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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 94, NWS Columbia, SC

July 7, 2016Fairfield County, Newberry County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 2016, 2:59 PM EDT for Fairfield County, Newberry County, South Carolina. It was in force for 31 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 7, 2016, 2:59 PM EDT (18:59 UTC)
Expired: Jul 7, 2016, 3:30 PM EDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Columbia, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Fairfield County, SC, Newberry County, SC

The radar

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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 6, 5:49 PM EDT, 21 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 5:49 PM EDT, 21 hours 10 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 6, 5:56 PM EDT, 21 hours 3 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
Jul 7, 2:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Newberry	41 min
Jul 7, 3:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Fairfield, Newberry, Richland	46 min
Jul 7, 3:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Lancaster	32 min
Jul 7, 3:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Kershaw, Lancaster	38 min
Jul 7, 4:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Fairfield, Kershaw, Lee, Richland, Sumter	26 min
Jul 7, 4:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Chesterfield, Kershaw, Lee	33 min
Jul 7, 4:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Chesterfield, Kershaw, Lancaster	60 min
Jul 7, 7:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Fairfield, Lancaster	37 min
Jul 7, 7:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Fairfield, Kershaw, Lancaster	44 min
Jul 7, 7:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Fairfield	42 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.