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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this tornado warning at May 30, 2025, 3:45 PM EDT for Chesterfield County, Lancaster 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
- May 30, 2025, 3:45 PM EDT (19:45 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2025, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Chesterfield County, SC, Lancaster County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:48 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 12:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 158 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
- -53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 633 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
159
WFUS52 KCAE 301945
TORCAE
SCC025-057-302015-
/O.NEW.KCAE.TO.W.0009.250530T1945Z-250530T2015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Columbia SC
345 PM EDT Fri May 30 2025
The National Weather Service in Columbia has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Central Lancaster County in central South Carolina...
Northwestern Chesterfield County in central South Carolina...
* Until 415 PM EDT.
* At 344 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Andrew Jackson State Park, or near Lancaster,
moving east at 35 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...
Buford around 350 PM EDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Camp
Creek Fire Station, Taxahaw, Unity Fire Station, Arrowood Estates,
Tradesville, and High Point Fire Station.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in a
sturdy building immediately.
&&
LAT...LON 3482 8079 3482 8047 3481 8042 3465 8044
3477 8087 3487 8086 3488 8079
TIME...MOT...LOC 1944Z 277DEG 31KT 3481 8079
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
BC1 follow-up statement
364
WWUS52 KCAE 301959
SVSCAE
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Columbia SC
359 PM EDT Fri May 30 2025
SCC025-057-302015-
/O.CON.KCAE.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-250530T2015Z/
Lancaster SC-Chesterfield SC-
359 PM EDT Fri May 30 2025
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL
LANCASTER AND NORTHWESTERN CHESTERFIELD COUNTIES...
At 359 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Buford, or 8 miles northeast of Lancaster, moving
east at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This dangerous storm will be near...
Buford around 405 PM EDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Camp
Creek Fire Station, Taxahaw, Unity Fire Station, Arrowood Estates,
Tradesville, and High Point Fire Station.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in a
vehicle, move to an interior room or closet on the lowest floor of a
sturdy building immediately.
&&
LAT...LON 3482 8079 3482 8047 3481 8042 3465 8044
3477 8087 3479 8086
TIME...MOT...LOC 1959Z 276DEG 30KT 3480 8065
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
HCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 2:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | McCormick | 48 min |
| May 30, 2:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Edgefield, McCormick, Saluda | 52 min |
| May 30, 3:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Lancaster | 42 min |
| May 30, 3:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Newberry | 48 min |
| May 30, 3:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken, Edgefield, Lexington, McCormick, Newberry, Richland and 1 more | 41 min |
| May 30, 4:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken, Barnwell, Calhoun, Lexington, Orangeburg, Richland | 50 min |
| May 30, 4:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Lancaster | 51 min |
| May 30, 4:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Chesterfield | 47 min |
| May 30, 4:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Calhoun, Clarendon, Orangeburg, Richland, Sumter | 42 min |
| May 30, 4:34 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Aiken, Edgefield | 88 min |
| May 30, 4:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Calhoun, Clarendon, Sumter | 31 min |
| May 30, 4:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Bamberg, Barnwell, Orangeburg | 44 min |
| May 30, 4:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Barnwell | 39 min |
| May 30, 5:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Clarendon | 26 min |
| May 30, 5:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Calhoun, Clarendon, Orangeburg, Sumter | 46 min |
| May 30, 5:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Bamberg, Orangeburg | 50 min |
| May 30, 6:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Lancaster | 22 min |
| May 30, 6:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Lancaster | 42 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.