Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 90, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2016, 3:36 PM EDT for Fairfield County, South Carolina. It was in force for 54 min. 3 reports 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, 3:36 PM EDT (19:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2016, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Fairfield County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:38 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, 4:00 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Nnw Winnsboro, SC | TREES DOWN ON HWY 321 BYPASS. |
| Jul 6, 4:09 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 10 Nne Winnsboro, SC | TREES DOWN ON HWY 200. |
| Jul 6, 4:29 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Wnw Ridgeway, SC | TREES DOWN ON VAN EXEM ROAD. |
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, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 208 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
086
WUUS52 KCAE 061936
SVRCAE
SCC039-062030-
/O.NEW.KCAE.SV.W.0090.160706T1936Z-160706T2030Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
336 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
FAIRFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 430 PM EDT
* AT 335 PM EDT...THUNDERSTORM WERE MOVING INTO WESTERN
FAIRFIELD COUNTY FROM THE WEST. MOVEMENT WAS EASTWARD
NEAR 30 MPH. SOME OF THE STORMS 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.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WINNSBORO...RIDGEWAY...BLAIR...AND BLACKSTOCK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3454 8094 3428 8097 3433 8137 3445 8142
3448 8142 3454 8143 3457 8142
TIME...MOT...LOC 1935Z 264DEG 32KT 3444 8134
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
876
WWUS52 KCAE 062026
SVSCAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
426 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2016
SCC039-062035-
/O.EXP.KCAE.SV.W.0090.000000T0000Z-160706T2030Z/
FAIRFIELD SC-
426 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR FAIRFIELD COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 430 PM EDT...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING
FOR FAIRFIELD COUNTY HAS WEAKENED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR
CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3454 8094 3428 8097 3433 8137 3445 8142
3448 8142 3454 8143 3457 8142
TIME...MOT...LOC 2017Z 264DEG 32KT 3444 8134
$$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 | Newberry | 55 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, 3:40 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.