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Special Weather Statement, NWS Columbia, SC

September 24, 2011Saluda County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this special weather statement at Sep 24, 2011, 4:55 AM EDT for Saluda County, South Carolina. It was in force for 50 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: Sep 24, 2011, 4:55 AM EDT (08:55 UTC)
Expired: Sep 24, 2011, 5:45 AM EDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Columbia, SC

County Saluda County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:55 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 Sep 23, 7:43 PM EDT, 9 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 23, 7:43 PM EDT, 9 hours 12 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
Sep 24, 4:28 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Orangeburg	62 min
Sep 24, 4:36 AM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	CAE	Chesterfield, Kershaw, Lee	5 hr
Sep 24, 5:11 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Clarendon	64 min
Sep 24, 6:52 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Lexington, Richland	113 min
Sep 24, 5:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Calhoun, Sumter	54 min
Sep 24, 5:36 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Clarendon, Sumter	114 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.