Alert archive / South Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this tornado warning at Nov 30, 2016, 6:33 PM EST for Lancaster County, South Carolina. It was in force for 27 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 30, 2016, 6:33 PM EST (23:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 30, 2016, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Lancaster County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:36 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -81 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 623 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 283 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 254 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted.
893
WFUS52 KCAE 302333
TORCAE
SCC057-010000-
/O.NEW.KCAE.TO.W.0007.161130T2333Z-161201T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
633 PM EST WED NOV 30 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
LANCASTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 700 PM EST
* AT 633 PM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR GREAT FALLS...OR 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
LANCASTER... MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR.
TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
SPRINGDALE AND IRWIN AROUND 645 PM EST.
LANCASTER...ELGIN AND HEATH SPRINGS AROUND 650 PM EST.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
LANCASTER MILL.
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 OUTDOORS...IN
A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3482 8079 3482 8057 3462 8041 3453 8074
3454 8074 3451 8078 3448 8089 3457 8087
3465 8089 3469 8086 3474 8088 3479 8087
3481 8090 3484 8087 3489 8088 3492 8079
TIME...MOT...LOC 2333Z 253DEG 44KT 3457 8096
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
AWP2 follow-up statements
689
WWUS52 KCAE 302344
SVSCAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
644 PM EST WED NOV 30 2016
SCC057-010000-
/O.CON.KCAE.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-161201T0000Z/
LANCASTER SC-
644 PM EST WED NOV 30 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EST FOR LANCASTER
COUNTY...
AT 644 PM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR ELGIN...OR 7 MILES SOUTH OF LANCASTER...MOVING EAST
AT 70 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE
IS LIKELY.
THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
LANCASTER COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: LANCASTER MILL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3482 8079 3482 8057 3462 8041 3453 8074
3454 8074 3451 8078 3448 8089 3457 8087
3465 8089 3469 8086 3474 8088 3479 8087
3481 8090 3484 8087 3489 8088 3492 8079
TIME...MOT...LOC 2344Z 250DEG 60KT 3462 8078
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
FWA201
WWUS52 KCAE 302355
SVSCAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
655 PM EST WED NOV 30 2016
SCC057-010005-
/O.EXP.KCAE.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-161201T0000Z/
LANCASTER SC-
655 PM EST WED NOV 30 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR LANCASTER COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 700 PM
EST...
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED AND THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED. HOWEVER...DAMAGING WINDS REMAIN LIKELY AND A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA.
LAT...LON 3482 8079 3482 8057 3462 8041 3453 8074
3454 8074 3451 8078 3448 8089 3457 8087
3465 8089 3469 8086 3474 8088 3479 8087
3481 8090 3484 8087 3489 8088 3492 8079
TIME...MOT...LOC 2355Z 253DEG 44KT 3466 8063
$$
FWAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 30, 5:21 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Edgefield, McCormick | 39 min |
| Nov 30, 5:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Fairfield, Newberry | 65 min |
| Nov 30, 5:36 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Edgefield, McCormick, Saluda | 39 min |
| Nov 30, 6:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Fairfield, Kershaw, Lancaster, Newberry | 54 min |
| Nov 30, 6:30 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CAE | Lancaster | 17 min |
| Nov 30, 6:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Chesterfield, Kershaw, Lancaster | 46 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.