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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 84, NWS Columbia, SC

July 6, 2016Edgefield County, Saluda County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2016, 2:40 PM EDT for Edgefield County, Saluda County, South Carolina. It was in force for 35 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, 2:40 PM EDT (18:40 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 2016, 3:15 PM EDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Edgefield County, SC, Saluda County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:41 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

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 210 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.

628 
WUUS52 KCAE 061840
SVRCAE
SCC037-081-061915-
/O.NEW.KCAE.SV.W.0084.160706T1840Z-160706T1915Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
240 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...
  NORTH CENTRAL EDGEFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 315 PM EDT

* AT 239 PM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE COVERING MUCH OF SOUTHWEST
  SALUDA COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS EASTWARD NEAR 35 MPH. 
  SOME OF THE STORMS LIKELY CONTAINED WIND   GUSTS OR 40 TO 60 MPH. 

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SALUDA...RIDGE SPRING AND WARD. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3407 8193 3409 8192 3406 8159 3383 8166
      3390 8196
TIME...MOT...LOC 1839Z 255DEG 15KT 3396 8182 

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, 1:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAESaluda57 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, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.