Alert archive / South Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2020
Tornado Warning 9, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this tornado warning at Apr 13, 2020, 5:37 AM EDT for 4 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 23 min. 7 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, 5:37 AM EDT (09:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 13, 2020, 6:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Damage threat
- Considerable
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Aiken County, SC, Bamberg County, SC, Barnwell County, SC, Orangeburg County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:39 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 5:37 AM EDT | TORNADO | 6 S Windsor, SC | A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE FROM A TORNADO IN THE VICINITY OF HIGHWAY 278 AND JAYWOOD RD. |
| Apr 13, 5:40 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Nne Williston, SC | NUMEROUS PINE TREE TRUNKS SNAPPED ALONG EDISTO CHURCH ROAD. PICTURES SHARED OVER SOCIAL MEDIA. POSSIBLE TORNADO. TIME APPROXIMATE. |
| Apr 13, 5:40 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Elko, SC | MULTIPLE POWER TRANSMISSION LINES DOWN NEAR THE TOWN OF ELKO, SC. PHOTOS SHARED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. POSSIBLE TORNADO DAMAGE. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| Apr 13, 5:43 AM EDT | TORNADO | 4 S Elko, SC | *** 2 FATAL, 7 INJ *** A STRONG, LONG-TRACK TORNADO BEGAN JUST SOUTH OF THE TOWN OF ELKO IN BARNWELL COUNTY , THEN MOVED IN A GENERAL NORTHEAST DIRECTION THROUGH ORANGEBURG COUNTY, BEFORE DISSIPATING SOUTHWEST OF ST. MATTHEWS IN CALHOUN COUNTY BEFORE REACHING |
| Apr 13, 5:55 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 S Springfield, SC | STRUCTURE COMPLETELY DESTROYED. NUMEROUS TREES DOWN. REPORT FROM SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Apr 13, 6:00 AM EDT | TORNADO | 2 W Livingston, SC | *** 2 FATAL, 7 INJ *** A LONG TRACK TORNADO PRODUCED EF3 DAMAGE WITH WINDS OF 140 MPH ON PRESERVER ROAD NEAR LIVINGSTON, SC WHERE A DOUBLE WIDE HOME WAS DESTROYED. THERE ARE AT LEAST 2 FATALITIES AND 7 INJURIES IN ORANGEBURG COUNTY ASSOCIATED WITH THIS TORNADO |
| Apr 13, 6:03 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Nnw Livingston, SC | SCDOT REPORTS TREES DOWN ON PEACH STREET NEAR LIVINGSTON, SC. PHOTOS SHARED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. POSSIBLE TORNADO DAMAGE. |
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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
736
WFUS52 KCAE 130937
TORCAE
SCC003-009-011-075-131000-
/O.NEW.KCAE.TO.W.0009.200413T0937Z-200413T1000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Columbia SC
537 AM EDT Mon Apr 13 2020
The National Weather Service in Columbia has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northeastern Barnwell County in central South Carolina...
Northwestern Bamberg County in central South Carolina...
Southeastern Aiken County in central South Carolina...
West central Orangeburg County in central South Carolina...
* Until 600 AM EDT.
* At 537 AM EDT, a confirmed large and extremely dangerous tornado
was located 7 miles southwest of Williston, or 10 miles northeast
of Savannah River Site, moving northeast at 45 mph.
This is a PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW!
HAZARD...Damaging tornado.
SOURCE...Radar confirmed tornado.
IMPACT...You are in a life-threatening situation. Flying debris
may be deadly to those caught without shelter. Mobile
homes will be destroyed. Considerable damage to homes,
businesses, and vehicles is likely and complete
destruction is possible.
* The tornado will be near...
Williston around 545 AM EDT.
Blackville around 555 AM EDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Aiken
Gopher Tortoise Heritage Preserve, Perry Airport, Perry, Norway,
Springfield, Windsor, Livingston, Salley, Elko and Neeses.
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 3324 8152 3339 8162 3370 8131 3348 8101
TIME...MOT...LOC 0937Z 233DEG 40KT 3334 8152
TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
HCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 4:23 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Edgefield, McCormick | 37 min |
| Apr 13, 4:29 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Edgefield, McCormick, Newberry, Saluda | 46 min |
| Apr 13, 4:41 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Fairfield, Newberry, Saluda | 49 min |
| Apr 13, 4:58 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken, Barnwell | 47 min |
| Apr 13, 5:06 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken, Edgefield, Lexington, Newberry, Saluda | 39 min |
| Apr 13, 5:14 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Aiken, Barnwell | 31 min |
| Apr 13, 5:16 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Fairfield, Kershaw, Lancaster | 29 min |
| Apr 13, 5:34 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken, Calhoun, Fairfield, Lexington, Newberry, Richland | 41 min |
| Apr 13, 5:43 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Bamberg, Barnwell, Orangeburg | 32 min |
| Apr 13, 5:55 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Fairfield, Kershaw, Lancaster | 35 min |
| Apr 13, 5:56 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Lexington, Orangeburg | 34 min |
| Apr 13, 6:02 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken, Lexington, Orangeburg | 28 min |
| Apr 13, 6:04 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Calhoun, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lexington, Richland, Sumter | 41 min |
| Apr 13, 6:09 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Bamberg, Barnwell, Orangeburg | 36 min |
| Apr 13, 6:13 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Bamberg, Calhoun, Orangeburg | 32 min |
| Apr 13, 6:22 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Calhoun, Clarendon, Orangeburg, Richland, Sumter | 23 min |
| Apr 13, 6:23 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Chesterfield, Kershaw, Lancaster | 52 min |
| Apr 13, 6:35 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Bamberg, Calhoun, Clarendon, Orangeburg, Sumter | 40 min |
| Apr 13, 6:39 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Calhoun, Clarendon, Kershaw, Lee, Richland, Sumter | 31 min |
| Apr 13, 6:46 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Chesterfield | 29 min |
| Apr 13, 6:58 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Clarendon, Lee, Sumter | 32 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.