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Special Weather Statement, NWS Columbia, SC

February 23, 2012Fairfield County, Lancaster County, Newberry County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this special weather statement at Feb 23, 2012, 12:25 AM EST for Fairfield County, Lancaster County, Newberry County, South Carolina. It was in force for 80 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: Feb 23, 2012, 12:25 AM EST (05:25 UTC)
Expired: Feb 23, 2012, 1:45 AM EST
In force: 80 min
Issued by: NWS Columbia, SC

Counties Fairfield County, SC, Lancaster County, SC, Newberry County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:27 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 Feb 22, 6:27 PM EST, 5 hours 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 22, 6:27 PM EST, 5 hours 58 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 22, 4:24 AM EST, 20 hours 1 minute before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
424 AM EST WED FEB 22 2012

GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-230930-
LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD-
MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON-
RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON-
BAMBERG-
424 AM EST WED FEB 22 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS TONIGHT NORTH PORTION AND CENTRAL
SAVANNAH RIVER AREA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

BREEZY CONDITIONS THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING
COLD FRONT. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED. A SLIGHT RISK OF
SEVERE STORMS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 23, 12:56 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Chesterfield	64 min
Feb 23, 1:02 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Edgefield, McCormick, Saluda	58 min
Feb 23, 1:16 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Chesterfield	44 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in South Carolina, 2012 Every special weather statement in 2012

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.