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Special Weather Statement, NWS Columbia, SC

August 22, 2011Bamberg County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this special weather statement at Aug 22, 2011, 9:14 PM EDT for Bamberg County, South Carolina. It was in force for 31 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: Aug 22, 2011, 9:14 PM EDT (01:14 UTC)
Expired: Aug 22, 2011, 9:45 PM EDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Columbia, SC

County Bamberg County, SC

The radar

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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 Aug 22, 7:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 22, 7:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 22, 5:05 AM EDT, 16 hours 9 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
505 AM EDT MON AUG 22 2011

GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-230915-
LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD-
MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON-
RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON-
BAMBERG-
505 AM EDT MON AUG 22 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AREA EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ONCE
AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS EAST-CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND EASTERN
GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD
BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE MAIN ISSUE.

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

HURRICANE IRENE IS FORECAST TO MOVE TO THE WEST-NORTHWEST FOR THE
NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. THE STORM COULD HAVE AN IMPACT ACROSS PORTIONS
OF THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES BY THIS WEEKEND. ALTHOUGH IT IS
STILL TOO SOON TO DETERMINE IF IRENE WILL DIRECTLY IMPACT THE
REGION...PEOPLE ACROSS CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND EASTERN GEORGIA
SHOULD CONTINUE TO CAREFULLY MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS STORM
THROUGHOUT THE WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 22, 4:32 PM EDT, 4 hours 42 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
432 PM EDT MON AUG 22 2011

SCZ036-041-222130-
BAMBERG-ORANGEBURG-
432 PM EDT MON AUG 22 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF BAMBERG AND
ORANGEBURG COUNTIES THROUGH 530 PM EDT...

AT 424 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM...NEAR NORWAY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
BAMBERG...BRANCHVILLE AND DENMARK...

PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS...
GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 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 3336 8117 3348 8119 3354 8112 3358 8101
      3328 8060 3305 8104
TIME...MOT...LOC 2032Z 322DEG 20KT 3346 8103

Local storm report, Aug 22, 5:50 PM EDT, 3 hours 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
550 PM EDT MON AUG 22 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0530 PM     TSTM WND DMG     6 NNW SMOAKS            33.17N 80.86W
08/22/2011                   BAMBERG            SC   PUBLIC

            PUBLIC REPORTED SEVERAL LARGE LIMBS DOWN ALONG OLD
            BUCKHEAD ROAD.

0532 PM     HAIL             6 NNW SMOAKS            33.17N 80.86W
08/22/2011  E0.75 INCH       BAMBERG            SC   PUBLIC

            PUBLIC REPORTED DIME SIZE HAIL ALONG OLD BUCKHEAD ROAD.

&&

VAUGHAN

Local storm report, Aug 22, 6:44 PM EDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
644 PM EDT MON AUG 22 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0509 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 NNE BAMBERG           33.35N 81.01W
08/22/2011                   ORANGEBURG         SC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            HIGHWAY PATROL REPORTED A TREE IN THE ROADWAY AT SNAKE
            SWAMP ROAD AND HIGHWAY 301.

&&

VAUGHAN

Special weather statement, Aug 22, 9:14 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
914 PM EDT MON AUG 22 2011

SCZ035-041-230145-
BAMBERG-BARNWELL-
914 PM EDT MON AUG 22 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF BAMBERG AND BARNWELL
COUNTIES THROUGH 945 PM EDT...

AT 907 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM...NEAR OLAR...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
...

PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS...
GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 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 3312 8120 3310 8134 3311 8134 3321 8130
      3328 8124 3328 8110 3312 8088 3309 8088
      3307 8089 3306 8092 3310 8094 3304 8104
      3303 8109
TIME...MOT...LOC 0114Z 332DEG 16KT 3313 8116

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 22, 10:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Bamberg, Barnwell	57 min
Aug 22, 11:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Bamberg, Barnwell, Orangeburg	39 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.