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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 88, NWS Columbia, SC

July 6, 2016Calhoun County, Lexington County, Richland County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2016, 3:21 PM EDT for Calhoun County, Lexington County, Richland County, South Carolina. It was in force for 54 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, 3:21 PM EDT (19:21 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 2016, 4:15 PM EDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Calhoun County, SC, Lexington County, SC, Richland County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 4 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:22 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, 3:40 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG3 Ene Red Bank, SCLEXINGTON DISPATCH REPORTED TREES DOWN ON KITTI WAKE DR.

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.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 153 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°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.

668 
WUUS52 KCAE 061921
SVRCAE
SCC017-063-079-062015-
/O.NEW.KCAE.SV.W.0088.160706T1921Z-160706T2015Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
  CENTRAL RICHLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
  CENTRAL LEXINGTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 415 PM EDT

* AT 321 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES WEST OF IRMO TO 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  LEESVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  COLUMBIA...LEXINGTON...WEST COLUMBIA...CAYCE...IRMO...FOREST ACRES...
  SPRINGDALE...ST. ANDREWS...WOODFIELDS...RED BANK...DENTSVILLE...OAK
  GROVE...SOUTH CONGAREE...PINE RIDGE...GASTON...ARCADIA LAKES...
  WOODFIELD...FIVE POINTS...FORT JACKSON AND SWANSEA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3409 8088 3369 8085 3377 8138 3403 8141
TIME...MOT...LOC 1921Z 251DEG 19KT 3409 8139 3378 8137 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
2 follow-up statements
114 
WWUS52 KCAE 061945
SVSCAE

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

SCC017-063-079-062015-
/O.CON.KCAE.SV.W.0088.000000T0000Z-160706T2015Z/
CALHOUN SC-RICHLAND SC-LEXINGTON SC-
345 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN CALHOUN...CENTRAL RICHLAND AND SOUTHEASTERN
LEXINGTON COUNTIES...

AT 344 PM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM WEST COLUMBIA SOUTHWARD
TO SWANSEA. MOVEMENT WAS EASTWARD NEAR 30 MPH. SOME OF THE STORMS
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...
COLUMBIA...WEST COLUMBIA...CAYCE...IRMO...FOREST ACRES...SPRINGDALE...ST.
ANDREWS...WOODFIELDS...DENTSVILLE...OAK GROVE...SOUTH CONGAREE...PINE
RIDGE...GASTON...ARCADIA LAKES...WOODFIELD...FIVE POINTS...FORT JACKSON...
SWANSEA AND SEVEN OAKS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3409 8088 3369 8085 3375 8119 3405 8120
TIME...MOT...LOC 1944Z 251DEG 19KT 3412 8128 3381 8126 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
701 
WWUS52 KCAE 061957
SVSCAE

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

SCC079-062005-
/O.CAN.KCAE.SV.W.0088.000000T0000Z-160706T2015Z/
RICHLAND SC-
357 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL RICHLAND COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED. 

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR
CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.

LAT...LON 3369 8085 3373 8107 3373 8108 3381 8101
      3383 8091 3381 8091 3381 8087
TIME...MOT...LOC 1955Z 251DEG 19KT 3413 8125 3382 8123 

$$

SCC017-063-062015-
/O.CON.KCAE.SV.W.0088.000000T0000Z-160706T2015Z/
CALHOUN SC-LEXINGTON SC-
357 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN CALHOUN AND SOUTHEASTERN LEXINGTON COUNTIES...

AT 355 PM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN THE SANDY RAIN AREA OF
CALHOUN COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST NEAR 30 MPH. THE STORM
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. 

THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHWESTERN CALHOUN AND SOUTHEASTERN LEXINGTON COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3369 8085 3373 8107 3373 8108 3381 8101
      3383 8091 3381 8091 3381 8087
TIME...MOT...LOC 1955Z 251DEG 19KT 3413 8125 3382 8123 

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, 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, 3:30 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.