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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Columbia, SC

June 17, 20164 counties in South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2016, 1:43 PM EDT for 4 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 47 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, 1:43 PM EDT (17:43 UTC)
Expired: Jun 17, 2016, 2:30 PM EDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Columbia, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Fairfield County, SC, Kershaw County, SC, Richland County, SC, Sumter County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:45 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 17, 2:05 PM EDT	HAIL 1	2 Sse Lugoff, SC	REPORTED BY 28 OWS USAF WX FCSTR.

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, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 169 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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.

337 
WUUS52 KCAE 171743
SVRCAE
SCC039-055-079-085-171830-
/O.NEW.KCAE.SV.W.0050.160617T1743Z-160617T1830Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
143 PM EDT FRI JUN 17 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN KERSHAW COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
  NORTHERN RICHLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
  SOUTHEASTERN FAIRFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
  NORTHWESTERN SUMTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 230 PM EDT

* AT 143 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF
  LUGOFF...OR 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF DENTSVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
  30 MPH.

  HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE 
           TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO MOBILE HOMES...
           ROOFS...AND OUTBUILDINGS. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  COLUMBIA...IRMO...FOREST ACRES...WINNSBORO...WOODFIELDS...
  DENTSVILLE...ARCADIA LAKES...WOODFIELD...FORT JACKSON...LUGOFF...
  BLYTHEWOOD...RIDGEWAY...REMBERT AND WINNSBORO MILLS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3421 8130 3443 8107 3410 8049 3394 8066
      3411 8121
TIME...MOT...LOC 1743Z 317DEG 27KT 3420 8081 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

CJR

1 follow-up statement

798 
WWUS52 KCAE 171756
SVSCAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
156 PM EDT FRI JUN 17 2016

SCC039-055-079-085-171830-
/O.CON.KCAE.SV.W.0050.000000T0000Z-160617T1830Z/
KERSHAW SC-RICHLAND SC-FAIRFIELD SC-SUMTER SC-
156 PM EDT FRI JUN 17 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN KERSHAW...NORTHERN RICHLAND...SOUTHEASTERN FAIRFIELD
AND NORTHWESTERN SUMTER COUNTIES...

AT 156 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF
LUGOFF...OR 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CAMDEN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35
MPH.

HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE 
         TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO MOBILE HOMES...
         ROOFS...AND OUTBUILDINGS. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COLUMBIA...IRMO...FOREST ACRES...WINNSBORO...WOODFIELDS...
DENTSVILLE...ARCADIA LAKES...WOODFIELD...FORT JACKSON...LUGOFF...
BLYTHEWOOD...RIDGEWAY...REMBERT AND WINNSBORO MILLS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3421 8130 3443 8107 3410 8049 3394 8066
      3411 8121
TIME...MOT...LOC 1756Z 312DEG 31KT 3412 8072 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

CJR

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, 1:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Fairfield, Newberry	39 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, 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.