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Special Weather Statement, NWS Columbia, SC

June 10, 2014Burke County, Georgia

NWS Columbia, SC issued this special weather statement at Jun 10, 2014, 10:39 PM EDT for Burke County, Georgia. It was in force for 51 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 10, 2014, 10:39 PM EDT (02:39 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2014, 11:30 PM EDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC

County Burke County, GA

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:41 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, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 189 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Charleston AFB, SC at 00:00Z on 2014-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1551 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Charleston AFB, SC at 00:00Z on 2014-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 36 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1551 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-58 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1364 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
31 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 Jun 10, 10:21 PM EDT, 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 10, 10:21 PM EDT, 18 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 10, 9:41 PM EDT, 58 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
941 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2014

GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-120145-
LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD-
MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON-
RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON-
BAMBERG-
941 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

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, Jun 10, 10:39 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
1039 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2014

GAZ077-110330-
BURKE-
1039 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2014

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PARTS OF BURKE COUNTY...

AT 1037 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING BURKE COUNTY FROM THE SOUTH. THESE
STORMS WILL AFFECT MUCH OF THE COUNTY DURING THE 1100 PM TO 100 AM
TIME FRAME.

THE STORMS WILL LIKELY CONTAIN WIND GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH...FREQUENT
LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS. SMALL HAIL MAY OCCUR.

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 3283 8232 3293 8228 3308 8230 3312 8228
      3309 8160 3306 8157 3301 8159 3291 8176
      3294 8182 3294 8188 3292 8196 3291 8209
      3288 8212 3282 8214 3281 8216 3280 8222
TIME...MOT...LOC 0237Z 184DEG 27KT 3289 8198

The office that day

Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 11:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEAiken61 min
Jun 10, 11:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEAiken, Edgefield, McCormick, Saluda51 min
Jun 11, 12:19 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEAiken, Edgefield, Lexington, McCormick, Newberry, Richland and 1 more56 min
Jun 11, 12:58 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEFairfield, Newberry, Richland51 min
Jun 11, 1:33 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEFairfield27 min
Jun 11, 1:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEEdgefield56 min
Jun 11, 1:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEEdgefield45 min
Jun 11, 3:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAESaluda25 min
Jun 11, 3:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAESaluda47 min
Jun 11, 4:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEAiken, Barnwell42 min
Jun 11, 4:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEFairfield26 min
Jun 11, 4:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAELexington, Newberry35 min
Jun 11, 4:50 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCAELexington, Richland3 hr
Jun 11, 4:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEBamberg63 min
Jun 11, 5:05 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCAERichland3 hr
Jun 11, 5:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAERichland23 min
Jun 11, 5:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEFairfield39 min
Jun 11, 6:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEKershaw60 min
Jun 11, 6:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEKershaw, Lancaster66 min
Jun 11, 2:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEBurke, Richmond51 min
Jun 11, 6:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEBurke, Richmond31 min

Nearby

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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.