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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Columbia, SC

April 13, 2020Burke County, Richmond County, Georgia

NWS Columbia, SC issued this tornado warning at Apr 13, 2020, 4:41 AM EDT for Burke County, Richmond County, Georgia. It was in force for 34 min. 4 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: Apr 13, 2020, 4:41 AM EDT (08:41 UTC)
Expired: Apr 13, 2020, 5:15 AM EDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Columbia, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Burke County, GA, Richmond County, GA

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Apr 13, 4:45 AM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	7 N Waynesboro, GA	COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE REPORTED MULTIPLE AREAS WITH TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN COUNTY-WIDE.
Apr 13, 4:48 AM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	8 Se Keysville, GA	TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED A DESTROYED SALON ON COURSEY RD.
Apr 13, 4:53 AM EDT	TORNADO	6 Nne Vidette, GA	A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NORTHEAST OF VIDETTE IN BURKE COUNTY, GA NEAR HIGHWAY 80. THE TORNADO CONTINUED IN A GENERAL NORTHEASTERN DIRECTION, CROSSING QUAKER ROAD, US 25, AND DISSIPATED NEAR HIGHWAY 56 AND COLLINS ROAD. THE TORNADO PRODUCED MAINLY EF-0 AND EF-1
Apr 13, 5:00 AM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 Nw Waynesboro, GA	SHERIFF OFFICE REPORTED TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ALL OVER THE COUNTY.

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
Apr 13, 3:20 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 182 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 944 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 371 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 494 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.3

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The text

As transmitted.

718 
WFUS52 KCAE 130841
TORCAE
GAC033-245-130915-
/O.NEW.KCAE.TO.W.0007.200413T0841Z-200413T0915Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Columbia SC
441 AM EDT Mon Apr 13 2020

The National Weather Service in Columbia has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Burke County in east central Georgia...
  Southeastern Richmond County in east central Georgia...

* Until 515 AM EDT.
    
* At 440 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Wadley, or near Louisville, moving northeast at 55
  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...
  Gough around 450 AM EDT.
  Waynesboro and Burke County Airport around 505 AM EDT.
  Alexander around 510 AM EDT.
  Plant Vogtle around 515 AM EDT.

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Shell
Bluff, Shell Bluff Landing, Di-
Lane Wildlife Management Area, Vidette, Girard, Magruder, Bennock
Mill and Rosier.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Tornadoes are nearly impossible to see at night. Do not wait to see
or hear the tornado. Immediately move to an interior room or closet
on the lowest floor of a sturdy building.

&&

LAT...LON 3283 8231 3293 8227 3313 8228 3334 8192
      3330 8185 3330 8186 3326 8183 3325 8185
      3321 8180 3321 8177 3317 8177 3313 8173
      3309 8161 3304 8155 3293 8179 3295 8186
      3292 8196 3292 8208 3288 8213 3281 8215
TIME...MOT...LOC 0840Z 245DEG 50KT 3293 8234 

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

$$

HC

1 follow-up statement

346 
WWUS52 KCAE 130903
SVSCAE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Columbia SC
503 AM EDT Mon Apr 13 2020

GAC033-245-130915-
/O.CON.KCAE.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-200413T0915Z/
Burke GA-Richmond GA-
503 AM EDT Mon Apr 13 2020

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 AM EDT FOR BURKE AND
SOUTHEASTERN RICHMOND COUNTIES...
        
At 503 AM EDT, a confirmed tornado was located near McBean, or 8
miles north of Waynesboro, moving northeast at 60 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
Burke and southeastern Richmond Counties, including the following
locations... Shell Bluff, Shell Bluff Landing, Di-
Lane Wildlife Management Area, Girard and Bennock Mill.

LAT...LON 3321 8214 3334 8192 3330 8185 3330 8186
      3326 8183 3325 8185 3321 8180 3321 8177
      3317 8177 3313 8173 3309 8161 3304 8155
      3293 8179 3295 8186 3292 8196 3292 8208
      3288 8213 3281 8215
TIME...MOT...LOC 0903Z 239DEG 54KT 3322 8200 

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

$$

HC

The office that day

Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 13, 4:09 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Columbia, Lincoln, McDuffie	51 min
Apr 13, 4:20 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Burke, Richmond	40 min
Apr 13, 4:23 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	CAE	Columbia, Lincoln, McDuffie	37 min
Apr 13, 4:29 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Columbia, Lincoln	46 min
Apr 13, 4:58 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Burke, Richmond	47 min
Apr 13, 5:14 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	CAE	Burke	31 min

Nearby

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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.