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Special Weather Statement, NWS Columbia, SC

September 3, 2012Edgefield County, Newberry County, Saluda County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this special weather statement at Sep 3, 2012, 6:22 PM EDT for Edgefield County, Newberry County, Saluda County, South Carolina. It was in force for 53 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: Sep 3, 2012, 6:22 PM EDT (22:22 UTC)
Expired: Sep 3, 2012, 7:15 PM EDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Columbia, SC

Counties Edgefield County, SC, Newberry County, SC, Saluda County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:22 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, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 218 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 790 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 939 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 8 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 Sep 3, 5:42 PM EDT, 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 3, 5:42 PM EDT, 40 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 3, 3:47 AM EDT, 14 hours 35 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
347 AM EDT MON SEP 3 2012

GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-040800-
LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD-
MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON-
RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON-
BAMBERG-
347 AM EDT MON SEP 3 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 3, 1:25 PM EDT, 4 hours 57 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
125 PM EDT MON SEP 3 2012

SCZ028-036-037-031815-
CALHOUN-ORANGEBURG-RICHLAND-
125 PM EDT MON SEP 3 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF RICHLAND...CALHOUN
AND ORANGEBURG COUNTIES THROUGH 215 PM EDT...

AT 122 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF EASTOVER TO BROOKDALE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
BROOKDALE...EASTOVER...ORANGEBURG AND ST. MATTHEWS...

PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS...
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...
PEA SIZE HAIL...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...
BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS AS THEY
MAY BE WASHED OUT. WATER LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO
RISE...THEREFORE SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.

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 3340 8099 3390 8084 3393 8063 3390 8063
      3389 8062 3389 8063 3386 8062 3385 8063
      3384 8062 3381 8061 3345 8073
TIME...MOT...LOC 1724Z 233DEG 8KT 3381 8079 3357 8088

Special weather statement, Sep 3, 4:17 PM EDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
417 PM EDT MON SEP 3 2012

SCZ021-027-028-030-032115-
AIKEN-FAIRFIELD-LEXINGTON-RICHLAND-
417 PM EDT MON SEP 3 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF FAIRFIELD...
LEXINGTON...RICHLAND AND AIKEN COUNTIES THROUGH 515 PM EDT...

AT 412 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS.  THIS LINE EXTENDED FROM 14 MILES
NORTH OF WINNSBORO...TO IRMO...TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF
LEESVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
IRMO...LEESVILLE...LEXINGTON...OAK GROVE...RED BANK...ST. ANDREWS AND
WINNSBORO...

PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS...
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...
PEA SIZE HAIL...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...
BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BOATERS OUT ON AREA LAKES SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION AS THE STORMS
APPROACH.

HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS AS THEY
MAY BE WASHED OUT. WATER LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO
RISE...THEREFORE SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.

INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY
AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF
POSSIBLE.

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 3455 8095 3454 8088 3450 8088 3449 8090
      3447 8089 3419 8092 3356 8145 3376 8164
      3408 8141 3408 8139 3409 8140 3422 8134
      3424 8131 3425 8133 3457 8121
TIME...MOT...LOC 2015Z 214DEG 28KT 3460 8115 3413 8123
          3372 8156

Special weather statement, Sep 3, 6:22 PM EDT, 0 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
Sep 3, 1:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Calhoun, Orangeburg	50 min
Sep 3, 2:53 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Orangeburg	112 min
Sep 3, 4:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Fairfield, Lexington	58 min
Sep 3, 4:44 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Lexington	2 hr

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