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Special Weather Statement, NWS Columbia, SC

June 13, 2012Newberry County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this special weather statement at Jun 13, 2012, 11:16 PM EDT for Newberry County, South Carolina. It was in force for 59 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, 2012, 11:16 PM EDT (03:16 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2012, 12:15 AM EDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC

County Newberry County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 229 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 00:00Z on 2012-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 945 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 00:00Z on 2012-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -12 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
945 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-45 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1022 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-10 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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, 10:23 PM EDT, 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 10:23 PM EDT, 53 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 13, 5:13 AM EDT, 18 hours 3 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
513 AM EDT WED JUN 13 2012

GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-140913-
AIKEN-BAMBERG-BARNWELL-BURKE-CALHOUN-CHESTERFIELD-CLARENDON-COLUMBIA-
EDGEFIELD-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-LANCASTER-LEE-LEXINGTON-LINCOLN-MCCORMICK-
MCDUFFIE-NEWBERRY-ORANGEBURG-RICHLAND-RICHMOND-SALUDA-SUMTER-
513 AM EDT WED JUN 13 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MIDLANDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA
AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 13, 5:46 PM EDT, 5 hours 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
546 PM EDT WED JUN 13 2012

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

0446 PM     TSTM WND DMG     9 SSE COLUMBIA          33.92N 80.82W
06/13/2012                   RICHLAND           SC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            HIGHWAY PATROL REPORTED A COUPLE OF TREES DOWN ON
            CONGAREE ROAD BELOW MCENTIRE ANG.

&&

SJN
Local storm report, Jun 13, 6:09 PM EDT, 5 hours 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
609 PM EDT WED JUN 13 2012

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

0558 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 E ELLOREE             33.54N 80.50W
06/13/2012                   CALHOUN            SC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            HIGHWAY PATROL REPORTED A COUPLE OF TREES DOWN ON OLD
            RIVER ROAD BLOCKING THE HIGHWAY NEAR THE WEST END OF THE
            STATE PARK.

&&

SJN
Local storm report, Jun 13, 6:32 PM EDT, 4 hours 44 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
632 PM EDT WED JUN 13 2012

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

0628 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BOWMAN                  33.35N 80.68W
06/13/2012                   ORANGEBURG         SC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            DISPATCH REPORTED TREES DOWN IN BOWMAN.

&&

SJN
Local storm report, Jun 13, 6:46 PM EDT, 4 hours 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
646 PM EDT WED JUN 13 2012

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

0642 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 E BRANCHVILLE         33.25N 80.73W
06/13/2012                   ORANGEBURG         SC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SHERIFF REPORTED SEVERAL TREES DOWN JUST EAST OF
            BRANCHVILLE ON SEVERAL ROADS.

&&

SJN
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 10:01 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
1001 PM EDT WED JUN 13 2012

GAZ077-140230-
BURKE-
1001 PM EDT WED JUN 13 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF BURKE COUNTY THROUGH
1030 PM EDT...

AT 959 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM...3 MILES NORTHEAST OF MIDVILLE OR 8 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF WAYNESBORO...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH.

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

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 3285 8215 3297 8215 3300 8188 3294 8188
      3292 8196 3291 8208 3288 8212 3286 8213
      3285 8213
TIME...MOT...LOC 0157Z 052DEG 7KT 3292 8204
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 11:16 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 10:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEJenkins29 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in South Carolina, 2012Every 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.