Alert archive / South Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2023
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this tornado warning at Jan 4, 2023, 10:00 AM EST for Aiken County, Edgefield County, Saluda County, South Carolina. It was in force for 30 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
- Jan 4, 2023, 10:00 AM EST (15:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 4, 2023, 10:30 AM EST
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Aiken County, SC, Edgefield County, SC, Saluda County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 4, 8:36 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 187 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
- 463 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 555 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 181 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.9
The text
As transmitted.
959
WFUS52 KCAE 041500
TORCAE
SCC003-037-081-041530-
/O.NEW.KCAE.TO.W.0001.230104T1500Z-230104T1530Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Columbia SC
1000 AM EST Wed Jan 4 2023
The National Weather Service in Columbia has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
East central Edgefield County in central South Carolina...
North central Aiken County in central South Carolina...
Southeastern Saluda County in central South Carolina...
* Until 1030 AM EST.
* At 1000 AM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
tornado was located over Johnston, or 14 miles southwest of
Batesburg-Leesville, moving east at 30 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...
Ridge Spring around 1015 AM EST.
Batesburg-Leesville around 1030 AM EST.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Ward,
Hibernia and Monetta.
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 3384 8184 3395 8156 3391 8155 3388 8157
3386 8155 3380 8154 3375 8181
TIME...MOT...LOC 1500Z 249DEG 26KT 3381 8176
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
$$
CJR2 follow-up statements
023
WWUS52 KCAE 041511
SVSCAE
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Columbia SC
1011 AM EST Wed Jan 4 2023
SCC003-037-081-041530-
/O.CON.KCAE.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-230104T1530Z/
Edgefield SC-Aiken SC-Saluda SC-
1011 AM EST Wed Jan 4 2023
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 AM EST FOR EASTERN
EDGEFIELD...NORTH CENTRAL AIKEN AND SOUTHEASTERN SALUDA COUNTIES...
At 1010 AM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Ridge Spring, or 8 miles southwest of
Batesburg-Leesville, moving northeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This dangerous storm will be near...
Batesburg-Leesville around 1035 AM EST.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Ward,
Hibernia and Monetta.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in a
vehicle, move to an interior room or closet on the lowest floor of a
sturdy building immediately.
&&
LAT...LON 3395 8156 3391 8155 3388 8157 3386 8155
3380 8154 3377 8170 3388 8175
TIME...MOT...LOC 1510Z 233DEG 22KT 3381 8163
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
$$
CJR279
WWUS52 KCAE 041527
SVSCAE
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Columbia SC
1027 AM EST Wed Jan 4 2023
SCC003-037-081-041536-
/O.EXP.KCAE.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-230104T1530Z/
Edgefield SC-Aiken SC-Saluda SC-
1027 AM EST Wed Jan 4 2023
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN EDGEFIELD...NORTH CENTRAL AIKEN
AND SOUTHEASTERN SALUDA COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1030 AM EST...
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. This storm may restrenghten as it moves into
Lexington County.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 200 PM EST for central South
Carolina.
LAT...LON 3395 8156 3391 8155 3388 8157 3386 8155
3380 8154 3377 8170 3388 8175
TIME...MOT...LOC 1526Z 249DEG 26KT 3385 8151
$$
CJRThe office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 4, 8:19 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Newberry | 41 min |
| Jan 4, 8:23 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CAE | McCormick | 52 min |
| Jan 4, 9:09 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Edgefield | 51 min |
| Jan 4, 9:14 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Lancaster | 46 min |
| Jan 4, 9:21 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken, Edgefield | 54 min |
| Jan 4, 9:41 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Edgefield, Saluda | 39 min |
| Jan 4, 9:56 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Edgefield, Lexington, Orangeburg | 49 min |
| Jan 4, 10:16 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken, Calhoun, Fairfield, Lexington, Newberry, Richland and 1 more | 44 min |
| Jan 4, 10:32 AM EST | Tornado Warning | CAE | Aiken, Calhoun, Lexington, Orangeburg | 28 min |
| Jan 4, 10:35 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Lexington, Orangeburg and 2 more | 40 min |
| Jan 4, 10:38 AM EST | Tornado Warning | CAE | Lexington | 22 min |
| Jan 4, 10:54 AM EST | Tornado Warning | CAE | Calhoun, Lexington, Orangeburg, Richland | 36 min |
| Jan 4, 10:55 AM EST | Tornado Warning | CAE | Calhoun, Lexington, Richland | 19 min |
| Jan 4, 11:13 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Fairfield, Kershaw, Lexington, Newberry, Richland, Saluda | 2 hr |
| Jan 4, 11:17 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Calhoun, Clarendon, Kershaw, Lee, Orangeburg, Richland and 1 more | 58 min |
| Jan 4, 5:02 PM EST | River Flood Warning | CAE | Greenwood, Newberry, Saluda | 3 days |
| Jan 4, 5:02 PM EST | River Flood Warning | CAE | Calhoun, Lexington, Richland | 5 days |
| Jan 4, 5:02 PM EST | River Flood Warning | CAE | Calhoun, Richland | 8 days |
| Jan 4, 5:02 PM EST | River Flood Advisory | CAE | Lexington, Richland | 4 hr |
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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.