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Special Weather Statement, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this special weather statement at Aug 31, 2014, 7:40 PM EDT for Orangeburg County, South Carolina. It was in force for 50 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
- Aug 31, 2014, 7:40 PM EDT (23:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 31, 2014, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
County Orangeburg County, SC
The radar
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The text
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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 Aug 31, 7:29 PM EDT, 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 31, 7:29 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 250 AM EDT SUN AUG 31 2014 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-010700- LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD- MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON- RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON- BAMBERG- 250 AM EDT SUN AUG 31 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. 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, Aug 31, 5:46 PM EDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Aug 31, 3:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Aiken | 66 min |
| Aug 31, 4:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Lexington | 27 min |
| Aug 31, 5:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CAE | Richland | 2 hr |
| Aug 31, 5:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Richland | 38 min |
| Aug 31, 5:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Lancaster | 37 min |
| Aug 31, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken | 45 min |
| Aug 31, 5:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Kershaw | 44 min |
| Aug 31, 6:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Aiken, Barnwell | 66 min |
| Aug 31, 5:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Richmond | 50 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.