Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 74, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2016, 5:05 PM EDT for 10 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 55 min. 2 reports 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
- Jul 5, 2016, 5:05 PM EDT (21:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2016, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Aiken County, SC, Calhoun County, SC, Chesterfield County, SC, Fairfield County, SC, Kershaw County, SC, Lancaster County, SC, Lexington County, SC, Orangeburg County, SC, Richland County, SC, Sumter County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:07 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 5:08 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ene Irmo, SC | SC HIGHWAY PATROL REPORTS TREES DOWN ON STAMPORT CIRCLE AT RIVERWALK WAY. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. |
| Jul 5, 5:28 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Ssw Fort Jackson, SC | SC HIGHWAY PATROL REPORTED A TREE IN THE ROADWAY AT CAUGHMAN ROAD AND BENSON 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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 185 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
- 576 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -110 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1134 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
316
WUUS52 KCAE 052105
SVRCAE
SCC003-017-025-039-055-057-063-075-079-085-052200-
/O.NEW.KCAE.SV.W.0074.160705T2105Z-160705T2200Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
505 PM EDT TUE JUL 5 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
KERSHAW COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
NORTHWESTERN ORANGEBURG COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
LANCASTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
NORTHWESTERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
RICHLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
NORTHWESTERN CHESTERFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
EASTERN FAIRFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
LEXINGTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
NORTHEASTERN AIKEN COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
NORTHWESTERN SUMTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 600 PM EDT
* AT 504 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF WINNSBORO TO 15 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF BATESBURG-LEESVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 75 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COLUMBIA...LEXINGTON...WEST COLUMBIA...ORANGEBURG...CAYCE...IRMO...FOREST
ACRES...LANCASTER...CAMDEN...WINNSBORO...SPRINGDALE...ST. ANDREWS...
DENTSVILLE...OAK GROVE...WOODFIELDS...RED BANK...BROOKDALE...PAGELAND...
SOUTH CONGAREE AND PINE RIDGE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3478 8019 3347 8086 3365 8150 3455 8100
3455 8087 3460 8089 3469 8086 3475 8088
TIME...MOT...LOC 2104Z 244DEG 66KT 3443 8096 3371 8142
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$2 follow-up statements
666
WWUS52 KCAE 052117
SVSCAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
517 PM EDT TUE JUL 5 2016
SCC003-017-025-039-055-057-063-075-079-085-052200-
/O.CON.KCAE.SV.W.0074.000000T0000Z-160705T2200Z/
KERSHAW SC-ORANGEBURG SC-LANCASTER SC-CALHOUN SC-RICHLAND SC-
CHESTERFIELD SC-FAIRFIELD SC-LEXINGTON SC-AIKEN SC-SUMTER SC-
517 PM EDT TUE JUL 5 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT
FOR KERSHAW...NORTHWESTERN ORANGEBURG...LANCASTER...NORTHWESTERN
CALHOUN...RICHLAND...NORTHWESTERN CHESTERFIELD...EASTERN FAIRFIELD...
SOUTHEASTERN LEXINGTON...EAST CENTRAL AIKEN AND NORTHWESTERN SUMTER
COUNTIES...
AT 515 PM EDT...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM LANCASTER
COUNTY SOUTHWARD THROUGH COLUMBIA AND SWANSEA. MOVEMENT WAS
EAST NORTHEASTWARD NEAR 35 MPH. SOME OF THE STORMS LIKELY CONTAINED
WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 60 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COLUMBIA...ORANGEBURG...CAYCE...FOREST ACRES...LANCASTER...
CAMDEN...SPRINGDALE...ST. ANDREWS...DENTSVILLE...OAK GROVE...WOODFIELDS...
BROOKDALE...PAGELAND...SOUTH CONGAREE...PINE RIDGE...ST. MATTHEWS...
KERSHAW...GASTON AND ELGIN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3478 8019 3347 8086 3362 8136 3444 8091
3455 8087 3460 8089 3469 8086 3475 8088
TIME...MOT...LOC 2115Z 270DEG 66KT 3446 8088 3374 8134
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$971
WWUS52 KCAE 052151
SVSCAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
551 PM EDT TUE JUL 5 2016
SCC003-039-063-052159-
/O.CAN.KCAE.SV.W.0074.000000T0000Z-160705T2200Z/
FAIRFIELD SC-LEXINGTON SC-AIKEN SC-
551 PM EDT TUE JUL 5 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN FAIRFIELD...
SOUTHEASTERN LEXINGTON AND EAST CENTRAL AIKEN COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED EAST OF THE
AREA.
LAT...LON 3478 8019 3347 8086 3354 8102 3437 8070
3475 8058
TIME...MOT...LOC 2149Z 244DEG 66KT 3469 8030 3397 8077
$$
SCC017-025-055-057-075-079-085-052200-
/O.CON.KCAE.SV.W.0074.000000T0000Z-160705T2200Z/
KERSHAW SC-ORANGEBURG SC-LANCASTER SC-CALHOUN SC-RICHLAND SC-
CHESTERFIELD SC-SUMTER SC-
551 PM EDT TUE JUL 5 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT
FOR KERSHAW...NORTH CENTRAL ORANGEBURG...SOUTHEASTERN LANCASTER...
NORTHWESTERN CALHOUN...SOUTHEASTERN RICHLAND...NORTHWESTERN
CHESTERFIELD AND NORTHWESTERN SUMTER COUNTIES...
AT 549 PM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM LANCASTER COUNTY
SOUTHWARD INTO LOWER RICHLAND COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS EASTWARD
NEAR 35 MPH. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINED WIND GUSTS
OF 40 TO 60 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ORANGEBURG...CAMDEN...BROOKDALE...PAGELAND...ST. MATTHEWS...KERSHAW...
EASTOVER...LUGOFF...JEFFERSON...MOUNT CROGHAN...REMBERT AND EDISTO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3478 8019 3347 8086 3354 8102 3437 8070
3475 8058
TIME...MOT...LOC 2149Z 244DEG 66KT 3469 8030 3397 8077
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 3:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | McCormick | 51 min |
| Jul 5, 4:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Edgefield, Newberry, Saluda | 57 min |
| Jul 5, 4:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Aiken, Edgefield, McCormick, Saluda | 50 min |
| Jul 5, 4:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Aiken, Lexington | 37 min |
| Jul 5, 4:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Edgefield | 37 min |
| Jul 5, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken, Barnwell, Edgefield, McCormick, Saluda | 62 min |
| Jul 5, 5:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Bamberg, Barnwell, Orangeburg | 57 min |
| Jul 5, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Calhoun, Chesterfield, Clarendon, Kershaw, Lee, Richland and 1 more | 75 min |
| Jul 5, 6:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Bamberg, Calhoun, Clarendon, Orangeburg | 55 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.