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Special Weather Statement, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this special weather statement at Feb 21, 2014, 10:30 AM EST for 8 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 60 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
- Feb 21, 2014, 10:30 AM EST (15:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 21, 2014, 11:30 AM EST
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
Counties Bamberg County, SC, Calhoun County, SC, Chesterfield County, SC, Clarendon County, SC, Kershaw County, SC, Lee County, SC, Orangeburg County, SC, Sumter County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 118 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
- 931 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 484 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 143 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 202 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 4.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>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 Feb 21, 10:29 AM EST, 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 21, 10:29 AM EST, 1 minute before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 646 AM EST FRI FEB 21 2014 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-221200- LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD- MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON- RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON- BAMBERG- 646 AM EST FRI FEB 21 2014 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 22 IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Feb 21, 6:34 AM EST, 3 hours 56 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
732 AM EST FRI FEB 21 2014
GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ018-020-021-025>028-030-211330-
AIKEN-BURKE-COLUMBIA-EDGEFIELD-FAIRFIELD-LEXINGTON-LINCOLN-MCCORMICK-
MCDUFFIE-NEWBERRY-RICHLAND-RICHMOND-SALUDA-
732 AM EST FRI FEB 21 2014
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF RICHMOND...
MCDUFFIE...LINCOLN...BURKE...COLUMBIA...EDGEFIELD...FAIRFIELD...
LEXINGTON...MCCORMICK...NEWBERRY...RICHLAND...SALUDA AND AIKEN
COUNTIES THROUGH 830 AM EST...
AT 730 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 35 MILES NORTH OF
WHITMIRE TO 27 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THOMSON...MOVING EAST AT 35 TO 40
MPH. WINDS WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH TO TAKE DOWN LARGE BRANCHES OR
SMALL TREES THAT HAVE BEEN WEAKENED BY LAST WEEKS WINTER STORM.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
GLOVERVILLE...AIKEN...BATESBURG...BELVEDERE...CLEARWATER...
EDGEFIELD...JOHNSTON...LEESVILLE...MCCORMICK...NEWBERRY...NORTH
AUGUSTA...PROSPERITY...RIDGE SPRING...SALUDA...WHITMIRE...AUGUSTA...
EVANS...FORT GORDON...GROVETOWN...HARLEM...HEPHZIBAH...MARTINEZ...
THOMSON AND WAYNESBORO...
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 USE
WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.COLUMBIA.GOV TO RELAY
SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS. &&
LAT...LON 3288 8230 3325 8225 3331 8234 3335 8255
3352 8262 3400 8223 3398 8200 3413 8188
3420 8195 3430 8190 3453 8165 3445 8153
3450 8143 3458 8142 3455 8099 3281 8217
TIME...MOT...LOC 1230Z 270DEG 55KT 3500 8135 3320 8268
SJNSpecial weather statement, Feb 21, 8:30 AM EST, 2 hours before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
830 AM EST FRI FEB 21 2014
GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-018-020-021-025>028-030-211430-
AIKEN-BURKE-COLUMBIA-EDGEFIELD-FAIRFIELD-LANCASTER-LEXINGTON-LINCOLN-
MCCORMICK-MCDUFFIE-NEWBERRY-RICHLAND-RICHMOND-SALUDA-
830 AM EST FRI FEB 21 2014
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF RICHMOND...
MCDUFFIE...LINCOLN...BURKE...COLUMBIA...EDGEFIELD...FAIRFIELD...
LANCASTER...LEXINGTON...MCCORMICK...NEWBERRY...RICHLAND...SALUDA AND
AIKEN COUNTIES THROUGH 930 AM EST...
AT 830 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 21 MILES NORTH OF
LANCASTER TO 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF MIDVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 35 TO
40 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH TO TAKE DOWN SMALL TO
LARGE BRANCHES THAT HAVE BEEN WEAKENED BY LAST WEEKS WINTER STORM.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
GLOVERVILLE...AIKEN...BATESBURG...BELVEDERE...CLEARWATER...
EDGEFIELD...ELGIN...HEATH SPRINGS...IRMO...IRWIN...JACKSON...
JOHNSTON...LANCASTER...LEESVILLE...LEXINGTON...MCCORMICK...NEW
ELLENTON...NEWBERRY...NORTH AUGUSTA...OAK GROVE...PROSPERITY...RED
BANK...RIDGE SPRING...SALUDA...SOUTH CONGAREE...SPRINGDALE...ST.
ANDREWS...WEST COLUMBIA...WHITMIRE...WINNSBORO...AUGUSTA...EVANS...
FORT GORDON...GROVETOWN...HARLEM...HEPHZIBAH...MARTINEZ...MIDVILLE...
THOMSON 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 USE
WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.COLUMBIA.GOV TO RELAY
SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS. &&
LAT...LON 3282 8230 3324 8225 3335 8255 3354 8263
3399 8222 3398 8200 3430 8190 3453 8165
3445 8153 3458 8142 3455 8088 3507 8091
3507 8090 3483 8079 3473 8050 3450 8068
3446 8088 3437 8077 3319 8177 3294 8185
TIME...MOT...LOC 1328Z 292DEG 52KT 3500 8071 3287 8237
SJNSpecial weather statement, Feb 21, 9:31 AM EST, 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
931 AM EST FRI FEB 21 2014
GAZ065-077-SCZ015-016-020>022-025>031-035>037-041-211530-
AIKEN-BAMBERG-BARNWELL-BURKE-CALHOUN-CHESTERFIELD-EDGEFIELD-
FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-LANCASTER-LEE-LEXINGTON-NEWBERRY-ORANGEBURG-
RICHLAND-RICHMOND-SALUDA-SUMTER-
931 AM EST FRI FEB 21 2014
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF RICHMOND...BURKE...
BAMBERG...CHESTERFIELD...EDGEFIELD...FAIRFIELD...KERSHAW...
LANCASTER...LEE...LEXINGTON...NEWBERRY...RICHLAND...SALUDA...AIKEN...
CALHOUN...SUMTER...ORANGEBURG AND BARNWELL COUNTIES THROUGH 1030 AM
EST...
AT 930 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES NORTH OF
PAGELAND TO 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MIDVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 60
MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
AIKEN...BAMBERG...BARNWELL...BISHOPVILLE...
BLACKVILLE...BOWMAN.CAMDEN...CHESTERFIELD...COLUMBIA...DENMARK...LAN
CASTER...LEXINGTON...ORANGEBURG...SUMTER...SPRINGDALE...WINNSBORO...A
UGUSTA...WAYNESBORO...FORT JACKSON...FIVE POINTS AND SAVANNAH RIVER
SITE...
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 USE
WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.COLUMBIA.GOV TO RELAY
SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS. &&
LAT...LON 3454 7983 3436 8028 3437 8017 3408 8006
3378 8030 3371 8048 3356 8049 3306 8090
3302 8108 3315 8155 3304 8154 3291 8176
3283 8232 3325 8226 3457 8132 3455 8088
3507 8091 3482 8079 3480 7993 3462 7978
TIME...MOT...LOC 1427Z 299DEG 52KT 3492 8040 3261 8206
SJNSpecial weather statement, Feb 21, 9:33 AM EST, 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
933 AM EST FRI FEB 21 2014
GAZ065-077-SCZ015-016-020>022-025>031-035>037-041-211530-
AIKEN-BAMBERG-BARNWELL-BURKE-CALHOUN-CHESTERFIELD-EDGEFIELD-
FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-LANCASTER-LEE-LEXINGTON-NEWBERRY-ORANGEBURG-
RICHLAND-RICHMOND-SALUDA-SUMTER-
933 AM EST FRI FEB 21 2014
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF RICHMOND...BURKE...
BAMBERG...CHESTERFIELD...EDGEFIELD...FAIRFIELD...KERSHAW...
LANCASTER...LEE...LEXINGTON...NEWBERRY...RICHLAND...SALUDA...AIKEN...
CALHOUN...SUMTER...ORANGEBURG AND BARNWELL COUNTIES THROUGH 1030 AM
EST...
AT 930 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES NORTH OF
PAGELAND TO 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MIDVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 35 TO 40
MPH. WINDS WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH TO TAKE DOWN LARGE BRANCHES OR
SMALL TREES THAT HAVE BEEN WEAKENED BY LAST WEEKS WINTER STORM.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
AIKEN...BAMBERG...BARNWELL...BISHOPVILLE...
BLACKVILLE...BOWMAN.CAMDEN...CHESTERFIELD...COLUMBIA...DENMARK...LAN
CASTER...LEXINGTON...ORANGEBURG...SUMTER...SPRINGDALE...WINNSBORO...A
UGUSTA...WAYNESBORO...FORT JACKSON...FIVE POINTS AND SAVANNAH RIVER
SITE...
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 USE
WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.COLUMBIA.GOV TO RELAY
SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS. &&
LAT...LON 3454 7983 3436 8028 3437 8017 3408 8006
3378 8030 3371 8048 3356 8049 3306 8090
3302 8108 3315 8155 3304 8154 3291 8176
3283 8232 3325 8226 3457 8132 3455 8088
3507 8091 3482 8079 3480 7993 3462 7978
TIME...MOT...LOC 1427Z 299DEG 52KT 3492 8040 3261 8206
SJNSpecial weather statement, Feb 21, 10:30 AM EST, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
1030 AM EST FRI FEB 21 2014
SCZ015-016-022-028-029-031-036>038-041-211630-
BAMBERG-CALHOUN-CHESTERFIELD-CLARENDON-KERSHAW-LANCASTER-LEE-
ORANGEBURG-RICHLAND-SUMTER-
1030 AM EST FRI FEB 21 2014
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF BAMBERG...
CHESTERFIELD...KERSHAW...LANCASTER...LEE...RICHLAND...CALHOUN...
SUMTER...CLARENDON AND ORANGEBURG COUNTIES THROUGH 1130 AM EST...
AT 1030 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM PAGELAND TO 37
MILES SOUTHWEST OF EHRHARDT...MOVING EAST AT 35 TO 40 MPH. WINDS
MAY BE STRONG ENOUGH TO TAKE DOWN LARGE BRANCHES OR SMALL TREES
THAT HAVE BEEN WEAKENED BY LAST WEEKS WINTER STORM.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
BAMBERG...BISHOPVILLE...BOWMAN...BRANCHVILLE...BROOKDALE...CAMDEN...
CHERAW...CHESTERFIELD...DENMARK...EASTOVER...ELLOREE...HOLLY
HILL...LUGOFF...MANNING...ORANGEBURG...PAGELAND...SOUTH SUMTER...ST.
MATTHEWS...SUMMERTON AND SUMTER...
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 USE
WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.COLUMBIA.GOV TO RELAY
SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS. &&
LAT...LON 3454 7983 3436 8028 3437 8017 3415 8015
3400 7990 3394 7997 3387 7988 3350 8009
3326 8030 3333 8051 3306 8090 3302 8108
3316 8123 3343 8122 3371 8106 3376 8092
3376 8102 3482 8040 3481 7994 3462 7978
TIME...MOT...LOC 1527Z 288DEG 47KT 3475 8034 3263 8126
SJNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 21, 6:34 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Edgefield, McCormick, Newberry | 56 min |
| Feb 21, 7:32 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Edgefield, Fairfield, Newberry, Saluda | 58 min |
| Feb 21, 8:30 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Aiken, Edgefield, Fairfield, Lancaster, Lexington, Newberry and 1 more | 60 min |
| Feb 21, 9:31 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chesterfield, Fairfield and 7 more | 59 min |
| Feb 21, 9:33 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chesterfield, Fairfield and 7 more | 57 min |
| Feb 21, 11:28 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Orangeburg | 32 min |
| Feb 21, 11:41 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Clarendon | 49 min |
| Feb 21, 9:15 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Burke | 45 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.