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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS Columbia, SC

July 6, 2016Saluda County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2016, 1:48 PM EDT for Saluda 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 6, 2016, 1:48 PM EDT (17:48 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 2016, 2:45 PM EDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Saluda County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:51 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 6, 1:53 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 Nw Saluda, SCSALUDA DISPATCH REPORTED TREES ON POWER LINES ON HWY 178 NEAR SALUDA.
Jul 6, 1:57 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 Ene Saluda, SCSALUDA DISPATCH REPORTED A TREE FELL ON A RESIDENCE AND DESTROYED THE HOME ON GRAHAM STREET IN SALUDA.

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, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 203 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 2016-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 835 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 2016-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -28 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
835 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-109 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1165 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-27 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

403 
WUUS52 KCAE 061748
SVRCAE
SCC081-061845-
/O.NEW.KCAE.SV.W.0080.160706T1748Z-160706T1845Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
148 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL SALUDA COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 245 PM EDT

* AT 148 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER SALUDA...OR 15
  MILES NORTHWEST OF BATESBURG...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SALUDA AND MONETTA. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3396 8189 3406 8187 3409 8155 3385 8161
TIME...MOT...LOC 1748Z 273DEG 20KT 3401 8179 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
2 follow-up statements
437 
WWUS52 KCAE 061804
SVSCAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
204 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2016

SCC081-061845-
/O.CON.KCAE.SV.W.0080.000000T0000Z-160706T1845Z/
SALUDA SC-
204 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL SALUDA COUNTY...

AT 202 PM EDT...A LIKELY SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED JUST EAST OF 
SALUDA...OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF BATESBURG...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SALUDA AND MONETTA. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3395 8180 3406 8178 3409 8155 3385 8161
TIME...MOT...LOC 1802Z 273DEG 20KT 3401 8169 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
056 
WWUS52 KCAE 061822
SVSCAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
222 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2016

SCC081-061845-
/O.CON.KCAE.SV.W.0080.000000T0000Z-160706T1845Z/
SALUDA SC-
222 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN SALUDA COUNTY...

AT 221 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BATESBURG-
LEESVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MONETTA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3395 8180 3397 8179 3400 8157 3385 8161
TIME...MOT...LOC 1821Z 273DEG 20KT 3400 8156 

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 6, 1:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEMcCormick65 min
Jul 6, 2:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEEdgefield60 min
Jul 6, 2:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEEdgefield, McCormick33 min
Jul 6, 2:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEAiken, Lexington, Saluda58 min
Jul 6, 2:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEEdgefield, Saluda35 min
Jul 6, 3:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAENewberry55 min
Jul 6, 3:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEMcCormick40 min
Jul 6, 3:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAECalhoun, Lexington, Richland54 min
Jul 6, 3:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEFairfield, Lexington, Newberry, Richland20 min
Jul 6, 3:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEFairfield54 min
Jul 6, 3:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEAiken, Edgefield50 min
Jul 6, 4:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEBamberg, Barnwell, Orangeburg42 min
Jul 6, 4:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAECalhoun, Sumter51 min
Jul 6, 4:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAECalhoun, Clarendon, Orangeburg, Richland, Sumter60 min
Jul 6, 4:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEKershaw52 min
Jul 6, 4:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEBamberg, Barnwell, Orangeburg52 min
Jul 6, 4:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEClarendon61 min
Jul 6, 4:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEClarendon, Sumter23 min
Jul 6, 5:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEClarendon30 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.