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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 134, NWS Columbia, SC

July 11, 2007Lee County, Sumter County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 2007, 1:56 PM EDT for Lee County, Sumter 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
Jul 11, 2007, 1:56 PM EDT (17:56 UTC)
Expired
Jul 11, 2007, 2:45 PM EDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Lee County, SC, Sumter County, SC

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Columbia, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 11, 1:12 PM EDT, 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 11, 1:12 PM EDT, 44 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
112 PM EDT WED JUL 11 2007

.SYNOPSIS...
A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH INTO THE CAROLINAS THIS
EVENING. THE FRONT WILL THEN BECOME STATIONARY ACROSS THE REGION
THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

&&

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT/...
COLD FRONT STILL SITUATED BACK ACROSS WESTERN TENNESSEE THIS
AFTERNOON. AFTERNOON AND EVENING CONVECTION EXPECTED AHEAD OF THIS
APPROACHING COOL FRONT. PLENTY OF COVERAGE BACK ACROSS CENTRAL
GEORGIA. PORTIONS OF THE CWA HAVE BEEN PLACED IN A SLIGHT RISK FOR
SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON BY SPC. WET BULB ZERO HEIGHTS ARE
FAIRLY HIGH...SO HAIL IS NOT REALLY GOING TO BE MUCH OF A THREAT.
MAIN CONCERN WOULD BE ISOLATED WIND DAMAGE WITH DOWNBURSTS.

&&

.SHORT TERM /MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/...
COOL FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE STATE OVERNIGHT. MOST OF THE
PRECIP ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER WAVE IS FORECAST TO BE MOVING
EAST OF THE CWA AFTER MIDNIGHT. HOWEVER...WILL STILL GO WITH
CHANCE POPS OVERNIGHT FOR ANY PRECIP RIGHT ALONG THE FRONT. DECREASING
TO SLIGHT CHANCE EAST EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. DRY WEATHER EXPECTED
THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. TYPICAL SUMMER TIME TEMPS ON TAP...WITH
HIGHS IN THE 90S...AND LOWS DOWN AROUND 70 EXPECTED.

&&

.LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
ANOTHER SHORTWAVE DRIVEN COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE CAROLINAS
ON FRIDAY NIGHT AS THE UPPER PATTERN REMAINS AMPLIFIED WITH THE
TROUGH IN THE EAST AND RIDGE OUT WEST. ACTIVE AFTERNOON WEATHER
STILL EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE WEEKEND...WITH A FRONTAL
BOUNDARY STALLED OVER THE CAROLINAS.  WILL CONTINUE WITH CHANCE
POPS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AS THOSE WILL BE THE DAYS WITH THE BEST
CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION.

THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WASHES OUT BY MONDAY AS THE UPPER RIDGE
BUILDS OVER THE SOUTHEAST AND SOUTHERLY FLOW RETURNS. ATMOSPHERIC
MOISTURE REMAINS HIGH BUT WITH INCREASING UPPER HEIGHTS...COVERAGE
SHOULD BE MORE LIMITED AND WILL CARRY LOW CHANCE POPS.

TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR NORMAL.

&&

.AVIATION /18Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
ANOTHER S/W AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT TO APPROACH THE AREA BY EARLY
THIS EVENING. GENERALLY VFR CONDITIONS ALTHOUGH GOOD MIXING AND SW
SURFACE WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL PRODUCE WINDS GUSTS BETWEEN 20
AND 25 KNOTS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHRA/TSRA AFTER
21Z WILL PRODUCE A FEW AREAS OF IFR/MVFR. OVERNIGHT...THE FRONT
SHOULD PUSH TO THE CLOSE TO THE COAST WITH DRIER AIR SPREADING IN
FROM THE WEST. LOW CLOUDS SHOULD BEGIN TO CLEAR OUT BY 08Z-10Z AT
MOST LOCATIONS. THE DRIER AIR SHOULD PREVENT WIDESPREAD FOG
FORMATION EXCEPT IN A FEW LOCATIONS SUCH AS AGS AND OGB WHERE MVFR
CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR. AFTER 14Z...EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH THE
END OF THE TAF PERIOD.

AVIATION OUTLOOK...NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED
WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

&&

.CAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SC...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR SCZ015-016-
     018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041.
GA...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR GAZ040-
     063>065-077.

&&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 11, 5:24 AM EDT, 8 hours 32 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 11, 3:59 AM EDTLake Wind AdvisoryCAEAiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chesterfield, Clarendon and 10 more16 hr
Jul 11, 3:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEAiken, Lexington53 min
Jul 11, 3:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEAiken67 min
Jul 11, 3:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEBarnwell65 min
Jul 11, 4:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAELexington34 min
Jul 11, 4:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAELee, Sumter58 min
Jul 11, 4:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEBamberg, Calhoun, Orangeburg67 min
Jul 11, 5:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEClarendon, Orangeburg, Sumter56 min
Jul 11, 3:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAERichmond41 min
Jul 11, 3:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEBurke47 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 2007Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2007

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.