Alert archive / South Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2019
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this tornado warning at Mar 3, 2019, 6:53 PM EST for Lee County, South Carolina. It was in force for 9 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, 6:53 PM EST (23:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 3, 2019, 7:02 PM EST
- In force
- 9 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Lee County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:56 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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 155 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.
313
WFUS52 KCAE 032353
TORCAE
SCC061-040015-
/O.NEW.KCAE.TO.W.0008.190303T2353Z-190304T0015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Columbia SC
653 PM EST SUN MAR 3 2019
The National Weather Service in Columbia has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northeastern Lee County in central South Carolina...
* Until 715 PM EST.
* At 652 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Bishopville, moving east at 50 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...
Ashland.
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 3422 8023 3432 8026 3434 8021 3436 8020
3437 8018 3432 8017 3428 8013 3423 8011
3422 8011
TIME...MOT...LOC 2352Z 253DEG 42KT 3427 8020
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
HC1 follow-up statement
223
WWUS52 KCAE 040002
SVSCAE
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Columbia SC
702 PM EST SUN MAR 3 2019
SCC061-040011-
/O.CAN.KCAE.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-190304T0015Z/
Lee SC-
702 PM EST SUN MAR 3 2019
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN LEE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM EST for central South
Carolina.
LAT...LON 3422 8023 3432 8026 3434 8021 3436 8020
3437 8018 3432 8017 3428 8013 3423 8011
3422 8011
TIME...MOT...LOC 0000Z 253DEG 42KT 3430 8007
$$
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, 6:10 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 |
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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.