Alert archive / South Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2019
Tornado Warning 6, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this tornado warning at Mar 3, 2019, 6:10 PM EST for Calhoun County, Orangeburg County, South Carolina. It was in force for 35 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, 6:10 PM EST (23:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 3, 2019, 6:45 PM EST
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Calhoun County, SC, Orangeburg County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:10 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, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 78 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.
253
WFUS52 KCAE 032310
TORCAE
SCC017-075-032345-
/O.NEW.KCAE.TO.W.0006.190303T2310Z-190303T2345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Columbia SC
610 PM EST SUN MAR 3 2019
The National Weather Service in Columbia has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southeastern Calhoun County in central South Carolina...
Southeastern Orangeburg County in central South Carolina...
* Until 645 PM EST.
* At 610 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Branchville, or 11 miles east of Bamberg, moving
northeast at 35 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.
* Locations impacted include...
Branchville, Bowman, Elloree, Santee, Eutawville, Rowesville,
Vance, Indian Bluff Recreation Park, Yonder Field, Mill Creek
Marina and Campground and Eautaw Springs.
This includes Interstate 95 between mile markers 87 and 99.
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.
This Tornado Warning includes portions of Lake Marion. Boaters, move
to shore and take shelter on the lowest floor of the closest sturdy
building!
&&
LAT...LON 3324 8085 3325 8086 3333 8090 3360 8059
3351 8046 3350 8046 3350 8044 3348 8044
3344 8039 3343 8033 3340 8029
TIME...MOT...LOC 2310Z 240DEG 31KT 3331 8083
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$2 follow-up statements
639
WWUS52 KCAE 032323
SVSCAE
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Columbia SC
623 PM EST SUN MAR 3 2019
SCC017-075-032345-
/O.CON.KCAE.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-190303T2345Z/
Calhoun SC-Orangeburg SC-
623 PM EST SUN MAR 3 2019
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN CALHOUN AND EAST CENTRAL ORANGEBURG COUNTIES...
At 622 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Bowman, or 11 miles southeast of Orangeburg, moving
northeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Bowman, Elloree, Santee, Eutawville, Vance, Indian Bluff Recreation
Park, Yonder Field, Mill Creek Marina and Campground and Eautaw
Springs.
This includes Interstate 95 between mile markers 90 and 99.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in a
vehicle, move to an interior room or closet on the lowest floor of a
sturdy building immediately.
&&
LAT...LON 3333 8075 3338 8079 3359 8058 3351 8046
3350 8046 3350 8044 3348 8044 3344 8039
3343 8033 3340 8029
TIME...MOT...LOC 2322Z 235DEG 28KT 3337 8074
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
HC704
WWUS52 KCAE 032335
SVSCAE
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Columbia SC
635 PM EST SUN MAR 3 2019
SCC017-075-032345-
/O.EXP.KCAE.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-190303T2345Z/
Calhoun SC-Orangeburg SC-
635 PM EST SUN MAR 3 2019
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CALHOUN AND EAST CENTRAL
ORANGEBURG COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 645 PM EST...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM EST for central South
Carolina.
LAT...LON 3333 8075 3338 8079 3359 8058 3351 8046
3350 8046 3350 8044 3348 8044 3344 8039
3343 8033 3340 8029
TIME...MOT...LOC 2335Z 240DEG 31KT 3342 8063
$$
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, 5:34 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CAE | Bamberg, Orangeburg | 41 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, 6:40 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.