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Special Weather Statement, NWS Columbia, SC

September 3, 2015Orangeburg County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this special weather statement at Sep 3, 2015, 4:17 PM EDT for Orangeburg County, South Carolina. It was in force for 58 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: Sep 3, 2015, 4:17 PM EDT (20:17 UTC)
Expired: Sep 3, 2015, 5:15 PM EDT
In force: 58 min
Issued by: NWS Columbia, SC

County Orangeburg County, SC

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Sep 3, 2:05 PM EDT, 2 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 3, 2:05 PM EDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 3, 2:35 AM EDT, 13 hours 42 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
235 AM EDT THU SEP 3 2015

GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-040645-
LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD-
MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON-
RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON-
BAMBERG-
235 AM EDT THU SEP 3 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MIDLANDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA
AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

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, Sep 3, 4:17 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
417 PM EDT THU SEP 3 2015

SCZ036-032115-
ORANGEBURG-
417 PM EDT THU SEP 3 2015

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTH CENTRAL ORANGEBURG AND
EASTERN BAMBERG COUNTIES...

AT 416 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR REEVESVILLE...OR 8
MILES NORTHWEST OF SAINT GEORGE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BRANCHVILLE AND BOWMAN.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

LAT...LON 3320 8082 3321 8084 3324 8085 3328 8091
      3338 8072 3333 8053 3329 8049 3332 8053
      3318 8080
TIME...MOT...LOC 2016Z 311DEG 9KT 3326 8070

CJR

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 3, 4:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Fairfield, Kershaw, Lee, Richland, Sumter	65 min
Sep 3, 5:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Sumter	61 min
Sep 3, 5:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Richland	24 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.