Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2022
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 5, 2022, 7:25 PM EDT for 4 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 50 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 5, 2022, 7:25 PM EDT (23:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 5, 2022, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Calhoun County, SC, Clarendon County, SC, Lee County, SC, Sumter County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 7:39 PM EDT | TORNADO | 1 Wnw Manning, SC | SEVERAL SOCIAL MEDIA REPORTS OF DAMAGED VEHICLES AND CART RETURNS AT THE MANNING WAL-MART. WATER PICTURED INSIDE THE STORE. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. |
| Apr 5, 7:40 PM EDT | TORNADO | 1 Nnw Manning, SC | SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT OF DOWNED FENCE AND TREES SNAPPED BEHIND KENSINGTON POINTE APARTMENTS. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. |
| Apr 5, 7:41 PM EDT | TORNADO | 1 N Manning, SC | SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT FROM THE PUBLIC OF POSSIBLE TORNADO DAMAGE NEAR MANCHESTER DR. IN MANNING AND M&M RENTALS ON SUMTER HWY. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 3:15 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 238 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1071 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
315
WUUS52 KCAE 052325
SVRCAE
SCC017-027-061-085-060015-
/O.NEW.KCAE.SV.W.0021.220405T2325Z-220406T0015Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Columbia SC
725 PM EDT Tue Apr 5 2022
The National Weather Service in Columbia has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Eastern Lee County in central South Carolina...
Eastern Calhoun County in central South Carolina...
Central Clarendon County in central South Carolina...
Central Sumter County in central South Carolina...
* Until 815 PM EDT.
* At 725 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Lydia to 6 miles southeast of Poinsett State Park,
moving east at 55 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and powerlines.
* Locations impacted include...
Sumter, Manning, Bishopville, South Sumter, Alcolu, Woods Bay State
Park, Elliott, Mulberry, Lee State Park, Sumter County Airport,
Millwood, Turbeville, Mayesville, Pinewood, Lynchburg, Paxville,
Rimini, Brogdon, Oswego and Lakewood.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 20 in South Carolina between mile markers 118 and 126.
Interstate 95 between mile markers 113 and 146.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM EDT for central South
Carolina.
For your protection seek shelter inside a sturdy building and stay
away from windows.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM EDT for central South
Carolina.
&&
LAT...LON 3382 7992 3377 7999 3372 7997 3361 8004
3365 8055 3433 8018 3423 8011 3420 8011
3416 8016 3409 8008 3400 7990 3398 7990
3395 7998 3388 7994 3388 7988
TIME...MOT...LOC 2325Z 255DEG 47KT 3430 8014 3374 8045
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
fwaThe office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 12:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Edgefield | 24 min |
| Apr 5, 2:39 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CAE | Lexington, Richland | 51 min |
| Apr 5, 2:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken | 30 min |
| Apr 5, 2:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Aiken | 20 min |
| Apr 5, 3:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Newberry | 36 min |
| Apr 5, 3:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Aiken, Barnwell, Orangeburg | 33 min |
| Apr 5, 4:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Bamberg, Orangeburg | 60 min |
| Apr 5, 4:12 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Calhoun, Kershaw, Lexington, Richland, Sumter | 2 hr |
| Apr 5, 4:15 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Aiken, Edgefield, Fairfield, Lexington, McCormick, Newberry and 2 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 5, 4:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Edgefield | 43 min |
| Apr 5, 4:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Bamberg, Clarendon, Orangeburg | 55 min |
| Apr 5, 4:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Bamberg | 22 min |
| Apr 5, 5:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Calhoun, Clarendon, Richland, Sumter | 28 min |
| Apr 5, 5:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Barnwell | 50 min |
| Apr 5, 5:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Bamberg, Orangeburg | 50 min |
| Apr 5, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Edgefield, McCormick, Saluda | 45 min |
| Apr 5, 5:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken, Edgefield, Lexington, Saluda | 52 min |
| Apr 5, 5:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Aiken, Lexington, Richland | 42 min |
| Apr 5, 5:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken, Barnwell, Orangeburg | 47 min |
| Apr 5, 5:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Bamberg, Barnwell, Orangeburg | 40 min |
| Apr 5, 5:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Clarendon | 49 min |
| Apr 5, 5:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken, Barnwell | 34 min |
| Apr 5, 5:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Clarendon, Sumter | 48 min |
| Apr 5, 6:09 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Aiken, Calhoun, Clarendon, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lee and 5 more | 111 min |
| Apr 5, 6:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken, Barnwell, Calhoun, Lexington, Orangeburg, Richland | 51 min |
| Apr 5, 6:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Clarendon, Orangeburg | 28 min |
| Apr 5, 6:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Clarendon, Orangeburg | 24 min |
| Apr 5, 6:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Bamberg, Orangeburg | 34 min |
| Apr 5, 6:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CAE | Lexington, Richland | 61 min |
| Apr 5, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Bamberg, Barnwell, Orangeburg | 30 min |
| Apr 5, 6:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Calhoun, Clarendon, Orangeburg | 37 min |
| Apr 5, 7:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Clarendon, Orangeburg | 23 min |
| Apr 5, 7:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Clarendon, Lee, Sumter | 36 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.