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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Columbia, SC

July 9, 2021Kershaw County, Lancaster County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 2021, 4:48 PM EDT for Kershaw County, Lancaster County, South Carolina. It was in force for 27 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
Jul 9, 2021, 4:48 PM EDT (20:48 UTC)
Expired
Jul 9, 2021, 5:15 PM EDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Kershaw County, SC, Lancaster County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:48 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 186 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2021-07-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 127 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2021-07-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -22 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
127 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-97 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1287 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

674 
WUUS52 KCAE 092048
SVRCAE
SCC055-057-092115-
/O.NEW.KCAE.SV.W.0056.210709T2048Z-210709T2115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Columbia SC
448 PM EDT Fri Jul 9 2021

The National Weather Service in Columbia has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Lancaster County in central South Carolina...
  Northwestern Kershaw County in central South Carolina...

* Until 515 PM EDT.

* At 447 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Heath
  Springs, or 11 miles south of Lancaster, moving southeast at 5 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Heath Springs, Faith Christian School and Pleasant Hill. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3451 8083 3464 8082 3463 8063 3451 8062
TIME...MOT...LOC 2047Z 309DEG 5KT 3457 8075 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 9, 2:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEMcCormick29 min
Jul 9, 2:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAESaluda33 min
Jul 9, 3:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAELexington30 min
Jul 9, 3:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEKershaw24 min
Jul 9, 3:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAELexington36 min
Jul 9, 3:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEKershaw, Lee44 min
Jul 9, 4:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEChesterfield46 min
Jul 9, 4:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEClarendon, Sumter37 min
Jul 9, 4:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAECalhoun, Orangeburg43 min
Jul 9, 5:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEClarendon27 min
Jul 9, 5:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEOrangeburg31 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.