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Special Weather Statement, NWS Columbia, SC

September 8, 2012Burke County, Richmond County, Georgia

NWS Columbia, SC issued this special weather statement at Sep 8, 2012, 7:03 PM EDT for Burke County, Richmond County, Georgia. It was in force for 57 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 8, 2012, 7:03 PM EDT (23:03 UTC)
Expired: Sep 8, 2012, 8:00 PM EDT
In force: 57 min
Issued by: NWS Columbia, SC

Counties Burke County, GA, Richmond County, GA

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:03 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, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 178 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: 1887 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 655 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -28 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 8, 5:12 PM EDT, 1 hour 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 8, 5:12 PM EDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 8, 5:34 AM EDT, 13 hours 29 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
534 AM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012

GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-090945-
LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD-
MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON-
RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON-
BAMBERG-
534 AM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA LATE TODAY INTO TONIGHT.
THIS WILL BRING THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THE MAIN SEVERE THREATS ASSOCIATED WITH THE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

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 8, 3:31 PM EDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
331 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012

SCZ015-016-082015-
CHESTERFIELD-LANCASTER-
331 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF CHESTERFIELD AND
LANCASTER COUNTIES THROUGH 415 PM EDT...

AT 330 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHEAST LANCASTER COUNTY MOVING TOWARD
THE JEFFERSON AREA OF WESTERN CHESTERFIELD COUNTY. THE STORM
WAS MOVING EASTWARD NEAR 15 MPH.

THE THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY CONTAIN DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...
WIND GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH...AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS. SMALL HAIL
MAY ALSO OCCUR.

&&

LAT...LON 3462 8023 3461 8040 3461 8042 3456 8055
      3469 8060 3478 8036
TIME...MOT...LOC 1930Z 253DEG 13KT 3462 8048

Special weather statement, Sep 8, 3:31 PM EDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
331 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012

SCZ020-025>027-082030-
EDGEFIELD-LEXINGTON-NEWBERRY-SALUDA-
331 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF EDGEFIELD...
LEXINGTON...NEWBERRY AND SALUDA COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM EDT...

AT 328 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM...12 MILES WEST OF SALUDA...MOVING EAST AT 25
MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
BATESBURG...LEESVILLE...PROSPERITY AND SALUDA...

PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS...
GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 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 3398 8200 3413 8188 3430 8135 3423 8132
      3420 8135 3418 8131 3391 8127 3381 8203
      3395 8205
TIME...MOT...LOC 1931Z 259DEG 25KT 3396 8194

Special weather statement, Sep 8, 4:48 PM EDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
448 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012

SCZ018-025-082145-
EDGEFIELD-MCCORMICK-
448 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF EDGEFIELD AND
MCCORMICK COUNTIES THROUGH 545 PM EDT...

AT 445 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER THE SOUTHERN PART OF LAKE THURMOND.
MOVEMENT WAS EASTWARD AT 30 MPH AND IT WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN AND
CENTRAL EDGEFIELD COUNTY.

THE STORM WILL LIKELY CONTAIN DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS
NEAR 45 MPH...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS.

&&

LAT...LON 3386 8183 3366 8187 3360 8193 3355 8199
      3359 8210 3360 8210 3359 8212 3362 8218
      3363 8220 3366 8220 3371 8224 3373 8223
TIME...MOT...LOC 2046Z 267DEG 30KT 3367 8215

Special weather statement, Sep 8, 6:15 PM EDT, 48 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 8, 7:03 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 8, 3:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Chesterfield	44 min
Sep 8, 4:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Lexington, Richland	58 min
Sep 8, 4:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Edgefield	57 min
Sep 8, 5:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Aiken, Edgefield	37 min
Sep 8, 6:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Lee, Sumter	60 min

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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.