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Special Weather Statement, NWS Columbia, SC

September 7, 2012Clarendon County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this special weather statement at Sep 7, 2012, 2:51 AM EDT for Clarendon County, South Carolina. It was in force for 54 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Sep 7, 2012, 2:51 AM EDT (06:51 UTC)
Expired: Sep 7, 2012, 3:45 AM EDT
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Columbia, SC

County Clarendon County, SC

The radar

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The text

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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 7, 1:53 AM EDT, 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 7, 1:53 AM EDT, 58 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 6, 11:30 PM EDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 7, 1:27 AM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
127 AM EDT FRI SEP 7 2012

SCZ028-031-038-070630-
CLARENDON-RICHLAND-SUMTER-
127 AM EDT FRI SEP 7 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF RICHLAND...SUMTER AND
CLARENDON COUNTIES THROUGH 230 AM EDT...

AT 125 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE EASTERN MIDLANDS...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES UP TO
TWO INCHES PER HOUR. RADAR HAS ESTIMATED BETWEEN 2.00 AND 3.00
INCHES OF RAIN MAY HAVE FALLEN.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
EASTOVER...MANNING...MILLWOOD...MULBERRY...SOUTH SUMTER...SUMMERTON
AND SUMTER...

PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS...
TORRENTIAL RAIN WHICH MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING...

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 3377 7999 3372 7997 3350 8009 3348 8014
      3346 8013 3343 8035 3347 8043 3353 8047
      3354 8045 3356 8049 3397 8077 3397 8018
      3396 8017 3397 8014 3397 8000 3396 7995
      3394 7997 3390 7995 3389 7991 3385 7989
TIME...MOT...LOC 0522Z 332DEG 5KT 3386 8043

Special weather statement, Sep 7, 2:51 AM 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 6, 11:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Sumter	60 min
Sep 7, 1:27 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Clarendon, Sumter	63 min
Sep 7, 2:52 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Clarendon	53 min
Sep 7, 5:18 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Orangeburg	57 min
Sep 7, 5:38 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Orangeburg	52 min
Sep 7, 7:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Burke	40 min
Sep 7, 7:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Burke	41 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.