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Areal Flood Advisory 65, NWS Columbia, SC

August 28, 20125 counties in South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this areal flood advisory at Aug 28, 2012, 2:27 PM EDT for 5 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 108 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 28, 2012, 2:27 PM EDT (18:27 UTC)
Expired
Aug 28, 2012, 4:15 PM EDT
In force
108 min
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Aiken County, SC, Calhoun County, SC, Kershaw County, SC, Lexington County, SC, Richland County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 10 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 147 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 2012-08-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 773 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 2012-08-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 84 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
773 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
741 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 28, 4:04 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCAEAiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Orangeburg116 min
Aug 28, 4:33 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCAERichland117 min
Aug 28, 4:49 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCAEChesterfield, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lancaster116 min

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.