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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 43, NWS Columbia, SC

June 14, 2016Columbia County, Lincoln County, McDuffie County, Georgia

NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2016, 5:24 PM EDT for Columbia County, Lincoln County, McDuffie County, Georgia. It was in force for 51 min. 1 report 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
Jun 14, 2016, 5:24 PM EDT (21:24 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2016, 6:15 PM EDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Columbia County, GA, Lincoln County, GA, McDuffie County, GA

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:27 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 14, 5:58 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 N Lincolnton, GAREPORT OF LINE DOWN / POWER OUTAGE.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 187 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2016-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 793 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2016-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -4 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
793 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-95 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1416 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

As transmitted.

847 
WUUS52 KCAE 142124
SVRCAE
GAC073-181-189-142230-
/O.NEW.KCAE.SV.W.0043.160614T2124Z-160614T2230Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
524 PM EDT TUE JUN 14 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN MCDUFFIE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  NORTHWESTERN COLUMBIA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  LINCOLN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT

* AT 523 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTH OF
  CAMAK...OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF THOMSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10
  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...
  LINCOLNTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3364 8261 3363 8258 3365 8258 3364 8256
      3366 8251 3365 8249 3382 8259 3386 8257
      3387 8261 3398 8264 3394 8251 3388 8245
      3382 8233 3377 8227 3371 8226 3347 8257
      3350 8261 3360 8265
TIME...MOT...LOC 2123Z 220DEG 11KT 3360 8260 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

CJR
2 follow-up statements
165 
WWUS52 KCAE 142156
SVSCAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
556 PM EDT TUE JUN 14 2016

GAC073-181-189-142230-
/O.CON.KCAE.SV.W.0043.000000T0000Z-160614T2230Z/
MCDUFFIE GA-COLUMBIA GA-LINCOLN GA-
556 PM EDT TUE JUN 14 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN MCDUFFIE...NORTHWESTERN COLUMBIA AND LINCOLN
COUNTIES...

AT 556 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
LINCOLNTON...OR 17 MILES EAST OF WASHINGTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15
MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LINCOLNTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3364 8261 3363 8258 3365 8258 3364 8256
      3366 8251 3365 8249 3382 8259 3386 8257
      3387 8261 3398 8264 3394 8251 3388 8245
      3382 8233 3377 8227 3371 8226 3351 8251
      3360 8265
TIME...MOT...LOC 2156Z 230DEG 13KT 3373 8243 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

CJR
303 
WWUS52 KCAE 142215
SVSCAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
615 PM EDT TUE JUN 14 2016

GAC073-181-189-142225-
/O.CAN.KCAE.SV.W.0043.000000T0000Z-160614T2230Z/
MCDUFFIE GA-COLUMBIA GA-LINCOLN GA-
615 PM EDT TUE JUN 14 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MCDUFFIE...
NORTHWESTERN COLUMBIA AND LINCOLN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.  HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS
AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3364 8261 3363 8258 3365 8258 3364 8256
      3366 8251 3365 8249 3382 8259 3386 8257
      3387 8261 3398 8264 3394 8251 3388 8245
      3382 8233 3377 8227 3371 8226 3351 8251
      3360 8265
TIME...MOT...LOC 2213Z 220DEG 11KT 3378 8238 

$$

CJR

The office that day

Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 1:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEColumbia37 min
Jun 14, 2:40 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCAEColumbia110 min
Jun 14, 5:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEBurke51 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.