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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 68, NWS Columbia, SC

August 10, 2021Aiken County, Lexington County, South Carolina

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 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 2021-08-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 409 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, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 2021-08-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -3 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 10, 2:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEMcCormick23 min
Aug 10, 2:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAENewberry49 min
Aug 10, 3:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEEdgefield51 min
Aug 10, 4:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEEdgefield45 min
Aug 10, 5:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEAiken40 min
Aug 10, 7:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEChesterfield52 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.