Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 68, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 10, 2021, 5:52 PM EDT for Aiken County, Lexington County, South Carolina. It was in force for 38 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
- Aug 10, 2021, 5:52 PM EDT (21:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 2021, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Aiken County, SC, Lexington County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:53 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
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 409 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -81 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1050 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
882
WUUS52 KCAE 102152
SVRCAE
SCC003-063-102230-
/O.NEW.KCAE.SV.W.0068.210810T2152Z-210810T2230Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Columbia SC
552 PM EDT Tue Aug 10 2021
The National Weather Service in Columbia has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southwestern Lexington County in central South Carolina...
Northeastern Aiken County in central South Carolina...
* Until 630 PM EDT.
* At 552 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 11 miles southeast
of Ridge Spring, or 11 miles south of Batesburg-Leesville, moving
east at 15 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Batesburg-Leesville, Red Bank, Wagener, Pelion, Gilbert, Summit,
Monetta, Lexington County Airport At Pelion, Thor, Camp Kinard,
Steedman, Kneece, New Holland, Samaria Fire Station and Cedar Pond
Campground.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3384 8162 3388 8157 3390 8156 3393 8154
3391 8126 3364 8122 3364 8158
TIME...MOT...LOC 2152Z 261DEG 15KT 3375 8151
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 2:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | McCormick | 23 min |
| Aug 10, 2:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Newberry | 49 min |
| Aug 10, 3:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Edgefield | 51 min |
| Aug 10, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Edgefield | 45 min |
| Aug 10, 5:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Aiken | 40 min |
| Aug 10, 7:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Chesterfield | 52 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.