Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 2016, 6:04 PM EDT for Aiken County, Lexington County, South Carolina. It was in force for 41 min. 2 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, 6:04 PM EDT (22:04 UTC)
- Expired
- May 3, 2016, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Aiken County, SC, Lexington County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 6:10 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 8 Se Monetta, SC | DIME-TO-QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED AT EXIT 33, INTERSTATE 20. |
| May 3, 6:19 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | 9 S Summit, SC | DIME-TO-PENNY SIZE HAIL REPORTED AT CEDAR POND CAMPGROUND. |
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, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 156 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.
402
WUUS52 KCAE 032204
SVRCAE
SCC003-063-032245-
/O.NEW.KCAE.SV.W.0029.160503T2204Z-160503T2245Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
604 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN LEXINGTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
NORTHEASTERN AIKEN COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 645 PM EDT
* AT 603 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF RIDGE SPRING...OR 13 MILES SOUTH OF BATESBURG...MOVING EAST AT 40
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...
CAYCE...RED BANK...SOUTH CONGAREE...PINE RIDGE...GASTON...SWANSEA...
WAGENER AND PELION.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3360 8159 3378 8166 3395 8113 3371 8105
3368 8113
TIME...MOT...LOC 2203Z 254DEG 36KT 3372 8154
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
254
WWUS52 KCAE 032221
SVSCAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
621 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2016
SCC003-032230-
/O.CAN.KCAE.SV.W.0029.000000T0000Z-160503T2245Z/
AIKEN SC-
621 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN AIKEN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR
CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3369 8127 3370 8127 3370 8129 3373 8138
3376 8143 3383 8148 3395 8113 3371 8105
3368 8113
TIME...MOT...LOC 2220Z 247DEG 32KT 3379 8139
$$
SCC063-032245-
/O.CON.KCAE.SV.W.0029.000000T0000Z-160503T2245Z/
LEXINGTON SC-
621 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN LEXINGTON COUNTY...
AT 620 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF BATESBURG LEESVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. HAIL UP TO QUARTER
SIZED WAS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM AT 610 PM EDT AT INTERSTATE 20
AND EXIT 33.
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.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CAYCE...RED BANK...SOUTH CONGAREE...PINE RIDGE...GASTON...SWANSEA AND
PELION.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3369 8127 3370 8127 3370 8129 3373 8138
3376 8143 3383 8148 3395 8113 3371 8105
3368 8113
TIME...MOT...LOC 2220Z 247DEG 32KT 3379 8139
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, 3:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken, Barnwell | 64 min |
| May 3, 6:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Lexington | 29 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.