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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 144, NWS Columbia, SC

August 17, 2024Fairfield County, Newberry County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 17, 2024, 8:41 PM EDT for Fairfield County, Newberry County, South Carolina. It was in force for 49 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 17, 2024, 8:41 PM EDT (00:41 UTC)
Expired
Aug 17, 2024, 9:30 PM EDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Fairfield County, SC, Newberry County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 309 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2024-08-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2551 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2024-08-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 16 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2551 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1301 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 17, 8:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEMcCormick46 min
Aug 17, 8:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEFairfield, Lexington, Newberry, Richland51 min
Aug 17, 8:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEEdgefield, McCormick60 min
Aug 17, 8:55 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCAENewberry2 hr
Aug 17, 9:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEEdgefield, Newberry, Saluda59 min
Aug 17, 9:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAELexington, Richland45 min
Aug 17, 9:24 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCAEFairfield, Lexington, Newberry, Richland3 hr
Aug 17, 9:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAENewberry61 min
Aug 17, 10:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEAiken, Lexington, Richland67 min
Aug 17, 10:24 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCAERichland103 min
Aug 17, 10:43 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCAERichland80 min
Aug 18, 5:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAELancaster40 min
Aug 18, 6:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEChesterfield, Kershaw, Lancaster38 min
Aug 18, 7:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAELancaster30 min
Aug 18, 7:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEJenkins43 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.