Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2017
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2017, 3:48 PM EDT for Lancaster County, South Carolina. It was in force for 42 min. 6 reports 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
- May 24, 2017, 3:48 PM EDT (19:48 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2017, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Lancaster County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:51 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 4:01 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Lancaster, SC | 3 TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUDS WITH ROTATION IN THE BUFORD, BROOKLYN AND ELGIN COMMUNITIES IN THE LANCASTER AREA. |
| May 24, 4:02 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 7 Ne Elgin, SC | 3 TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUDS WITH ROTATION IN THE BUFORD, BROOKLYN AND ELGIN COMMUNITIES IN THE LANCASTER AREA. THIS IS A CORRECTION FOR COORDINATES. |
| May 24, 4:02 PM EDT | HAIL 0.25 | 1 Wnw Lancaster Mill, SC | PEA SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN THE BUFORD COMMUNITY. |
| May 24, 4:13 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 6 Nne Lancaster, SC | TREES IN ROADWAY MONROE HIGHWAY AND CAPRICORN ROAD. |
| May 24, 4:19 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 11 Ne Elgin, SC | TREES IN ROADWAY CAMP CREEK AND GEORGE CARNES ROAD. |
| May 24, 4:19 PM EDT | TORNADO | 10 Ne Lancaster, SC | NWS STORM SURVEY TEAM FOUND EF-0 TORNADO DAMAGE IN EXTREME NORTHERN LANCASTER COUNTY FROM SHILOH UNITY ROAD NORTHEAST TO THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE LINE. THE DAMAGE WAS MOSTLY CONFINED TO A CROP FIELD AND TREES. THE PATH WAS 50 YARDS OR SHORTER IN WIDTH WITH A L |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 10:04 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 11 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 170 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
- 52 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 553 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 137 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
825
WUUS52 KCAE 241948
SVRCAE
SCC057-242030-
/O.NEW.KCAE.SV.W.0073.170524T1948Z-170524T2030Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Columbia SC
348 PM EDT WED MAY 24 2017
The National Weather Service in Columbia has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Lancaster County in central South Carolina...
* Until 430 PM EDT
* At 348 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Fishing
Creek Reservoir, or 8 miles south-southwest of Lancaster, moving
northeast at 40 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Lancaster, Elgin, Heath Springs, Irwin and Lancaster Mill.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
A tornado watch remains in effect until 600 PM EDT for central South
Carolina. A tornado watch also remains in effect until 600 PM EDT for
central South Carolina.
LAT...LON 3489 8079 3482 8079 3482 8056 3479 8055
3477 8052 3471 8049 3466 8044 3449 8087
3452 8088 3457 8087 3460 8089 3467 8089
3469 8086 3473 8087
TIME...MOT...LOC 1948Z 214DEG 36KT 3460 8083
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 2:28 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Bamberg | 47 min |
| May 24, 1:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Edgefield, McCormick | 39 min |
| May 24, 1:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Edgefield, McCormick | 48 min |
| May 24, 2:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Edgefield, Lexington, Newberry, Saluda | 45 min |
| May 24, 2:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Edgefield, Saluda | 27 min |
| May 24, 2:57 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Edgefield, McCormick, Saluda | 2 hr |
| May 24, 3:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Fairfield, Lexington, Newberry, Richland, Saluda | 30 min |
| May 24, 3:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Fairfield, Lexington, Newberry, Richland, Saluda | 61 min |
| May 24, 3:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Fairfield, Newberry | 32 min |
| May 24, 3:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Lancaster | 36 min |
| May 24, 4:12 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Fairfield, Lexington, Newberry, Richland, Saluda | 2 hr |
| May 24, 4:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Aiken | 27 min |
| May 24, 5:40 PM EDT | River Flood Advisory | CAE | Lexington, Richland | 48 hr |
| May 24, 6:46 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | CAE | Calhoun, Lexington, Richland | 3 days |
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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.