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Special Weather Statement, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this special weather statement at Jun 6, 2014, 9:24 PM EDT for Newberry County, South Carolina. It was in force for 36 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
- Jun 6, 2014, 9:24 PM EDT (01:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2014, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
County Newberry County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 191 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
- 1320 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -46 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 893 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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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 Jun 6, 6:26 PM EDT, 2 hours 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 6:26 PM EDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 626 PM EDT FRI JUN 6 2014 .SYNOPSIS... A WEAK FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL REMAIN NEAR THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH SUNDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM SATURDAY MORNING/... THE WEAK FRONT WILL REMAIN STALLED IN THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. DEEPER MOISTURE AND STRONGER INSTABILITY IS SOUTH OF THE AREA. THE MODELS INDICATE LITTLE OR NO UPPER-LEVEL LIFT OVERNIGHT. THE THUNDERSTORM CHANCE APPEARS LOW ESPECIALLY LATE TONIGHT WITH THE LOSS OF HEATING. THE HIGH-RESOLUTION MODELS DISPLAYS LITTLE COVERAGE. THE TEMPERATURE GUIDANCE WAS CLOSE WITH LOWS AROUND 70. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/... THE DIFFUSE FRONT WILL REMAIN STALLED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN CWA THROUGH SUNDAY. THIS FRONT WILL INTERACT WITH A MOIST AND MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIR MASS TO CONTINUE THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTH MIDLANDS/CSRA. MODELS ALSO INDICATE A SERIES OF SHORTWAVE IMPULSES CROSSING THE REGION WITHIN A QUASI-ZONAL FLOW ALOFT. WILL ALSO HAVE TO FACTOR IN REMNANTS OF UPSTREAM MCS ACTIVITY. KEPT POPS IN THE 30 TO 50 PERCENT RANGE BOTH DAYS. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE UPPER 80S TO LOW 90S WITH LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S. && .LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... A MID AND UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE EAST COAST STATES WILL SLIDE OFFSHORE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY AS AN UPPER TROUGH OVER THE PLAINS MONDAY ADVANCES EASTWARD TO THE APPALACHIANS. THERE IS MUCH UNCERTAINTY AS TO THE TIMING AND STRENGTH OF THE UPPER TROUGH. HOWEVER...THE POTENTIAL FOR MAINLY DIURNAL STORMS WILL REMAIN THROUGH FRIDAY...GIVEN A MOIST AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE. TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE LONG TERM WILL BE NEAR TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL WITH HIGHS IN THE LOW 90S AND LOWS MAINLY IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S. && .AVIATION /22Z FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... VFR CONDITIONS TO DOMINATE THE PERIOD WITH BRIEF MVFR/IFR POSSIBLE IN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. NEARLY QUASI-STATIONARY FRONT CURRENTLY DRAPED ACROSS THE SC MIDLANDS. MAINLY DRY OVER THE AREA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON BUT WATCHING A COUPLE OF CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE TN VALLEY MOVING SE. LATEST HRRR DOES NOT SEEM TO SHOW MUCH FROM THESE STORMS...BUT INDICATES MORE CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY DEVELOPING OVER THE AREA BY EARLY THIS EVENING. LOW CONFIDENCE WITH TIMING OF CONVECTION AT THIS TIME SO WILL NOT MENTION IN THE TAFS. SHOWERS HAVE MOVED EAST OF THE TAF SITES LATE THIS MORNING. CONVECTION MAY LINGER THROUGHOUT THE EVENING AS THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY STALLS ACROSS THE AREA. WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE VARIABLE DUE TO THE MEANDERING OF THE FRONT...BUT MAY GO LIGHT NORTHEAST AT LOCATIONS NORTH OF THE FRONT. LAMP GUIDANCE INDICATING MVFR FOG POSSIBLE AT AGS AND OGB EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...CHANCE OF MAINLY DIURNAL THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY WHICH MAY PRODUCE BRIEF MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS. && .CAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SC...NONE. GA...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 6, 4:40 AM EDT, 16 hours 44 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 440 AM EDT FRI JUN 6 2014 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-070845- LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD- MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON- RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON- BAMBERG- 440 AM EDT FRI JUN 6 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THE STORMS WILL BE HEAVY RAINFALL. LOCALIZED FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
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Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 8:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Bamberg | 39 min |
| Jun 6, 8:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Bamberg, Orangeburg | 41 min |
| Jun 6, 8:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Bamberg | 37 min |
| Jun 6, 10:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Newberry | 24 min |
| Jun 7, 9:10 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Kershaw, Lancaster | 80 min |
| Jun 7, 1:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Newberry | 56 min |
| Jun 7, 2:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Lexington | 51 min |
| Jun 7, 4:03 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Calhoun, Lexington | 117 min |
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Special Weather Statements in South Carolina, 2014Every special weather statement in 2014
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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.