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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 70, NWS Columbia, SC

August 14, 2021Lancaster County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 14, 2021, 3:17 PM EDT for Lancaster County, South Carolina. It was in force for 28 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 14, 2021, 3:17 PM EDT (19:17 UTC)
Expired
Aug 14, 2021, 3:45 PM EDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Lancaster County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 149 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 2021-08-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1624 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 2021-08-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 2 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
1624 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-77 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
954 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

318 
WUUS52 KCAE 141917
SVRCAE
SCC057-141945-
/O.NEW.KCAE.SV.W.0070.210814T1917Z-210814T1945Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Columbia SC
317 PM EDT Sat Aug 14 2021

The National Weather Service in Columbia has issued a

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

* Until 345 PM EDT.

* At 316 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Carowinds, or
  8 miles northwest of Indian Land, moving west at 20 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Indian Land and Community of Almond Glen. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3500 8083 3494 8086 3497 8088 3499 8089
      3501 8091 3503 8090 3505 8091 3507 8090
TIME...MOT...LOC 1916Z 070DEG 16KT 3509 8095 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

NS/JQ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 14, 1:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAESaluda33 min
Aug 14, 3:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEEdgefield23 min
Aug 14, 3:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEMcCormick46 min
Aug 14, 3:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAESaluda39 min
Aug 14, 4:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEFairfield, Newberry38 min
Aug 14, 4:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEFairfield, Newberry30 min
Aug 14, 5:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAELee26 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.