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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 24, 2016, 5:19 AM EST for Burke County, Richmond County, Georgia. It was in force for 56 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 24, 2016, 5:19 AM EST (10:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2016, 6:15 AM EST
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Burke County, GA, Richmond County, GA
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 188 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
- 11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -148 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 740 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
895
WUUS52 KCAE 241019
SVRCAE
GAC033-245-241115-
/O.NEW.KCAE.SV.W.0005.160224T1019Z-160224T1115Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
519 AM EST WED FEB 24 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
BURKE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
RICHMOND COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 615 AM EST
* AT 515 AM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM NEAR THE BURKE AND JEFFERSON COUNTY LINE NEAR
THE KEYSVILLE AND SAINT CLAIR AREA. MOVEMENT WAS
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NORTH AUGUSTA...WAYNESBORO...FORT GORDON...AUGUSTA...HEPHZIBAH...
BLYTHE...KEYSVILLE...GIRARD AND VIDETTE.
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 3308 8229 3323 8223 3331 8234 3354 8202
3341 8192 3341 8195 3338 8193 3337 8195
3334 8194 3335 8191 3330 8188 3331 8184
3330 8186 3326 8183 3325 8185 3321 8178
3322 8178 3316 8176 3305 8165 3290 8229
TIME...MOT...LOC 1015Z 239DEG 26KT 3298 8246
$$1 follow-up statement
018
WWUS52 KCAE 241044
SVSCAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
544 AM EST WED FEB 24 2016
GAC033-245-241115-
/O.CON.KCAE.SV.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160224T1115Z/
BURKE GA-RICHMOND GA-
544 AM EST WED FEB 24 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 AM EST
FOR BURKE AND RICHMOND COUNTIES...
AT 540 AM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LIKELY SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
IN THE AUGUSTA AREA WITH WINDS OF 40 TO 60 MPH. FARTHER SOUTH ACROSS
BURKE COUNTY THERE WERE NUMEROUS SHOWERS. MANY OF THESE SHOWERS LIKELY
CONTAINED WIND GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH...BUT SOME INTENSIFICATION MAY OCCUR
AND STRONGER GUSTS MAY DEVELOP. STORM MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR USUALLY OFFERS THE BEST
PROTECTION FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...
DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY
RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER
COVERS THE ROAD.
&&
LAT...LON 3308 8229 3323 8223 3331 8234 3354 8202
3341 8192 3341 8195 3338 8193 3337 8195
3334 8194 3335 8191 3330 8188 3331 8184
3330 8186 3326 8183 3325 8185 3321 8178
3322 8178 3316 8176 3305 8165 3290 8229
TIME...MOT...LOC 1040Z 239DEG 26KT 3307 8227
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 5:12 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Burke, Richmond | 63 min |
| Feb 24, 5:37 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Columbia | 53 min |
| Feb 24, 9:39 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Lincoln | 36 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.