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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 77, NWS Columbia, SC

July 5, 20167 counties in South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2016, 5:45 PM EDT for 7 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 75 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, 5:45 PM EDT (21:45 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 2016, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
75 min
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Calhoun County, SC, Chesterfield County, SC, Clarendon County, SC, Kershaw County, SC, Lee County, SC, Richland County, SC, Sumter County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:48 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, 6:04 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 Sse Rembert, SCSC HIGHWAY PATROL REPORTS TREES DOWN ON US 521 JUST OUTSIDE OF REMBERT. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
Jul 5, 6:48 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG5 S Cheraw, SCCHESTERFIELD DISPATCH REPORTED A TREE BLOCKING THE ROADWAY AT HWY 52 AND NEW ZION CHURCH 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, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 151 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.

017 
WUUS52 KCAE 052145
SVRCAE
SCC017-025-027-055-061-079-085-052300-
/O.NEW.KCAE.SV.W.0077.160705T2145Z-160705T2300Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN KERSHAW COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
  EAST CENTRAL CALHOUN COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
  SOUTHEASTERN RICHLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
  CHESTERFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
  LEE COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
  CLARENDON COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
  SUMTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 700 PM EDT

* AT 542 PM EDT...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 
  LANCASTER COUNTY SOUTHWARD THROUGH KERSHAW...LOWER
  RICHLAND AND CALHOUN 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...
  SUMTER...CHERAW...MANNING...BISHOPVILLE...SOUTH SUMTER...PAGELAND...ST.
  MATTHEWS...CHESTERFIELD...EASTOVER...MILLWOOD...OAKLAND...MULBERRY...
  WALLACE...MCBEE...TURBEVILLE...JEFFERSON...MAYESVILLE...SOCIETY HILL...
  PINEWOOD AND LYNCHBURG.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3453 7983 3449 7990 3449 8005 3437 8029
      3432 8024 3437 8018 3423 8011 3415 8015
      3399 7989 3395 7998 3388 7994 3388 7988
      3377 7999 3362 8003 3361 8081 3433 8049
      3461 8041 3481 8042 3481 7994 3462 7978
TIME...MOT...LOC 2142Z 256DEG 48KT 3481 8054 3368 8078 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$
1 follow-up statement
486 
WWUS52 KCAE 052241
SVSCAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
641 PM EDT TUE JUL 5 2016

SCC017-055-079-052246-
/O.CAN.KCAE.SV.W.0077.000000T0000Z-160705T2300Z/
KERSHAW SC-CALHOUN SC-RICHLAND SC-
641 PM EDT TUE JUL 5 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN KERSHAW...EAST CENTRAL
CALHOUN AND SOUTHEASTERN RICHLAND COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED EAST OF THE AREA.

LAT...LON 3449 7990 3449 8005 3443 8018 3432 8017
      3423 8011 3415 8015 3399 7989 3395 7998
      3388 7988 3377 7999 3362 8004 3361 8052
      3367 8056 3386 8038 3434 8027 3437 8018
      3439 8026 3481 8021 3481 7994 3462 7978
TIME...MOT...LOC 2236Z 256DEG 48KT 3496 7979 3383 8004 

$$

SCC025-027-061-085-052300-
/O.CON.KCAE.SV.W.0077.000000T0000Z-160705T2300Z/
CHESTERFIELD SC-LEE SC-CLARENDON SC-SUMTER SC-
641 PM EDT TUE JUL 5 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT
FOR CHESTERFIELD...LEE...CLARENDON AND CENTRAL SUMTER COUNTIES...

AT 636 PM EDT...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM CENTRAL
CHESTERFIELD COUNTY SOUTHWARD THROUGH LEE COUNTY...EASTERN
SUMTER COUNTY...AND WESTERN CLARENDON COUNTY. MOVEMENT
WAS EASTWARD NEAR 35 MPH. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE 
LINE 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...
SUMTER...CHERAW...MANNING...BISHOPVILLE...SOUTH SUMTER...CHESTERFIELD...
SUMMERTON...CLYDE...MULBERRY...WALLACE...MCBEE...TURBEVILLE...MAYESVILLE...
PINEWOOD...LYNCHBURG...RUBY...PATRICK...PAXVILLE...MCFARLAN AND SHILOH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3449 7990 3449 8005 3443 8018 3432 8017
      3423 8011 3415 8015 3399 7989 3395 7998
      3388 7988 3377 7999 3362 8004 3361 8052
      3367 8056 3386 8038 3434 8027 3437 8018
      3439 8026 3481 8021 3481 7994 3462 7978
TIME...MOT...LOC 2236Z 256DEG 48KT 3496 7979 3383 8004 

<.75IN
<50MPH
 
$$

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, 5:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEBamberg, Barnwell, Orangeburg57 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.