Alert archive / South Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this tornado warning at Feb 24, 2016, 3:03 PM EST for Chesterfield County, South Carolina. It was in force for 42 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 24, 2016, 3:03 PM EST (20:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2016, 3:45 PM EST
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Chesterfield County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:04 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 24, 3:16 PM EST | TORNADO | 4 Ssw Cheraw, SC | NWS SURVEY TEAM CONCLUDED THAT AN EF0 TORNADO BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN 3 TIMES ON A PATH ALONG HIGHWAY 1 BETWEEN PATRICK AND CHERAW. MAXIMUM WINDS WERE ESTIMATED TO RANGE FROM 65 TO 70 MPH. THERE WERE SEVERAL TREES DOWN. TOP SNAPPED OUT OF A TREE. NO STRUCTURAL DA |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 11:16 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 166 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -286 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 406 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 703 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 750 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
The text
As transmitted.
545
WFUS52 KCAE 242003
TORCAE
SCC025-242045-
/O.NEW.KCAE.TO.W.0003.160224T2003Z-160224T2045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
303 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN CHESTERFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 345 PM EST
* AT 302 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED
OVER CLYDE...OR NEAR HARTSVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CHERAW...CHESTERFIELD...MCBEE...PATRICK AND MCFARLAN.
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 3460 7981 3455 7982 3449 7990 3449 7997
3450 7998 3449 8003 3449 8005 3437 8028
3441 8031 3481 8003 3481 7994 3476 7993
3474 7989 3468 7986 3465 7980 3462 7978
TIME...MOT...LOC 2002Z 216DEG 60KT 3442 8017
$$
MANNING2 follow-up statements
426
WWUS52 KCAE 242024
SVSCAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
324 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
SCC025-242045-
/O.CON.KCAE.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160224T2045Z/
CHESTERFIELD SC-
324 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM EST FOR
NORTHEASTERN CHESTERFIELD COUNTY...
AT 324 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. THESE DANGEROUS STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES SOUTH OF
CHESTERFIELD TO NEAR CHERAW...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 80 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CHERAW...CHESTERFIELD...PATRICK AND MCFARLAN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE
HOME OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR
THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
REPORT LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS OR FLOODING TO YOUR COUNTY
SHERIFF...ALSO USE WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/NWSCOLUMBIA AND EMAIL
CAEWX@NOAA.GOV TO RELAY SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS.
&&
LAT...LON 3460 7981 3455 7982 3449 7990 3449 7997
3450 7998 3449 8003 3449 8019 3454 8022
3481 8003 3481 7994 3476 7993 3474 7989
3468 7986 3465 7980 3462 7978
TIME...MOT...LOC 2024Z 208DEG 68KT 3457 8015 3463 7997
$$014
WWUS52 KCAE 242037
SVSCAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
337 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
SCC025-242046-
/O.EXP.KCAE.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160224T2045Z/
CHESTERFIELD SC-
337 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CHESTERFIELD COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 345 PM EST...
THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE
AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 3460 7981 3455 7982 3449 7990 3449 7997
3450 7998 3449 8003 3449 8019 3454 8022
3481 8003 3481 7994 3476 7993 3474 7989
3468 7986 3465 7980 3462 7978
TIME...MOT...LOC 2034Z 216DEG 60KT 3457 8015 3463 7997
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 5:12 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Aiken, Barnwell | 63 min |
| Feb 24, 5:37 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken, Edgefield | 53 min |
| Feb 24, 6:34 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Barnwell | 26 min |
| Feb 24, 7:14 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Lexington | 31 min |
| Feb 24, 7:37 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Orangeburg | 23 min |
| Feb 24, 7:43 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Bamberg | 32 min |
| Feb 24, 9:39 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CAE | McCormick | 36 min |
| Feb 24, 10:30 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Saluda | 30 min |
| Feb 24, 10:57 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Newberry | 48 min |
| Feb 24, 10:59 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Edgefield | 46 min |
| Feb 24, 11:42 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Edgefield | 33 min |
| Feb 24, 11:53 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Saluda | 37 min |
| Feb 24, 12:17 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lancaster | 43 min |
| Feb 24, 1:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lancaster | 37 min |
| Feb 24, 2:35 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Lee | 25 min |
| Feb 24, 2:36 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Chesterfield | 24 min |
| Feb 24, 3:00 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Chesterfield | 30 min |
| Feb 24, 3:56 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Chesterfield | 19 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.