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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Columbia, SC

April 5, 2022Clarendon County, Orangeburg County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this tornado warning at Apr 5, 2022, 7:22 PM EDT for Clarendon County, Orangeburg County, South Carolina. It was in force for 23 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: Apr 5, 2022, 7:22 PM EDT (23:22 UTC)
Expired: Apr 5, 2022, 7:45 PM EDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Columbia, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Clarendon County, SC, Orangeburg County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 103 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.

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 297 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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The text

As transmitted.

915 
WFUS52 KCAE 052322
TORCAE
SCC027-075-052345-
/O.NEW.KCAE.TO.W.0015.220405T2322Z-220405T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Columbia SC
722 PM EDT Tue Apr 5 2022

The National Weather Service in Columbia has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  South central Clarendon County in central South Carolina...
  Southeastern Orangeburg County in central South Carolina...

* Until 745 PM EDT.
    
* At 721 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over Harleyville, or 7 miles east of Indian Field,
  moving northeast at 45 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.

  IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without 
           shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. 
           Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur.  Tree 
           damage is likely.

* This dangerous storm will be near...
  Holly Hill around 730 PM EDT.

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Eautaw
Springs, Rocks Pond Campground and Marina and Blounts Landing.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in a
vehicle, move to an interior room or closet on the lowest floor of a
sturdy building immediately.

&&

LAT...LON 3350 8010 3350 8012 3348 8015 3346 8013
      3345 8015 3346 8016 3345 8017 3345 8020
      3344 8020 3345 8022 3330 8025 3326 8032
      3328 8034 3326 8036 3327 8047 3356 8012
      3352 8009
TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 235DEG 38KT 3323 8042 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN

$$

gpl

1 follow-up statement

552 
WWUS52 KCAE 052343
SVSCAE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Columbia SC
743 PM EDT Tue Apr 5 2022

SCC027-075-052353-
/O.EXP.KCAE.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-220405T2345Z/
Clarendon SC-Orangeburg SC-
743 PM EDT Tue Apr 5 2022

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL CLARENDON AND SOUTHEASTERN
ORANGEBURG COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 745 PM EDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning will
be allowed to expire.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM EDT for central South
Carolina.

LAT...LON 3350 8010 3350 8012 3348 8015 3346 8013
      3345 8015 3346 8016 3345 8017 3345 8020
      3344 8020 3345 8022 3330 8025 3326 8032
      3328 8034 3326 8036 3327 8047 3356 8012
      3352 8009
TIME...MOT...LOC 2343Z 235DEG 38KT 3335 8021 

$$

gpl

The 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 Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	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 Tornado observed	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 Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	CAE	Calhoun, Clarendon, Orangeburg	37 min
Apr 5, 7:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Calhoun, Clarendon, Lee, Sumter	50 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.