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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Columbia, SC

July 6, 2016Lincoln County, Georgia; Edgefield County, McCormick County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2016, 2:12 PM EDT for Lincoln County, Georgia; Edgefield County, McCormick County, South Carolina. It was in force for 33 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 6, 2016, 2:12 PM EDT (18:12 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 2016, 2:45 PM EDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Lincoln County, GA, Edgefield County, SC, McCormick County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 6, 1:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 214 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2016-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1847 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2016-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 131 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1847 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
741 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
131 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
150 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

577 
WUUS52 KCAE 061812
SVRCAE
GAC181-SCC037-065-061845-
/O.NEW.KCAE.SV.W.0082.160706T1812Z-160706T1845Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  WEST CENTRAL EDGEFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
  SOUTHEASTERN MCCORMICK COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 245 PM EDT

* AT 212 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES SOUTH OF
  MCCORMICK...OR 15 MILES NORTH OF EVANS...MOVING EASTWARD AT 30 MPH
  AND TOWARD THE MODOC AREA. 

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PARKSVILLE...MODOC AND CLARKS HILL. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3381 8230 3385 8213 3366 8209 3366 8218
      3369 8222 3369 8224 3368 8228 3370 8231
TIME...MOT...LOC 1812Z 264DEG 4KT 3373 8224 

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 WarningCAELincoln65 min
Jul 6, 2:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEColumbia, Lincoln, McDuffie57 min
Jul 6, 3:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEColumbia, Lincoln, McDuffie40 min
Jul 6, 3:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAERichmond50 min
Jul 6, 4:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEBurke52 min
Jul 6, 1:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAESaluda57 min
Jul 6, 2:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEEdgefield60 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, 3:21 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, 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, 4:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEClarendon61 min
Jul 6, 4:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEClarendon, Sumter23 min
Jul 6, 5:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEClarendon30 min

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.