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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this tornado warning at Mar 16, 2025, 7:14 AM EDT for Bamberg County, Barnwell County, South Carolina. It was in force for 31 min. 1 report 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
- Mar 16, 2025, 7:14 AM EDT (11:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 16, 2025, 7:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Bamberg County, SC, Barnwell County, SC
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 7:27 AM EDT | TORNADO | 2 E Snelling, SC | A National Weather Service storm survey determined that an EF-0 tornado touched down between Snelling and Barnwell, SC with peak winds of 80 mph. The short-lived tornado began in the Sweetwater Country Club, between Fairway Lane and Club House Lane, and moved |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 6:12 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 138 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
- 5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1048 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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WFUS52 KCAE 161114
TORCAE
SCC009-011-161145-
/O.NEW.KCAE.TO.W.0006.250316T1114Z-250316T1145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Columbia SC
714 AM EDT Sun Mar 16 2025
The National Weather Service in Columbia has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southeastern Barnwell County in central South Carolina...
West central Bamberg County in central South Carolina...
* Until 745 AM EDT.
* At 714 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Millett, or 11 miles southwest of Barnwell, moving
northeast at 55 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...
Barnwell around 720 AM EDT.
Blackville and Barnwell State Park around 730 AM EDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Olar,
Kline, Snelling, Barnwell County Airport, Hilda, and Govan.
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 3316 8153 3316 8154 3311 8159 3317 8164
3339 8127 3318 8109 3310 8135
TIME...MOT...LOC 1114Z 242DEG 46KT 3313 8151
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
MG2 follow-up statements
367
WWUS52 KCAE 161127
SVSCAE
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Columbia SC
727 AM EDT Sun Mar 16 2025
SCC009-011-161145-
/O.CON.KCAE.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-250316T1145Z/
Barnwell SC-Bamberg SC-
727 AM EDT Sun Mar 16 2025
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 AM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN BARNWELL AND WEST CENTRAL BAMBERG COUNTIES...
At 727 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Barnwell, moving northeast at 55 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This dangerous storm will be near...
Blackville, Barnwell, and Barnwell State Park around 730 AM EDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Olar,
Kline, Snelling, Barnwell County Airport, Hilda, and Govan.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in a
vehicle, move to an interior room or closet on the lowest floor of a
sturdy building immediately.
&&
LAT...LON 3339 8127 3318 8109 3310 8135 3318 8151
3324 8153
TIME...MOT...LOC 1127Z 242DEG 46KT 3320 8136
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
MG446
WWUS52 KCAE 161145
SVSCAE
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Columbia SC
745 AM EDT Sun Mar 16 2025
SCC009-011-161154-
/O.EXP.KCAE.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-250316T1145Z/
Barnwell SC-Bamberg SC-
745 AM EDT Sun Mar 16 2025
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BARNWELL AND WEST CENTRAL
BAMBERG COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 745 AM 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 200 PM EDT for central South
Carolina.
LAT...LON 3339 8127 3318 8109 3310 8135 3318 8151
3324 8153
TIME...MOT...LOC 1144Z 242DEG 46KT 3329 8115
$$
MGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 5:01 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | McCormick | 59 min |
| Mar 16, 5:56 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken, Edgefield | 49 min |
| Mar 16, 6:15 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Aiken | 30 min |
| Mar 16, 6:29 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken, Barnwell | 46 min |
| Mar 16, 6:31 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Aiken, Edgefield | 29 min |
| Mar 16, 6:42 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken, Edgefield, Lexington, Newberry, Saluda | 48 min |
| Mar 16, 6:55 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Barnwell | 24 min |
| Mar 16, 7:12 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Orangeburg | 48 min |
| Mar 16, 7:25 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken, Calhoun, Lexington, Newberry, Orangeburg, Richland and 1 more | 65 min |
| Mar 16, 7:39 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Fairfield, Lexington, Newberry, Richland | 36 min |
| Mar 16, 7:58 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Bamberg, Calhoun, Orangeburg, Richland | 62 min |
| Mar 16, 8:39 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Chesterfield, Kershaw, Lancaster, Lee, Richland | 66 min |
| Mar 16, 8:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Kershaw, Lee, Richland, Sumter | 60 min |
| Mar 16, 8:51 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Calhoun, Clarendon, Sumter | 54 min |
| Mar 16, 9:46 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Bamberg, Calhoun, Clarendon, Orangeburg | 59 min |
| Mar 16, 5:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Chesterfield | 31 min |
| Mar 16, 6:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Lexington, Richland | 38 min |
| Mar 16, 6:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Lancaster | 41 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.