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Special Weather Statement, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this special weather statement at Jul 29, 2012, 3:25 PM EDT for Burke County, Georgia. It was in force for 35 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
- Jul 29, 2012, 3:25 PM EDT (19:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 29, 2012, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
County Burke County, GA
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 184 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2597 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 738 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
532 WWUS82 KCAE 291925 SPSCAE SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 325 PM EDT SUN JUL 29 2012 GAZ065-077-SCZ030-292000- AIKEN-BURKE-RICHMOND- 325 PM EDT SUN JUL 29 2012 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF RICHMOND...BURKE AND AIKEN COUNTIES THROUGH 400 PM EDT... AT 317 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF HEPHZIBAH TO 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WAYNESBORO...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE... HEPHZIBAH AND WAYNESBORO... 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 3326 8170 3292 8201 3302 8228 3340 8204 TIME...MOT...LOC 1925Z 275DEG 8KT 3334 8197 3301 8222 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 8:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Fairfield, Lancaster | 59 min |
| Jul 28, 8:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Kershaw, Lancaster | 39 min |
| Jul 28, 9:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Lancaster | 56 min |
| Jul 28, 9:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Kershaw, Lancaster | 52 min |
| Jul 28, 10:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Chesterfield | 62 min |
| Jul 28, 10:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Fairfield | 55 min |
| Jul 28, 10:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Lexington | 53 min |
| Jul 28, 11:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Lancaster | 47 min |
| Jul 28, 11:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Kershaw, Lee | 55 min |
| Jul 29, 1:08 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Lee, Sumter | 67 min |
| Jul 29, 3:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Orangeburg | 25 min |
| Jul 29, 3:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken, Barnwell | 24 min |
| Jul 29, 5:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Calhoun | 60 min |
| Jul 29, 5:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Calhoun | 58 min |
| Jul 29, 6:28 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Bamberg, Calhoun, Lexington, Orangeburg | 99 min |
| Jul 29, 7:42 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Richland | 48 min |
| Jul 29, 7:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Clarendon, Richland, Sumter | 63 min |
| Jul 28, 8:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Burke | 57 min |
| Jul 29, 3:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Burke | 47 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.