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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 91, NWS Columbia, SC

July 6, 20165 counties in South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2016, 4:15 PM EDT for 5 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 60 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, 4:15 PM EDT (20:15 UTC)
Expired: Jul 6, 2016, 5:15 PM EDT
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Columbia, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Calhoun County, SC, Clarendon County, SC, Orangeburg County, SC, Richland County, SC, Sumter County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:17 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, 4:40 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 Sse Saint Matthews, SC	CALHOUN COUNTY HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT REPORTED LARGE TREE LIMBS BLOCKING ONE LANE OF COUNTRY CLUB 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 102 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.

807 
WUUS52 KCAE 062015
SVRCAE
SCC017-027-075-079-085-062115-
/O.NEW.KCAE.SV.W.0091.160706T2015Z-160706T2115Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL ORANGEBURG COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
  CALHOUN COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
  SOUTHEASTERN RICHLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
  WEST CENTRAL CLARENDON COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
  SOUTHWESTERN SUMTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 515 PM EDT

* AT 414 PM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM NEAR EASTOVER TO 11 MILES WEST OF ORANGEBURG...MOVING
  EAST AT 30 MPH. 

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ST. MATTHEWS...ELLOREE...PINEWOOD...CAMERON...
  NEESES...AND PAXVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3373 8028 3340 8077 3351 8116 3386 8067
TIME...MOT...LOC 2014Z 262DEG 32KT 3380 8068 3352 8107 

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

1 follow-up statement

993 
WWUS52 KCAE 062110 RRA
SVSCAE

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

SCC017-027-075-079-085-062120-
/O.EXP.KCAE.SV.W.0091.000000T0000Z-160706T2115Z/
ORANGEBURG SC-CALHOUN SC-RICHLAND SC-CLARENDON SC-SUMTER SC-
510 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL ORANGEBURG...
CALHOUN...SOUTHEASTERN RICHLAND...WEST CENTRAL CLARENDON AND
SOUTHWESTERN SUMTER COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 515 PM EDT...
    
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

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

LAT...LON 3373 8028 3340 8077 3351 8116 3386 8067
TIME...MOT...LOC 2107Z 262DEG 32KT 3380 8068 3352 8107 

$$

FWA

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, 3:36 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, 4:23 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

Nearby

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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.