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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Columbia, SC

May 3, 2021Newberry County, Saluda County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 2021, 3:24 PM EDT for Newberry County, Saluda County, South Carolina. It was in force for 51 min. 2 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: May 3, 2021, 3:24 PM EDT (19:24 UTC)
Expired: May 3, 2021, 4:15 PM EDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Columbia, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Newberry County, SC, Saluda County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:26 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
May 3, 3:50 PM EDT	HAIL 1.5	Saluda, SC	SALUDA CO-OP OBSERVER REPORTED PING PONG BALL SIZED HAIL.
May 3, 3:50 PM EDT	HAIL 1.75	Saluda, SC	SALUDA CO EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AT SALUDA COUNTY COURTHOUSE AT 3:50PM. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

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
May 3, 1:25 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 220 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: 1333 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 765 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 128 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 141 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.9
Supercell composite: 5.0

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The text

As transmitted.

646 
WUUS52 KCAE 031924
SVRCAE
SCC071-081-032015-
/O.NEW.KCAE.SV.W.0014.210503T1924Z-210503T2015Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Columbia SC
324 PM EDT Mon May 3 2021

The National Weather Service in Columbia has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Newberry County in central South Carolina...
  Northern Saluda County in central South Carolina...

* Until 415 PM EDT.

* At 323 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles southeast
  of Abbeville, moving east at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Saluda, Prosperity, Silverstreet, Stoney Hill, Saluda Co Sheriff's
  Office, Good Hope, Wyses Ferry, Hollywood Elementary School, Emory,
  Chappells, Scurry Airport, Hickory Grove and Saluda High School.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 700 PM EDT for central South
Carolina.

For your protection seek shelter inside a sturdy building and stay
away from windows.

&&

LAT...LON 3404 8195 3409 8192 3410 8190 3413 8187
      3415 8190 3418 8190 3418 8192 3419 8192
      3420 8194 3421 8154 3394 8161 3399 8199
TIME...MOT...LOC 1923Z 276DEG 29KT 3411 8228 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

CRL

1 follow-up statement

765 
WWUS52 KCAE 032015
SVSCAE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Columbia SC
415 PM EDT Mon May 3 2021

SCC071-081-032025-
/O.EXP.KCAE.SV.W.0014.000000T0000Z-210503T2015Z/
Newberry SC-Saluda SC-
415 PM EDT Mon May 3 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN NEWBERRY AND
NORTHERN SALUDA COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been allowed to expire.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 700 PM EDT for central South
Carolina.

LAT...LON 3404 8195 3409 8192 3410 8190 3413 8187
      3415 8190 3418 8190 3418 8192 3419 8192
      3420 8194 3421 8154 3394 8161 3399 8199
TIME...MOT...LOC 2015Z 276DEG 29KT 3407 8179 

$$

CRL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 3, 2:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	McCormick	25 min
May 3, 3:05 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CAE	Newberry	40 min
May 3, 3:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Lexington, Saluda	32 min
May 3, 3:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Newberry	43 min
May 3, 3:39 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CAE	Lexington	21 min
May 3, 3:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	McCormick	39 min
May 3, 3:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Lexington, Richland	31 min
May 3, 4:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Kershaw, Richland, Sumter	27 min
May 3, 4:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Lexington, Newberry, Richland, Saluda	40 min
May 3, 4:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Kershaw, Lee, Sumter	26 min
May 3, 4:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Calhoun, Kershaw, Lexington, Richland	23 min
May 3, 4:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Lexington, Richland	15 min
May 3, 4:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Lee, Sumter	34 min
May 3, 4:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Kershaw, Lee, Richland, Sumter	31 min
May 3, 4:56 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Lexington, Richland	2 hr
May 3, 5:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Clarendon, Lee, Richland, Sumter	46 min
May 3, 5:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Lee	25 min
May 3, 6:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Bamberg, Barnwell	44 min
May 3, 6:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Bamberg, Orangeburg	46 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.