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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Columbia, SC

May 24, 20175 counties in South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2017, 3:00 PM EDT for 5 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 30 min. 9 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, 3:00 PM EDT (19:00 UTC)
Expired: May 24, 2017, 3:30 PM EDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Columbia, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Fairfield County, SC, Lexington County, SC, Newberry County, SC, Richland County, SC, Saluda County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:02 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
May 24, 3:05 PM EDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	7 Ene Saluda, SC	WALL CLOUD WITH FUNNEL HIGHWAY 378 AND MT. WILLING ROAD. MOVING NE.
May 24, 3:08 PM EDT	TORNADO	6 Sw Prosperity, SC	PUBLIC REPORT OF TORNADO ON THE GROUND AND MULTIPLE TREES DOWN HWY 395 NEAR STONEY HILL RD.
May 24, 3:09 PM EDT	TORNADO	1 S Prosperity, SC	NUMEROUS TREES DOWN AND PUBLIC REPORT OF TORNADO ON THE GROUND ALONG PROSPERITY HIGHWAY S391.
May 24, 3:14 PM EDT	TORNADO	1 Se Prosperity, SC	4 HOUSES DAMAGED VICINITY CY SCHUMPERT AND MACEDONIA CHURCH RD.
May 24, 3:14 PM EDT	TORNADO	2 S Prosperity, SC	NWS EMPLOYEE REPORTED MULTIPLE OAK AND CEDAR TREES SNAPPED OFF. SEVERAL OTHER TREES DOWN. WINDOWS BLOWN OUT OF RESIDENCE. SHINGLES AND GUTTERS PEELED BACK ON SEVERAL RESIDENCES ON STONEY HILL ROAD.
May 24, 3:14 PM EDT	TORNADO	2 S Prosperity, SC	ROOF PEELED OFF BARN ON STONEY HILL ROAD.
May 24, 3:15 PM EDT	TORNADO	2 S Prosperity, SC	PUBLIC REPORTED NUMEROUS TREES SNAPPED AND UPROOTED ON STONEY HILL ROAD.
May 24, 3:30 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 Sw Chapin, SC	TREES IN ROADWAY 330 LONG PINE ROAD.
May 24, 3:38 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Pomaria, SC	MULTIPLE TREES/POWER LINES DOWN AND SEVERAL HOUSES DAMAGED IN VICINITY OF POMARIA/GARMANY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

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
May 24, 11:03 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 198 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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.

612 
WFUS52 KCAE 241900
TORCAE
SCC039-063-071-079-081-241930-
/O.NEW.KCAE.TO.W.0022.170524T1900Z-170524T1930Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Columbia SC
300 PM EDT WED MAY 24 2017

The National Weather Service in Columbia has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southwestern Fairfield County in central South Carolina...
  Eastern Newberry County in central South Carolina...
  Northwestern Lexington County in central South Carolina...
  Northeastern Saluda County in central South Carolina...
  Northwestern Richland County in central South Carolina...

* Until 330 PM EDT
    
* At 300 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 8 miles northeast of Saluda, or 13 miles south of
  Newberry, moving northeast at 40 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...
  Prosperity around 320 PM EDT. 

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Peak,
Little Mountain, Chapin, Pomaria and Lake Murray Of Richland.

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 3400 8165 3410 8177 3446 8143 3420 8111
TIME...MOT...LOC 1900Z 237DEG 32KT 3409 8167 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

awp/cjr

2 follow-up statements

846 
WWUS52 KCAE 241908
SVSCAE

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

SCC039-063-071-079-081-241930-
/O.CON.KCAE.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-170524T1930Z/
Fairfield SC-Newberry SC-Lexington SC-Saluda SC-Richland SC-
308 PM EDT WED MAY 24 2017

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN FAIRFIELD...SOUTHEASTERN NEWBERRY...NORTHWESTERN
LEXINGTON...NORTHEASTERN SALUDA AND NORTHWESTERN RICHLAND COUNTIES...
        
At 308 PM EDT, a confirmed tornado was located near Prosperity, or 9
miles south of Newberry, moving northeast at 40 mph.

HAZARD...Damaging tornado. 

SOURCE...Radar confirmed tornado. 

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 tornado will be near...
  Prosperity around 320 PM EDT. 

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Peak,
Little Mountain, Chapin, Pomaria and Lake Murray Of Richland.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

To repeat, a tornado is on the ground. 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 3401 8165 3412 8170 3442 8138 3420 8111
TIME...MOT...LOC 1908Z 228DEG 35KT 3414 8159 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

CJR/AWP

514 
WWUS52 KCAE 241918
SVSCAE

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

SCC063-079-081-241928-
/O.CAN.KCAE.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-170524T1930Z/
Lexington SC-Saluda SC-Richland SC-
318 PM EDT WED MAY 24 2017

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN LEXINGTON...NORTHEASTERN
SALUDA AND NORTHWESTERN RICHLAND COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has  moved out 
of the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A tornado watch remains in effect until 600 PM EDT for central South
Carolina.

LAT...LON 3414 8155 3417 8159 3442 8138 3429 8122
TIME...MOT...LOC 1918Z 228DEG 31KT 3420 8151 

$$

SCC039-071-241930-
/O.CON.KCAE.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-170524T1930Z/
Fairfield SC-Newberry SC-
318 PM EDT WED MAY 24 2017

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM EDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL FAIRFIELD AND SOUTHEASTERN NEWBERRY COUNTIES...
        
At 318 PM EDT, a confirmed tornado was located over Prosperity, or 7
miles southeast of Newberry, moving northeast at 35 mph.

HAZARD...Damaging tornado. 

SOURCE...Radar confirmed tornado. 

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
west central Fairfield and southeastern Newberry Counties, including
the following locations: Pomaria, Peak and Little Mountain.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

To repeat, a tornado is on the ground. 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 3414 8155 3417 8159 3442 8138 3429 8122
TIME...MOT...LOC 1918Z 228DEG 31KT 3420 8151 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

CJR

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, 3:14 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, 3:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Lancaster	42 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.