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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Columbia, SC

July 5, 2016Bamberg County, Barnwell County, Orangeburg County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2016, 5:33 PM EDT for Bamberg County, Barnwell County, Orangeburg County, South Carolina. It was in force for 57 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, 5:33 PM EDT (21:33 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 2016, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Bamberg County, SC, Barnwell County, SC, Orangeburg County, SC

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:36 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
Jul 5, 5:43 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG4 Nne Snelling, SCBARNWELL DISPATCH REPORTED TREES DOWN ON PIONEER RD. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
Jul 5, 6:16 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG5 Se Cope, SCORANGEBURG DISPATCH REPORTED TREES DOWN ON EMBER RD.

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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 116 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 2016-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 576 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 2016-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -12 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
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

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The text

As transmitted.

612 
WUUS52 KCAE 052133
SVRCAE
SCC009-011-075-052230-
/O.NEW.KCAE.SV.W.0076.160705T2133Z-160705T2230Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
533 PM EDT TUE JUL 5 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN ORANGEBURG COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
  EASTERN BARNWELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
  BAMBERG COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT

* AT 531 PM EDT...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM
  WESTERN ORANGEBURG COUNTY SOUTHWARD INTO SOUTHWEST
  BARNWELL COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 35 MPH.
  SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN THE LINE 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...
  ORANGEBURG...BARNWELL...BAMBERG...DENMARK...WILLISTON...BLACKVILLE...
  EHRHARDT...SPRINGFIELD...HILDA...NEESES...NORWAY...SNELLING...OLAR...
  KLINE...ELKO...CORDOVA...LIVINGSTON...COPE...GOVAN AND WILKINSON
  HEIGHTS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3312 8119 3311 8136 3313 8144 3341 8148
      3356 8120 3354 8095 3348 8080 3308 8098
      3303 8108
TIME...MOT...LOC 2131Z 293DEG 21KT 3353 8118 3314 8157 

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

The office that day

Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 5, 3:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEMcCormick51 min
Jul 5, 4:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEEdgefield, Newberry, Saluda57 min
Jul 5, 4:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEAiken, Edgefield, McCormick, Saluda50 min
Jul 5, 4:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEAiken, Lexington37 min
Jul 5, 4:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEEdgefield37 min
Jul 5, 5:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEAiken, Calhoun, Chesterfield, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lancaster and 4 more55 min
Jul 5, 5:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEAiken, Barnwell, Edgefield, McCormick, Saluda62 min
Jul 5, 5:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAECalhoun, Chesterfield, Clarendon, Kershaw, Lee, Richland and 1 more75 min
Jul 5, 6:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEBamberg, Calhoun, Clarendon, Orangeburg55 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.