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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 217, NWS Columbia, SC

August 13, 2010Kershaw County, Lee County, Sumter County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 2010, 6:33 PM EDT for Kershaw County, Lee County, Sumter County, South Carolina. It was in force for 42 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: Aug 13, 2010, 6:33 PM EDT (22:33 UTC)
Expired: Aug 13, 2010, 7:15 PM EDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Columbia, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Kershaw County, SC, Lee County, SC, Sumter County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Aug 12, 7:40 PM EDT, 22 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 12, 7:40 PM EDT, 22 hours 53 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 12, 7:50 PM EDT, 22 hours 43 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 13, 4:01 AM EDT	Heat Advisory	CAE	Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Clarendon, Edgefield and 7 more	15 hr
Aug 13, 3:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	McCormick	52 min
Aug 13, 4:27 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	McCormick	2 hr
Aug 13, 5:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Kershaw, Richland	50 min
Aug 13, 6:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Fairfield, Richland	24 min
Aug 13, 6:48 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Richland	117 min
Aug 13, 3:45 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Burke, Columbia, McDuffie, Richmond	2 hr

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.