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Special Weather Statement, NWS Columbia, SC

August 11, 2012Aiken County, Barnwell County, Edgefield County, South Carolina; 4 counties in Georgia

NWS Columbia, SC issued this special weather statement at Aug 11, 2012, 3:27 PM EDT for Aiken County, Barnwell County, Edgefield County, South Carolina; 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 63 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: Aug 11, 2012, 3:27 PM EDT (19:27 UTC)
Expired: Aug 11, 2012, 4:30 PM EDT
In force: 63 min
Issued by: NWS Columbia, SC

Counties Burke County, GA, Columbia County, GA, McDuffie County, GA, Richmond County, GA, Aiken County, SC, Barnwell County, SC, Edgefield County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:28 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 Aug 10, 7:31 PM EDT, 19 hours 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 10, 7:31 PM EDT, 19 hours 56 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
Aug 11, 11:25 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Calhoun, Clarendon, Richland, Sumter	50 min
Aug 11, 12:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Clarendon, Lee, Sumter	37 min
Aug 11, 4:07 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Aiken, Edgefield	113 min
Aug 11, 10:03 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Columbia, McDuffie, Richmond	117 min
Aug 11, 10:21 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CAE	Columbia, Richmond	84 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Georgia, 2012 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.