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Special Weather Statement, NWS Columbia, SC

October 14, 20144 counties in South Carolina; 5 counties in Georgia

NWS Columbia, SC issued this special weather statement at Oct 14, 2014, 10:00 AM EDT for 4 counties in South Carolina; 5 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 90 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
Oct 14, 2014, 10:00 AM EDT (14:00 UTC)
Expired
Oct 14, 2014, 11:30 AM EDT
In force
90 min
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC

Counties Burke County, GA, Columbia County, GA, Lincoln County, GA, McDuffie County, GA, Richmond County, GA, Edgefield County, SC, McCormick County, SC, Newberry County, SC, Saluda County, SC

The radar

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The text

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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 Oct 14, 8:10 AM EDT, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 14, 8:10 AM EDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 14, 6:58 AM EDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
658 AM EDT TUE OCT 14 2014

GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-151100-
LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD-
MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON-
RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON-
BAMBERG-
658 AM EDT TUE OCT 14 2014

...TORNADO WATCH 546 IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT 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.

   TORNADO WATCH.

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND AHEAD OF
AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT LATER THIS AFTERNOON...EVENING...AND
INTO TONIGHT. THE MAIN THREATS WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL
INCLUDE DAMAGING WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AN ISOLATED TORNADO...AND
LOCALIZED FLOODING DUE TO VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.

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

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED TODAY AND POSSIBLY TONIGHT.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 14, 7:33 AM EDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
733 AM EDT TUE OCT 14 2014

GAZ040-063>065-077-141230-
BURKE-COLUMBIA-LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-RICHMOND-
733 AM EDT TUE OCT 14 2014

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF RICHMOND...
MCDUFFIE...LINCOLN...BURKE AND COLUMBIA COUNTIES THROUGH 830 AM
EDT...

AT 730 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 49 MILES NORTHWEST
OF LINCOLNTON TO 42 MILES WEST OF MIDVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
AUGUSTA...EVANS...FORT GORDON...GROVETOWN...HARLEM...HEPHZIBAH...
LINCOLNTON...MARTINEZ...MIDVILLE...SARDIS...THOMSON AND WAYNESBORO...

PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS...
STRONG WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH...
PEA SIZE HAIL...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REPORT LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS OR FLOODING TO YOUR COUNTY
SHERIFF...OR USE WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/NWSCOLUMBIA AND EMAIL
CAEWX@NOAA.GOV TO RELAY SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS.

&&

LAT...LON 3366 8250 3398 8265 3386 8243 3341 8193
      3341 8194 3335 8194 3330 8184 3325 8185
      3316 8176 3304 8154 3304 8155 3291 8176
      3294 8188 3291 8209 3281 8216 3283 8232
      3323 8224 3331 8234 3335 8255 3361 8265
TIME...MOT...LOC 1133Z 269DEG 46KT 3414 8306 3262 8277

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Special weather statement, Oct 14, 8:35 AM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
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Local storm report, Oct 14, 9:44 AM EDT, 16 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Oct 14, 10:00 AM EDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 14, 8:35 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEMcCormick85 min
Oct 14, 7:33 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEBurke, Columbia, Lincoln, McDuffie, Richmond57 min
Oct 14, 7:44 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEColumbia, Lincoln, McDuffie61 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Georgia, 2014Special Weather Statements in South Carolina, 2014Every 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.