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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 86, NWS Columbia, SC

July 6, 2016Newberry County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2016, 3:05 PM EDT for Newberry County, South Carolina. It was in force for 55 min. 1 report 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, 3:05 PM EDT (19:05 UTC)
Expired: Jul 6, 2016, 4:00 PM EDT
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS Columbia, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Newberry County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 6, 3:25 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Ssw Prosperity, SC	SC DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS REPORTED TREES DOWN AT MORRIS RD. AND STONEY HILL RD.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 6, 1:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 220 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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.

288 
WUUS52 KCAE 061905
SVRCAE
SCC071-062000-
/O.NEW.KCAE.SV.W.0086.160706T1905Z-160706T2000Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 400 PM EDT

* AT 303 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST NORTHWEST OF JALAPA
  IN NEWBERRY COUNTY...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  NEWBERRY...PROSPERITY AND KINARDS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3445 8142 3438 8139 3415 8154 3433 8182
      3446 8169 3446 8155 3445 8155 3445 8154
      3447 8151 3447 8142
TIME...MOT...LOC 1903Z 265DEG 22KT 3438 8165 

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

2 follow-up statements

592 
WWUS52 KCAE 061917
SVSCAE

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

SCC071-062000-
/O.CON.KCAE.SV.W.0086.000000T0000Z-160706T2000Z/
NEWBERRY SC-
317 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL NEWBERRY COUNTY...

AT 315 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS IN NORTHWEST NEWBERRY
COUNTY NEAR BRICK HOUSE MOVING EASTWARD NEAR 30 MPH AND TOWARD THE
AREA BETWEEN NEWBERRY AND WHITMIRE.

HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO MOBILE 
         HOMES...ROOFS...AND OUTBUILDINGS. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
AREA BETWEEN NEWBERRY AND WHITMIRE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3445 8142 3438 8139 3415 8154 3435 8180
      3446 8169 3446 8155 3445 8155 3445 8154
      3447 8151 3447 8142
TIME...MOT...LOC 1915Z 265DEG 22KT 3439 8156 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

465 
WWUS52 KCAE 061941
SVSCAE

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

SCC071-062000-
/O.CON.KCAE.SV.W.0086.000000T0000Z-160706T2000Z/
NEWBERRY SC-
341 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN NEWBERRY COUNTY...

AT 340 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR
THE FAIRFIELD AND NEWBERRY COUNTY LINE NEAR BLAIR...MOVING
EAST NEAR 25 MPH. 

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHEASTERN NEWBERRY COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3445 8142 3437 8140 3427 8146 3427 8151
      3435 8153 3446 8156 3446 8155 3445 8155
      3445 8154 3447 8151 3447 8142
TIME...MOT...LOC 1940Z 265DEG 22KT 3440 8138 

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

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 6, 1:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	McCormick	65 min
Jul 6, 1:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Saluda	57 min
Jul 6, 2:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Edgefield	60 min
Jul 6, 2:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Edgefield, McCormick	33 min
Jul 6, 2:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Aiken, Lexington, Saluda	58 min
Jul 6, 2:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Edgefield, Saluda	35 min
Jul 6, 3:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	McCormick	40 min
Jul 6, 3:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Calhoun, Lexington, Richland	54 min
Jul 6, 3:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Fairfield, Lexington, Newberry, Richland	20 min
Jul 6, 3:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Fairfield	54 min
Jul 6, 3:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Aiken, Edgefield	50 min
Jul 6, 4:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Bamberg, Barnwell, Orangeburg	42 min
Jul 6, 4:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Calhoun, Sumter	51 min
Jul 6, 4:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Calhoun, Clarendon, Orangeburg, Richland, Sumter	60 min
Jul 6, 4:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Kershaw	52 min
Jul 6, 4:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Bamberg, Barnwell, Orangeburg	52 min
Jul 6, 4:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Clarendon	61 min
Jul 6, 4:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Clarendon, Sumter	23 min
Jul 6, 5:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Clarendon	30 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.