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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 74, NWS Columbia, SC
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 11:03 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 1:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Columbia, Lincoln, McDuffie | 39 min |
| May 24, 1:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Columbia, Lincoln, McDuffie | 48 min |
| May 24, 2:57 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Columbia, McDuffie | 2 hr |
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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.