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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 93, NWS Columbia, SC

July 6, 2016Clarendon County, Sumter County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2016, 4:52 PM EDT for Clarendon County, Sumter County, South Carolina. It was in force for 23 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, 4:52 PM EDT (20:52 UTC)
Expired: Jul 6, 2016, 5:15 PM EDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Columbia, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Clarendon County, SC, Sumter County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:56 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 6, 5:12 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	10 S Turbeville, SC	CLARENDON DISPATCH REPORTED TREES DOWN ON SUBDIVISION 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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 110 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.

188 
WUUS52 KCAE 062052
SVRCAE
SCC027-085-062115-
/O.NEW.KCAE.SV.W.0093.160706T2052Z-160706T2115Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN CLARENDON COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
  EAST CENTRAL SUMTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 515 PM EDT

* AT 451 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHEAST
  OF MANNING NEAR THE SUMTER AND CLARENDON COUNTY LINE...MOVING EAST
  NORTHEAST NEAR 35 MPH.  

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MANNING...TURBEVILLE...PAXVILLE...PRIVATEER...CENTRAL CROSSROADS...
  SHILOH AND LAKEWOOD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3395 7998 3389 7995 3388 7994 3389 7991
      3381 7993 3381 7995 3377 7999 3372 7998
      3369 8033 3381 8042 3401 8005 3401 8003
      3404 7999 3399 7990 3398 7990
TIME...MOT...LOC 2051Z 263DEG 39KT 3381 8016 

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

1 follow-up statement

940 
WWUS52 KCAE 062106
SVSCAE

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

SCC027-085-062115-
/O.CON.KCAE.SV.W.0093.000000T0000Z-160706T2115Z/
CLARENDON SC-SUMTER SC-
506 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN CLARENDON AND EAST CENTRAL SUMTER COUNTIES...

AT 504 PM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED ALONG INTERSTATE 95 FROM
AROUND TURBEVILLE SOUTHWARD TO NORTH OF MANNING. MOVEMENT
WAS EASTWARD NEAR 30 MPH. THE STORMS LIKELY CONTAINED WIND
GUSTS OF 40 TO 60 MPH AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TURBEVILLE...CENTRAL CROSSROADS AND SHILOH. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3395 7998 3389 7995 3388 7994 3389 7991
      3381 7993 3381 7995 3377 7999 3372 7998
      3369 8033 3400 8002 3404 7999 3399 7990
      3398 7990
TIME...MOT...LOC 2104Z 263DEG 39KT 3383 7999 

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	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, 4:15 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, 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.