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Heat Advisory 3, NWS Columbia, SC

August 2, 200616 counties in South Carolina; 5 counties in Georgia

NWS Columbia, SC issued this heat advisory at Aug 2, 2006, 2:19 PM EDT for 16 counties in South Carolina; 5 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Aug 3, 2006, 1:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 2, 2006, 2:19 PM EDT (18:19 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 3, 2006, 1:00 PM EDT
Expired
Aug 3, 2006, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
All 21 counties

Burke County, GA, Columbia County, GA, Lincoln County, GA, McDuffie County, GA, Richmond County, GA, Aiken County, SC, Bamberg County, SC, Barnwell County, SC, Calhoun County, SC, Chesterfield County, SC, Clarendon County, SC, Edgefield County, SC, Fairfield County, SC, Kershaw County, SC, Lee County, SC, Lexington County, SC, McCormick County, SC, Newberry County, SC, Richland County, SC, Saluda County, SC, Sumter County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 2, 7:11 PM EDTAir Stagnation AdvisoryCAECalhoun, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lexington, Newberry, Richland and 1 more24 hr

Nearby

Heat Advisories in South Carolina, 2006Heat Advisories in Georgia, 2006Every heat advisory in 2006

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.