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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 74, NWS Columbia, SC

May 24, 2017Burke County, Georgia

NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2017, 4:15 PM EDT for Burke County, Georgia. It was in force for 45 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
May 24, 2017, 4:15 PM EDT (20:15 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2017, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Burke County, GA

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 24, 11:03 AM EDTTornado WatchSPC10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 195 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 2017-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 335 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 2017-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 112 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
335 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
723 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
112 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
135 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

365 
WUUS52 KCAE 242015
SVRCAE
GAC033-242100-
/O.NEW.KCAE.SV.W.0074.170524T2015Z-170524T2100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Columbia SC
415 PM EDT WED MAY 24 2017

The National Weather Service in Columbia has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Burke County in east central Georgia...

* Until 500 PM EDT

* At 413 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located between 
  Vidette and Waynesboro, moving east-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...
  Waynesboro.

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 east central
Georgia.

LAT...LON 3296 8224 3309 8223 3323 8202 3322 8191
      3310 8185
TIME...MOT...LOC 2013Z 232DEG 34KT 3309 8212 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
1 follow-up statement
081 
WWUS52 KCAE 242027
SVSCAE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Columbia SC
427 PM EDT WED MAY 24 2017

GAC033-242100-
/O.CON.KCAE.SV.W.0074.000000T0000Z-170524T2100Z/
Burke GA-
427 PM EDT WED MAY 24 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL BURKE COUNTY...

At 427 PM EDT, a likely severe thunderstorm was located near 
Waynesboro, 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...
Waynesboro.

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 east central
Georgia.

LAT...LON 3301 8211 3318 8210 3323 8202 3322 8191
      3310 8185
TIME...MOT...LOC 2027Z 232DEG 34KT 3317 8199 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 1:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEColumbia, Lincoln, McDuffie39 min
May 24, 1:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEColumbia, Lincoln, McDuffie48 min
May 24, 2:57 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCAEColumbia, McDuffie2 hr

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.