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Special Weather Statement, NWS Columbia, SC

June 13, 2011Richland County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this special weather statement at Jun 13, 2011, 9:56 PM EDT for Richland 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 outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 13, 2011, 9:56 PM EDT (01:56 UTC)
Expired: Jun 13, 2011, 10:45 PM EDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Columbia, SC

County Richland County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:59 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 13, 8:34 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 8:34 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 13, 3:47 AM EDT, 18 hours 9 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
347 AM EDT MON JUN 13 2011

GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-141000-
LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD-
MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON-
RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON-
BAMBERG-
347 AM EDT MON JUN 13 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND
CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 13, 9:56 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
956 PM EDT MON JUN 13 2011

SCZ027-028-140245-
LEXINGTON-RICHLAND-
956 PM EDT MON JUN 13 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF LEXINGTON AND
RICHLAND COUNTIES THROUGH 1045 PM EDT...

AT 947 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM...NEAR ST. ANDREWS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
ARCADIA LAKES...CAYCE...COLUMBIA...DENTSVILLE...FOREST ACRES...
IRMO...OAK GROVE...SPRINGDALE...ST. ANDREWS...WEST COLUMBIA...
WOODFIELDS...FORT JACKSON AND FIVE POINTS...

PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS...
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...
PEA SIZE HAIL...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REPORT LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS OR FLOODING TO YOUR COUNTY
SHERIFF...OR CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1...8 7
7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2.

&&

LAT...LON 3382 8086 3382 8091 3388 8100 3388 8102
      3408 8127 3421 8111 3421 8110 3423 8106
      3402 8066
TIME...MOT...LOC 0155Z 313DEG 16KT 3407 8108

AWP

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 13, 11:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Clarendon, Sumter	68 min
Jun 14, 12:19 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Clarendon, Sumter	56 min
Jun 14, 1:11 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Calhoun, Clarendon, Lee, Orangeburg, Sumter	79 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in South Carolina, 2011 Every 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.