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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 47, NWS Columbia, SC

June 17, 2016Fairfield County, Newberry County, South Carolina

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.

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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 17, 1:30 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG15 E Whitmire, SCTREES 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 2016-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 666 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, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 2016-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 193 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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
 
$$

CJR
1 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 17, 12:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEFairfield51 min
Jun 17, 1:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEFairfield, Kershaw, Lee, Newberry, Richland, Sumter57 min
Jun 17, 1:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEKershaw, Lee, Sumter50 min
Jun 17, 1:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAELexington, Richland44 min
Jun 17, 1:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEFairfield, Kershaw, Richland, Sumter47 min
Jun 17, 2:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAECalhoun, Clarendon, Kershaw, Richland, Sumter38 min
Jun 17, 2:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEClarendon, Lee, Sumter60 min
Jun 17, 2:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEAiken, Edgefield53 min
Jun 17, 2:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEAiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Clarendon, Lexington and 2 more62 min
Jun 17, 2:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAECalhoun, Clarendon, Sumter30 min
Jun 17, 2:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEAiken31 min
Jun 17, 3:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEEdgefield, McCormick29 min
Jun 17, 3:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEAiken, Bamberg, Barnwell43 min
Jun 17, 3:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEBamberg, Barnwell, Orangeburg52 min
Jun 17, 5:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEAiken, Edgefield, McCormick34 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.