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Special Weather Statement, NWS Columbia, SC

June 9, 2011Lexington County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this special weather statement at Jun 9, 2011, 8:48 AM EDT for Lexington 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 outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 9, 2011, 8:48 AM EDT (12:48 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 2011, 9:30 AM EDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC

County Lexington County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 9 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jun 8, 7:20 PM EDT, 13 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 7:20 PM EDT, 13 hours 28 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 7:59 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAELexington46 min
Jun 9, 10:06 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEAiken, Edgefield114 min
Jun 9, 7:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEMcDuffie39 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in South Carolina, 2011Every special weather statement in 2011

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.