Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 75, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2016, 5:13 PM EDT for 5 counties in South Carolina; Burke County, Columbia County, Richmond County, Georgia. It was in force for 62 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, 5:13 PM EDT (21:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2016, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Burke County, GA, Columbia County, GA, Richmond County, GA, Aiken County, SC, Barnwell County, SC, Edgefield County, SC, McCormick County, SC, Saluda County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 5:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 N Evans, GA | COLUMBIA COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED TREES DOWN AT MEADOW LN AND HEREFORD FARM RD. |
| Jul 5, 5:45 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Nw Girard, GA | TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN AT CLAXTON ROAD, BUCK LANE AND CREEK ROAD IN THE GIRARD AREA. |
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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 181 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.
328
WUUS52 KCAE 052113
SVRCAE
GAC033-073-245-SCC003-011-037-065-081-052215-
/O.NEW.KCAE.SV.W.0075.160705T2113Z-160705T2215Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
513 PM EDT TUE JUL 5 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EASTERN COLUMBIA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
BURKE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
RICHMOND COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
SOUTHWESTERN SALUDA COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
WESTERN BARNWELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
EDGEFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHEASTERN MCCORMICK COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
AIKEN COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 615 PM EDT
* AT 511 PM EDT...AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM AROUND
EVANS IN COLUMBIA COUNTY SOUTHWARD THROUGH WESTERN BURKE COUNTY.
MOVEMENT WAS EAST-NORTHEAST 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...
AIKEN...NORTH AUGUSTA...GROVETOWN...EVANS...WAYNESBORO...BELVEDERE...
AUGUSTA...FORT GORDON...MARTINEZ...CLEARWATER...SAVANNAH RIVER SITE...
EDGEFIELD...HEPHZIBAH...JOHNSTON...NEW ELLENTON...JACKSON...SARDIS...
GLOVERVILLE...BURNETTOWN AND SNELLING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3329 8216 3368 8228 3369 8222 3372 8224
3398 8185 3344 8149 3312 8140 3316 8154
3310 8162 3304 8156 3298 8164 3292 8212
TIME...MOT...LOC 2111Z 247DEG 40KT 3367 8223 3331 8198 3298 8198
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
352
WWUS52 KCAE 052148
SVSCAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
548 PM EDT TUE JUL 5 2016
GAC073-245-SCC003-037-065-081-052156-
/O.CAN.KCAE.SV.W.0075.000000T0000Z-160705T2215Z/
COLUMBIA GA-RICHMOND GA-SALUDA SC-EDGEFIELD SC-MCCORMICK SC-AIKEN SC-
548 PM EDT TUE JUL 5 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN COLUMBIA...RICHMOND...
SOUTHWESTERN SALUDA...EDGEFIELD...SOUTHEASTERN MCCORMICK AND AIKEN
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED EAST OF THE AREA.
LAT...LON 3309 8213 3321 8180 3321 8178 3322 8178
3320 8175 3323 8171 3324 8168 3332 8161
3341 8148 3312 8140 3316 8154 3310 8162
3304 8156 3298 8166 3292 8212
TIME...MOT...LOC 2146Z 270DEG 40KT 3379 8189 3343 8164 3310 8164
$$
GAC033-SCC011-052215-
/O.CON.KCAE.SV.W.0075.000000T0000Z-160705T2215Z/
BURKE GA-BARNWELL SC-
548 PM EDT TUE JUL 5 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL BURKE AND WESTERN BARNWELL COUNTIES...
AT 546 PM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS COVERED MUCH OF BURKE AND BARNWELL
COUNTIES. MOVEMENT WAS EASTWARD 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...
WAYNESBORO...SAVANNAH RIVER SITE...SARDIS...SNELLING AND GIRARD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3309 8213 3321 8180 3321 8178 3322 8178
3320 8175 3323 8171 3324 8168 3332 8161
3341 8148 3312 8140 3316 8154 3310 8162
3304 8156 3298 8166 3292 8212
TIME...MOT...LOC 2146Z 270DEG 40KT 3379 8189 3343 8164 3310 8164
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, 5:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken, Calhoun, Chesterfield, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lancaster and 4 more | 55 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 |
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.