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Special Weather Statement, NWS Columbia, SC

June 11, 2014Kershaw County, Lancaster County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this special weather statement at Jun 11, 2014, 6:39 PM EDT for Kershaw County, Lancaster County, South Carolina. It was in force for 66 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 11, 2014, 6:39 PM EDT (22:39 UTC)
Expired: Jun 11, 2014, 7:45 PM EDT
In force: 66 min
Issued by: NWS Columbia, SC

Counties Kershaw County, SC, Lancaster County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:43 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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 169 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: 103 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -208 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1491 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 16 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 11, 6:31 PM EDT, 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 6:31 PM EDT, 8 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 11, 4:20 AM EDT, 14 hours 19 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
420 AM EDT WED JUN 11 2014

GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-120830-
LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD-
MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON-
RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON-
BAMBERG-
420 AM EDT WED JUN 11 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT. A FEW
OF THE STORMS COULD REACH SEVERE LIMITS AND PRODUCE STRONG
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

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 11, 4:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
457 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2014

SCZ035-036-041-112200-
BAMBERG-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-
457 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2014

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF BAMBERG...ORANGEBURG
AND BARNWELL COUNTIES THROUGH 600 PM EDT...

AT 454 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM...NEAR OLAR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
BAMBERG...BLACKVILLE...BROOKDALE...DENMARK AND ORANGEBURG...

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 AND
CAEWX@NOAA.GOV TO RELAY SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS. &&

LAT...LON 3314 8116 3322 8135 3360 8125 3366 8117
      3351 8081 3331 8098
TIME...MOT...LOC 2057Z 203DEG 20KT 3322 8124

WRS

Special weather statement, Jun 11, 5:07 PM EDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 11, 5:36 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 11, 6:00 PM EDT, 39 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 11, 6:14 PM EDT, 25 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 11, 6:39 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
Jun 10, 11:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Aiken	61 min
Jun 10, 11:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Aiken, Edgefield, McCormick, Saluda	51 min
Jun 11, 12:19 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Aiken, Edgefield, Lexington, McCormick, Newberry, Richland and 1 more	56 min
Jun 11, 12:58 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Fairfield, Newberry, Richland	51 min
Jun 11, 1:33 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Fairfield	27 min
Jun 11, 1:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Edgefield	56 min
Jun 11, 1:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Edgefield	45 min
Jun 11, 3:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Saluda	25 min
Jun 11, 3:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Saluda	47 min
Jun 11, 4:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Aiken, Barnwell	42 min
Jun 11, 4:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Fairfield	26 min
Jun 11, 4:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Lexington, Newberry	35 min
Jun 11, 4:50 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Lexington, Richland	3 hr
Jun 11, 4:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Bamberg	63 min
Jun 11, 5:05 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CAE	Richland	3 hr
Jun 11, 5:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Richland	23 min
Jun 11, 5:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Fairfield	39 min
Jun 11, 6:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Kershaw	60 min
Jun 10, 10:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Burke	51 min
Jun 11, 2:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Burke, Richmond	51 min
Jun 11, 6:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Burke, Richmond	31 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in South Carolina, 2014 Every special weather statement in 2014

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.