Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 47, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2016, 1:06 PM EDT for Fairfield County, Newberry County, South Carolina. It was in force for 39 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 17, 2016, 1:06 PM EDT (17:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2016, 1:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Fairfield County, SC, Newberry County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:09 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 1:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 15 E Whitmire, SC | TREES DOWN ON LEE BRICE 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, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 217 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
- 666 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -257 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1607 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 193 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
597
WUUS52 KCAE 171706
SVRCAE
SCC039-071-171745-
/O.NEW.KCAE.SV.W.0047.160617T1706Z-160617T1745Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
106 PM EDT FRI JUN 17 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WESTERN FAIRFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
NORTHEASTERN NEWBERRY COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 145 PM EDT
* AT 106 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF CARLISLE...OR 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHESTER...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 20 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.
* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
WESTERN FAIRFIELD AND NORTHEASTERN NEWBERRY COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3457 8127 3445 8104 3423 8127 3447 8151
3449 8149 3449 8146 3450 8144 3450 8142
3456 8143 3457 8142
TIME...MOT...LOC 1706Z 312DEG 19KT 3451 8139
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
CJR1 follow-up statement
592
WWUS52 KCAE 171733
SVSCAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
133 PM EDT FRI JUN 17 2016
SCC039-071-171745-
/O.CON.KCAE.SV.W.0047.000000T0000Z-160617T1745Z/
FAIRFIELD SC-NEWBERRY SC-
133 PM EDT FRI JUN 17 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM EDT
FOR WESTERN FAIRFIELD AND NORTHEASTERN NEWBERRY COUNTIES...
AT 132 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES WEST OF
WINNSBORO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
WESTERN FAIRFIELD AND NORTHEASTERN NEWBERRY COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3457 8127 3445 8104 3423 8127 3447 8151
3449 8149 3449 8146 3450 8144 3450 8142
3456 8143 3457 8142
TIME...MOT...LOC 1732Z 327DEG 21KT 3437 8129
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 12:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Fairfield | 51 min |
| Jun 17, 1:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Fairfield, Kershaw, Lee, Newberry, Richland, Sumter | 57 min |
| Jun 17, 1:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Kershaw, Lee, Sumter | 50 min |
| Jun 17, 1:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lexington, Richland | 44 min |
| Jun 17, 1:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Fairfield, Kershaw, Richland, Sumter | 47 min |
| Jun 17, 2:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Calhoun, Clarendon, Kershaw, Richland, Sumter | 38 min |
| Jun 17, 2:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Clarendon, Lee, Sumter | 60 min |
| Jun 17, 2:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken, Edgefield | 53 min |
| Jun 17, 2:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Clarendon, Lexington and 2 more | 62 min |
| Jun 17, 2:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Calhoun, Clarendon, Sumter | 30 min |
| Jun 17, 2:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken | 31 min |
| Jun 17, 3:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Edgefield, McCormick | 29 min |
| Jun 17, 3:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell | 43 min |
| Jun 17, 3:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Bamberg, Barnwell, Orangeburg | 52 min |
| Jun 17, 5:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken, Edgefield, McCormick | 34 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.