Alert archive / South Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2019
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this tornado warning at Mar 3, 2019, 5:34 PM EST for Bamberg County, Orangeburg County, South Carolina. It was in force for 41 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
- Mar 3, 2019, 5:34 PM EST (22:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 3, 2019, 6:15 PM EST
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Bamberg County, SC, Orangeburg County, SC
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:37 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 3:35 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 100 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
- 86 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -76 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 719 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
600
WFUS52 KCAE 032234
TORCAE
SCC009-075-032315-
/O.NEW.KCAE.TO.W.0003.190303T2234Z-190303T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Columbia SC
534 PM EST SUN MAR 3 2019
The National Weather Service in Columbia has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Central Bamberg County in central South Carolina...
South central Orangeburg County in central South Carolina...
* Until 615 PM EST.
* At 534 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Ulmer, or 11 miles south of Denmark, moving
northeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.
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.
* Locations impacted include...
Bamberg, Branchville and Olar.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in a
vehicle, move to an interior room or closet on the lowest floor of a
sturdy building immediately.
&&
LAT...LON 3317 8121 3341 8094 3322 8072 3317 8081
3308 8115
TIME...MOT...LOC 2234Z 246DEG 26KT 3315 8113
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
HC1 follow-up statement
757
WWUS52 KCAE 032247
SVSCAE
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Columbia SC
547 PM EST SUN MAR 3 2019
SCC009-075-032315-
/O.CON.KCAE.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-190303T2315Z/
Bamberg SC-Orangeburg SC-
547 PM EST SUN MAR 3 2019
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EST FOR CENTRAL
BAMBERG AND SOUTH CENTRAL ORANGEBURG COUNTIES...
At 547 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Bamberg, moving northeast at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Bamberg and Branchville.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in a
vehicle, move to an interior room or closet on the lowest floor of a
sturdy building immediately.
&&
LAT...LON 3313 8102 3324 8112 3341 8094 3322 8072
3320 8076
TIME...MOT...LOC 2247Z 236DEG 29KT 3322 8102
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
HCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 8:06 PM EST | River Flood Advisory | CAE | Lexington, Richland | 65 hr |
| Mar 2, 8:13 PM EST | River Flood Warning | CAE | Calhoun, Lexington, Richland | 4 days |
| Mar 2, 8:13 PM EST | River Flood Warning | CAE | Chesterfield, Marlboro | 5 days |
| Mar 3, 10:20 AM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | CAE | Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chesterfield, Clarendon and 10 more | 14 hr |
| Mar 3, 5:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Bamberg, Barnwell | 55 min |
| Mar 3, 5:56 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CAE | Aiken, Edgefield | 16 min |
| Mar 3, 6:00 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CAE | Barnwell | 26 min |
| Mar 3, 6:10 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CAE | Calhoun, Orangeburg | 35 min |
| Mar 3, 6:40 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CAE | Lexington | 35 min |
| Mar 3, 6:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Chesterfield, Kershaw, Lee | 45 min |
| Mar 3, 6:53 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CAE | Lee | 9 min |
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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.