 8144 3325 8123
TIME...MOT...LOC 2027Z 268DEG 41KT 3313 8130
$$
SCC011-032045-
/O.CON.KCAE.SV.W.0027.000000T0000Z-160503T2045Z/
BARNWELL SC-
428 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN BARNWELL COUNTY...
AT 427 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ULMER...OR 8
MILES NORTH OF ALLENDALE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...PUBLIC.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3316 8123 3313 8120 3312 8121 3311 8136
3313 8144 3325 8123
TIME...MOT...LOC 2027Z 268DEG 41KT 3313 8130
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 9:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Edgefield | 30 min |
| May 2, 9:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Edgefield | 51 min |
| May 2, 11:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Edgefield, McCormick, Saluda | 40 min |
| May 2, 11:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Saluda | 18 min |
| May 3, 3:17 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Calhoun, Sumter | 28 min |
| May 3, 7:45 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Clarendon | 60 min |
| May 3, 6:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Lexington | 29 min |
| May 3, 6:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken, Lexington | 41 min |
| May 2, 8:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Richmond | 37 min |
| May 2, 10:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Columbia, Lincoln, McDuffie | 50 min |
| May 3, 4:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Burke | 58 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 2016Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2016Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2016
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.