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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this tornado warning at Mar 31, 2025, 3:37 PM EDT for Edgefield County, McCormick County, Saluda 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
- Mar 31, 2025, 3:37 PM EDT (19:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2025, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Edgefield County, SC, McCormick County, SC, Saluda County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:41 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 11:33 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 223 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
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -135 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 542 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
793
WFUS52 KCAE 311937
TORCAE
SCC037-065-081-312000-
/O.NEW.KCAE.TO.W.0008.250331T1937Z-250331T2000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Columbia SC
337 PM EDT Mon Mar 31 2025
The National Weather Service in Columbia has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northwestern Edgefield County in central South Carolina...
Central Saluda County in central South Carolina...
Northeastern McCormick County in central South Carolina...
* Until 400 PM EDT.
* At 336 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 7 miles east of Mccormick County Airport, or 18 miles
south of Greenwood, moving east 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 tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northwestern Edgefield, central Saluda and northeastern McCormick
Counties, including the following locations... Emory, Saluda Co
Sheriff's Office, Scurry Airport, Good Hope, Hickory Grove,
Pleasant Lane, Northside Fire Station Main, Saluda High School, and
Hollywood Elementary School.
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 3396 8222 3399 8215 3399 8210 3398 8208
3398 8205 3395 8204 3396 8202 3399 8199
3404 8195 3408 8192 3417 8171 3397 8161
3385 8215
TIME...MOT...LOC 1936Z 249DEG 40KT 3392 8213
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
EC1 follow-up statement
246
WWUS52 KCAE 311952
SVSCAE
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Columbia SC
352 PM EDT Mon Mar 31 2025
SCC065-312001-
/O.CAN.KCAE.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-250331T2000Z/
McCormick SC-
352 PM EDT Mon Mar 31 2025
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MCCORMICK COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out
of the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 700 PM EDT for
central South Carolina.
LAT...LON 3395 8204 3396 8202 3399 8199 3404 8195
3408 8192 3417 8171 3397 8161 3388 8203
TIME...MOT...LOC 1951Z 249DEG 40KT 3398 8193
$$
SCC037-081-312000-
/O.CON.KCAE.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-250331T2000Z/
Edgefield SC-Saluda SC-
352 PM EDT Mon Mar 31 2025
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL EDGEFIELD AND CENTRAL SALUDA COUNTIES...
At 351 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 8 miles northwest of Saluda County Airport, or 19 miles
southeast of Greenwood, moving east 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.
Locations impacted include...
Emory, Saluda Co Sheriff's Office, Scurry Airport, Good Hope, Hickory
Grove, Pleasant Lane, Northside Fire Station Main, Saluda, Saluda
High School, and Hollywood Elementary School.
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 8204 3396 8202 3399 8199 3404 8195
3408 8192 3417 8171 3397 8161 3388 8203
TIME...MOT...LOC 1951Z 249DEG 40KT 3398 8193
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
CALThe office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken, Edgefield, McCormick, Saluda | 55 min |
| Mar 31, 3:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken, Barnwell | 63 min |
| Mar 31, 3:43 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Aiken | 2 hr |
| Mar 31, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken, Barnwell, Edgefield, Lexington, Newberry, Orangeburg and 1 more | 60 min |
| Mar 31, 4:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Clarendon, Lexington, Orangeburg | 64 min |
| Mar 31, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken, Calhoun, Clarendon, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lancaster and 5 more | 58 min |
| Mar 31, 5:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Bamberg, Calhoun, Clarendon, Orangeburg | 49 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.