Alert archive / South Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this tornado warning at Feb 3, 2016, 2:55 PM EST for 5 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 65 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
- Feb 3, 2016, 2:55 PM EST (19:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 3, 2016, 4:00 PM EST
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Chesterfield County, SC, Kershaw County, SC, Lee County, SC, Richland County, SC, Sumter County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:55 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 3, 2:57 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 8 Nnw Eastover, SC | TREES IN ROADWAY CONGRESS RD AND OLD LEESBURG RD. TIME EST BY RADAR. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 146 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
- 33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -76 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 668 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 281 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 297 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
748
WFUS52 KCAE 031955
TORCAE
SCC025-055-061-079-085-032100-
/O.NEW.KCAE.TO.W.0002.160203T1955Z-160203T2100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
255 PM EST WED FEB 3 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN KERSHAW COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
NORTHEASTERN RICHLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
SOUTH CENTRAL CHESTERFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
LEE COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
NORTHERN SUMTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 400 PM EST
* AT 253 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 7 MILES EAST OF FORT
JACKSON...OR 10 MILES EAST OF WOODFIELDS. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED
THIS TORNADO MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SUMTER...CAMDEN...BISHOPVILLE...OAKLAND...LUGOFF...MULBERRY...
MCBEE...MAYESVILLE...LYNCHBURG...BETHUNE...OSWEGO...REMBERT...
STATEBURG...CHERRYVALE...DALZELL...SHILOH AND EAST SUMTER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE
HOME OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3394 8000 3392 8074 3413 8090 3458 8027
3444 8016 3436 8029 3432 8024 3437 8018
3432 8017 3423 8011 3420 8011 3416 8016
3415 8015 3399 7989
TIME...MOT...LOC 1953Z 253DEG 51KT 3401 8076
$$
AWP2 follow-up statements
393
WWUS52 KCAE 032026
SVSCAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
326 PM EST WED FEB 3 2016
SCC025-079-032032-
/O.CAN.KCAE.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160203T2100Z/
RICHLAND SC-CHESTERFIELD SC-
326 PM EST WED FEB 3 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN RICHLAND AND SOUTH CENTRAL
CHESTERFIELD COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA.
LAT...LON 3394 8000 3393 8062 3401 8063 3404 8060
3408 8063 3425 8046 3431 8026 3437 8018
3432 8017 3423 8011 3420 8011 3416 8016
3409 8008 3408 8003 3404 7999 3399 7989
TIME...MOT...LOC 2022Z 253DEG 51KT 3413 8028
$$
SCC055-061-085-032100-
/O.CON.KCAE.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160203T2100Z/
KERSHAW SC-LEE SC-SUMTER SC-
326 PM EST WED FEB 3 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EST FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL KERSHAW...LEE AND NORTHERN SUMTER COUNTIES...
AT 322 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE STORM EXTENDED FROM WEST
OF MANVILLE TO REMBERT TO STATEBURG. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 50 MPH.
CIRCULATION HAS DIMINISHED BUT THERE WAS STILL A THREAT
OF A TORNADO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE
HOME OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3394 8000 3393 8062 3401 8063 3404 8060
3408 8063 3425 8046 3431 8026 3437 8018
3432 8017 3423 8011 3420 8011 3416 8016
3409 8008 3408 8003 3404 7999 3399 7989
TIME...MOT...LOC 2022Z 253DEG 51KT 3413 8028
$$922
WWUS52 KCAE 032040
SVSCAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
340 PM EST WED FEB 3 2016
SCC055-032047-
/O.CAN.KCAE.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160203T2100Z/
KERSHAW SC-
340 PM EST WED FEB 3 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KERSHAW COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED
OUT OF THE WARNED AREA.
LAT...LON 3395 8005 3393 8033 3393 8042 3399 8042
3406 8039 3410 8036 3422 8030 3423 8025
3424 8022 3422 8018 3423 8011 3420 8011
3416 8016 3409 8008 3407 8007 3404 8003
3400 7999
TIME...MOT...LOC 2037Z 253DEG 51KT 3420 8002
$$
SCC061-085-032100-
/O.CON.KCAE.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160203T2100Z/
LEE SC-SUMTER SC-
340 PM EST WED FEB 3 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN LEE AND NORTHEASTERN SUMTER COUNTIES...
AT 337 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH
LIKELY WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 60 MPH MOVING INTO CENTRAL
LEE COUNTY. THIS STORM HAS HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING
TORNADOES. MOVEMENT WAS EASTWARD NEAR 50 MPH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE
HOME OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3395 8005 3393 8033 3393 8042 3399 8042
3406 8039 3410 8036 3422 8030 3423 8025
3424 8022 3422 8018 3423 8011 3420 8011
3416 8016 3409 8008 3407 8007 3404 8003
3400 7999
TIME...MOT...LOC 2037Z 253DEG 51KT 3420 8002
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 3, 11:08 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Edgefield, McCormick | 52 min |
| Feb 3, 12:48 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken, Edgefield, McCormick, Saluda | 42 min |
| Feb 3, 1:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken, Edgefield, Fairfield, Lexington, Newberry, Richland and 1 more | 50 min |
| Feb 3, 2:17 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Kershaw, Lexington, Richland | 58 min |
| Feb 3, 2:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Calhoun, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lexington, Richland, Sumter | 63 min |
| Feb 3, 2:35 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CAE | Lexington, Richland | 55 min |
| Feb 3, 3:25 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CAE | Richland | 65 min |
| Feb 3, 4:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Bamberg, Calhoun, Orangeburg | 42 min |
| Feb 3, 5:45 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Bamberg | 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.