Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 24, 2016, 5:37 AM EST for Aiken County, Edgefield County, South Carolina; Columbia County, Georgia. It was in force for 53 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
- Feb 24, 2016, 5:37 AM EST (10:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2016, 6:30 AM EST
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Columbia County, GA, Aiken County, SC, Edgefield County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:37 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 6:09 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ssw Edgefield, SC | EDGEFIELD COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN AND AROUND THE TOWN OF EDGEFIELD. STREETS INCLUDE SWEETWATER RD OLD CHAPPELL FERRY RD AND WALKER RD. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
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 00:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 195 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.
223
WUUS52 KCAE 241037
SVRCAE
GAC073-SCC003-037-241130-
/O.NEW.KCAE.SV.W.0006.160224T1037Z-160224T1130Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
537 AM EST WED FEB 24 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL COLUMBIA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
CENTRAL EDGEFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
NORTHWESTERN AIKEN COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 630 AM EST
* AT 535 AM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LIKELY SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THE STORM
WAS IN THE AUGUSTA AREA AND MOVING NORTHEAST NEAR 40 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
AIKEN...NORTH AUGUSTA...EVANS...CLEARWATER...BELVEDERE...
MARTINEZ...EDGEFIELD...GLOVERVILLE...BURNETTOWN...AND TRENTON.
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 3360 8211 3364 8210 3391 8193 3353 8150
3335 8194 3337 8195 3338 8193 3341 8195
3341 8191 3343 8193 3344 8191 3347 8193
3349 8199 3351 8199 3355 8203 3348 8212
3352 8217
TIME...MOT...LOC 1035Z 222DEG 60KT 3349 8199
$$1 follow-up statement
220
WWUS52 KCAE 241052
SVSCAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
552 AM EST WED FEB 24 2016
GAC073-241059-
/O.CAN.KCAE.SV.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160224T1130Z/
COLUMBIA GA-
552 AM EST WED FEB 24 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL COLUMBIA COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED EAST OF
THE AREA.
LAT...LON 3360 8209 3364 8210 3391 8193 3353 8150
3335 8194 3337 8194 3338 8193 3341 8195
3341 8191 3343 8193 3344 8191 3347 8193
3349 8199 3351 8199 3355 8201 3357 8203
3360 8211
TIME...MOT...LOC 1049Z 222DEG 60KT 3367 8179
$$
SCC003-037-241130-
/O.CON.KCAE.SV.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160224T1130Z/
EDGEFIELD SC-AIKEN SC-
552 AM EST WED FEB 24 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 AM EST
FOR CENTRAL EDGEFIELD AND NORTHWESTERN AIKEN COUNTIES...
AT 549 AM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LIKELY SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
NEAR NORTH AUGUSTA MOVING NORTHEAST NEAR 40 MPH. THE STRONGEST
PART OF THE STORM WILL AFFECT THE AREA NEAR THE AIKEN AND EDGEFIELD
COUNTY LINE.
A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR USUALLY OFFERS THE BEST
PROTECTION FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
AIKEN...NORTH AUGUSTA...CLEARWATER...BELVEDERE...EDGEFIELD...
GLOVERVILLE...BURNETTOWN...TRENTON AND MURPHYS ESTATES.
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 3360 8209 3364 8210 3391 8193 3353 8150
3335 8194 3337 8194 3338 8193 3341 8195
3341 8191 3343 8193 3344 8191 3347 8193
3349 8199 3351 8199 3355 8201 3357 8203
3360 8211
TIME...MOT...LOC 1049Z 222DEG 60KT 3367 8179
$$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 | Aiken, Barnwell | 63 min |
| Feb 24, 6:34 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Barnwell | 26 min |
| Feb 24, 7:14 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Lexington | 31 min |
| Feb 24, 7:37 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Orangeburg | 23 min |
| Feb 24, 7:43 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Bamberg | 32 min |
| Feb 24, 9:39 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CAE | McCormick | 36 min |
| Feb 24, 10:30 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Saluda | 30 min |
| Feb 24, 10:57 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Newberry | 48 min |
| Feb 24, 10:59 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Edgefield | 46 min |
| Feb 24, 11:42 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Edgefield | 33 min |
| Feb 24, 11:53 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Saluda | 37 min |
| Feb 24, 12:17 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lancaster | 43 min |
| Feb 24, 1:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lancaster | 37 min |
| Feb 24, 2:35 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Lee | 25 min |
| Feb 24, 2:36 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Chesterfield | 24 min |
| Feb 24, 3:00 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Chesterfield | 30 min |
| Feb 24, 3:03 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CAE | Chesterfield | 42 min |
| Feb 24, 3:56 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Chesterfield | 19 min |
| Feb 24, 5:19 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Burke, Richmond | 56 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.