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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Columbia, SC

July 4, 2016Chesterfield County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 2016, 4:30 PM EDT for Chesterfield County, South Carolina. It was in force for 45 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 4, 2016, 4:30 PM EDT (20:30 UTC)
Expired: Jul 4, 2016, 5:15 PM EDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Columbia, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Chesterfield County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 4, 1:36 PM EDT, 2 hours 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 1:36 PM EDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 4, 3:40 AM EDT, 12 hours 50 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 4, 2:27 PM EDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 4, 2:46 PM EDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
246 PM EDT MON JUL 4 2016

SCZ016-041915-
CHESTERFIELD-
246 PM EDT MON JUL 4 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EAST CENTRAL CHESTERFIELD
COUNTY...

AT 246 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS JUST SOUTH OF
CHERAW...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CHERAW.

LAT...LON 3460 7981 3453 7983 3453 7984 3450 7988
      3450 7993 3458 7999 3467 7999 3472 7988
      3467 7985 3465 7980 3464 7980 3461 7978
TIME...MOT...LOC 1846Z 251DEG 18KT 3461 7987

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 3, 8:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Clarendon	56 min
Jul 3, 9:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Sumter	62 min
Jul 4, 2:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Lee	48 min
Jul 4, 2:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Marlboro	29 min
Jul 4, 5:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Chesterfield	33 min
Jul 4, 6:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Chesterfield	63 min
Jul 4, 6:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Chesterfield	48 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 2016 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2016

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.