Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 3, 2016, 4:26 PM EST for Bamberg County, Calhoun County, Orangeburg County, South Carolina. It was in force for 42 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
- Feb 3, 2016, 4:26 PM EST (21:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 3, 2016, 5:08 PM EST
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bamberg County, SC, Calhoun County, SC, Orangeburg County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:26 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 105 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.
724 WUUS52 KCAE 032126 SVRCAE SCC009-017-075-032230- /O.NEW.KCAE.SV.W.0004.160203T2126Z-160203T2230Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 426 PM EST WED FEB 3 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CENTRAL ORANGEBURG COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA... SOUTHWESTERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA... NORTHWESTERN BAMBERG COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA... * UNTIL 530 PM EST * AT 424 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LIKELY SEVERE THUNDERSTORM BETWEEN COPE AND DENMARK NEAR THE ORANGEBURG AND BAMBERG COUNTY LINE...MOVING NORTHEAST NEAR 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ORANGEBURG...COPE...AND CORDOVA. 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. && LAT...LON 3328 8110 3346 8120 3374 8079 3334 8053 TIME...MOT...LOC 2124Z 244DEG 45KT 3342 8105 $$
3 follow-up statements
173 WWUS52 KCAE 032140 SVSCAE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 440 PM EST WED FEB 3 2016 SCC009-017-075-032230- /O.CON.KCAE.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160203T2230Z/ ORANGEBURG SC-CALHOUN SC-BAMBERG SC- 440 PM EST WED FEB 3 2016 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EST FOR CENTRAL ORANGEBURG...SOUTHWESTERN CALHOUN AND NORTH CENTRAL BAMBERG COUNTIES... AT 437 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LIKELY SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST WEST OF THE CORDOVA AREA OF ORANGEBURG COUNTY...MOVING TOWARD THE CORDOVA AND ORANGEBURG AREA. THE STORM WILL LIKELY CONTAIN WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 60 MPH. STORM MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST NEAR 40 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ORANGEBURG AND CORDOVA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL... DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. && LAT...LON 3328 8107 3352 8107 3374 8079 3334 8053 TIME...MOT...LOC 2137Z 244DEG 45KT 3349 8087 $$
899
WWUS52 KCAE 032151
SVSCAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
451 PM EST WED FEB 3 2016
SCC009-032158-
/O.CAN.KCAE.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160203T2230Z/
BAMBERG SC-
451 PM EST WED FEB 3 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL BAMBERG COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA.
LAT...LON 3332 8091 3358 8086 3371 8077 3344 8059
3340 8057
TIME...MOT...LOC 2148Z 244DEG 45KT 3355 8073
$$
SCC017-075-032230-
/O.CON.KCAE.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160203T2230Z/
ORANGEBURG SC-CALHOUN SC-
451 PM EST WED FEB 3 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EST
FOR CENTRAL ORANGEBURG AND SOUTH CENTRAL CALHOUN COUNTIES...
AT 448 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LIKELY SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
APPROACHING THE INTERSTATE 26 AREA NEAR ORANGEBURG. THE STORM
WILL LIKELY CONTAIN WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 60 MPH.
STORM MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEASTWARD NEAR 45 MPH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...
DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY
RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER
COVERS THE ROAD.
&&
LAT...LON 3332 8091 3358 8086 3371 8077 3344 8059
3340 8057
TIME...MOT...LOC 2148Z 244DEG 45KT 3355 8073
$$914
WWUS52 KCAE 032208
SVSCAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
508 PM EST WED FEB 3 2016
SCC017-075-032217-
/O.CAN.KCAE.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160203T2230Z/
ORANGEBURG SC-CALHOUN SC-
508 PM EST WED FEB 3 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL ORANGEBURG AND SOUTH
CENTRAL CALHOUN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED
AND MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
LAT...LON 3332 8091 3358 8086 3371 8077 3344 8059
3340 8057
TIME...MOT...LOC 2159Z 244DEG 45KT 3366 8047
$$The 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, 1:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken, Edgefield, Fairfield, Lexington, Newberry, Richland and 1 more | 50 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, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.