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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Columbia, SC

June 17, 2016Aiken County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2016, 2:59 PM EDT for Aiken County, South Carolina. It was in force for 31 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, 2:59 PM EDT (18:59 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 2016, 3:30 PM EDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Aiken County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:01 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, 3:15 PM EDTNON-TSTM WND GST 458 Nne Aiken, SCAWOS STATION AIKEN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT /AIK/.

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

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 17, 1:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 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-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°0°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.

927 
WUUS52 KCAE 171859
SVRCAE
SCC003-171930-
/O.NEW.KCAE.SV.W.0056.160617T1859Z-160617T1930Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN AIKEN COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 330 PM EDT

* AT 259 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTH OF
  AIKEN...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
  NORTHERN AIKEN COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3376 8172 3374 8141 3373 8140 3373 8136
      3372 8136 3357 8148 3366 8185
TIME...MOT...LOC 1859Z 282DEG 33KT 3368 8172 

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

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, 1:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEFairfield, Newberry39 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, 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.