Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2021, 1:43 PM EDT for Orangeburg County, South Carolina. It was in force for 47 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
- Jun 12, 2021, 1:43 PM EDT (17:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2021, 2:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Orangeburg County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 94 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
- 313 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -83 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 790 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -20 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
564
WUUS52 KCAE 121743
SVRCAE
SCC075-121830-
/O.NEW.KCAE.SV.W.0048.210612T1743Z-210612T1830Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Columbia SC
143 PM EDT Sat Jun 12 2021
The National Weather Service in Columbia has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Central Orangeburg County in central South Carolina...
* Until 230 PM EDT.
* At 143 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 13 miles west of Edisto Gardens to Orangeburg County
Airport to 7 miles north of Bowman, moving south at 5 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Orangeburg, Brookdale, Branchville, Bowman, Orangeburg County
Airport, Claflin College, Edisto Gardens, South Carolina State
University, Neeses, Norway, Rowesville, Cordova, Livingston, Cope,
Yonder Field, Wilkinson Heights and Edisto.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 26 between mile markers 150 and 168.
Interstate 95 between mile markers 86 and 89.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection seek shelter inside a sturdy building and stay
away from windows.
&&
LAT...LON 3323 8085 3331 8094 3335 8105 3338 8108
3341 8118 3358 8115 3352 8089 3351 8070
3347 8066 3347 8061 3351 8062 3333 8049
3333 8051 3321 8080
TIME...MOT...LOC 1743Z 343DEG 6KT 3353 8110 3346 8087 3346 8068
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
091
WWUS52 KCAE 121816
SVSCAE
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Columbia SC
216 PM EDT Sat Jun 12 2021
SCC075-121830-
/O.CON.KCAE.SV.W.0048.000000T0000Z-210612T1830Z/
Orangeburg SC-
216 PM EDT Sat Jun 12 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ORANGEBURG COUNTY...
At 216 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 10 miles northeast of Denmark to near Orangeburg
County Airport to near Bowman, moving south at 15 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Branchville, Bowman, Norway, Rowesville, Cordova and Cope.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 26 between mile markers 159 and 168.
Interstate 95 between mile markers 86 and 89.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection seek shelter inside a sturdy building and stay
away from windows.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways or
walk through high water.
&&
LAT...LON 3323 8085 3331 8094 3335 8105 3338 8108
3341 8118 3348 8117 3340 8054 3333 8049
3333 8051 3321 8080
TIME...MOT...LOC 1816Z 340DEG 14KT 3345 8107 3338 8084 3338 8065
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 8:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Richland | 35 min |
| Jun 12, 1:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Orangeburg | 24 min |
| Jun 12, 2:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | McCormick | 56 min |
| Jun 12, 2:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Newberry | 39 min |
| Jun 12, 2:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Edgefield | 52 min |
| Jun 12, 3:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Lexington | 32 min |
| Jun 12, 3:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Fairfield, Lexington, Newberry, Richland | 26 min |
| Jun 12, 4:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Calhoun | 35 min |
| Jun 12, 5:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Calhoun, Orangeburg | 37 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.