Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Columbia, SC

Issued

Feb 24, 2016, 3:56 PM EST (20:56 UTC)

Expired

Feb 24, 2016, 4:15 PM EST

In force

19 min

Issued by

NWS Columbia, SC

Area

Storm-based polygon

County Chesterfield County, SC

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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991 
WUUS52 KCAE 242056
SVRCAE
SCC025-242115-
/O.NEW.KCAE.SV.W.0009.160224T2056Z-160224T2115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
356 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL CHESTERFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 415 PM EST

* AT 355 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM
  WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTH OF DOVESVILLE...OR 12 MILES SOUTH OF
  CHERAW...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SOCIETY HILL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS
NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF ONE IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO
A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...
DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION...MOVE TO
AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY
RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER
COVERS THE ROAD.

REPORT LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS OR FLOODING TO YOUR COUNTY
SHERIFF...ALSO USE WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/NWSCOLUMBIA AND EMAIL
CAEWX@NOAA.GOV TO RELAY SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS.
&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EST FOR CENTRAL SOUTH
CAROLINA.

LAT...LON 3460 7981 3453 7983 3453 7984 3449 7988
      3450 7992 3449 7997 3451 8000 3469 7987
      3466 7983 3465 7980 3464 7980 3461 7978
TIME...MOT...LOC 2055Z 215DEG 59KT 3452 7992 

$$
MANNING

715 
WWUS52 KCAE 242104
SVSCAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
404 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016

SCC025-242115-
/O.CON.KCAE.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160224T2115Z/
CHESTERFIELD SC-
404 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EST
FOR EAST CENTRAL CHESTERFIELD COUNTY...

AT 404 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR CHAVISTOWN...OR NEAR CHERAW...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70
MPH.

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EAST
CENTRAL CHESTERFIELD COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. ALTHOUGH A
TORNADO IS NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF ONE IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY
AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A
BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...
DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY
RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER
COVERS THE ROAD.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EST FOR CENTRAL SOUTH
CAROLINA.

LAT...LON 3460 7981 3458 7983 3457 7986 3457 7993
      3469 7987 3466 7983 3465 7980 3464 7980
      3461 7978
TIME...MOT...LOC 2104Z 215DEG 59KT 3465 7981 

$$
MANNING

686 
WWUS52 KCAE 242109
SVSCAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
409 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016

SCC025-242118-
/O.EXP.KCAE.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160224T2115Z/
CHESTERFIELD SC-
409 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL CHESTERFIELD
COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 415 PM EST...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING WAS MOVING OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 3460 7981 3458 7983 3457 7986 3457 7993
      3469 7987 3466 7983 3465 7980 3464 7980
      3461 7978
TIME...MOT...LOC 2106Z 215DEG 59KT 3465 7981 

$$
MANNING

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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.