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Special Weather Statement, NWS Columbia, SC

May 3, 2016Calhoun County, Sumter County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this special weather statement at May 3, 2016, 3:17 AM EDT for Calhoun County, Sumter County, South Carolina. It was in force for 28 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
May 3, 2016, 3:17 AM EDT (07:17 UTC)
Expired
May 3, 2016, 3:45 AM EDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC

Counties Calhoun County, SC, Sumter County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 255 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 00:00Z on 2016-05-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 823 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 00:00Z on 2016-05-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 189 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
823 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-61 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1011 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
189 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
216 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
7.3

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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 May 3, 1:00 AM EDT, 2 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 3, 1:00 AM EDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 2, 9:54 PM EDT, 5 hours 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
954 PM EDT MON MAY 2 2016

GAZ040-063>065-SCZ018-025>027-030-030245-
MCDUFFIE-LINCOLN-RICHMOND-COLUMBIA-MCCORMICK-LEXINGTON-SALUDA-
EDGEFIELD-AIKEN-
954 PM EDT MON MAY 2 2016

...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN
MCDUFFIE...COLUMBIA...SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN...NORTHEASTERN RICHMOND...
SOUTHERN SALUDA...EDGEFIELD...SOUTHEASTERN MCCORMICK...SOUTHWESTERN
LEXINGTON AND NORTHWESTERN AIKEN COUNTIES...

AT 952 PM EDT...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED IN NORTH
OF AUGUSTA INTO CENTRAL EDGEFIELD COUNTY... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20
MPH.

WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH AND DIME TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE
WITH THIS STORM. PUBLIC REPORTS OF SMALL HAIL HAVE BEEN REPORTED
WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
AIKEN...NORTH AUGUSTA...GROVETOWN...EVANS...CLEARWATER...BELVEDERE...
AUGUSTA...FORT GORDON...MARTINEZ...EDGEFIELD...SALUDA...HARLEM...JOHNSTON...
RIDGE SPRING...GLOVERVILLE...BURNETTOWN...MONETTA...TRENTON...PARKSVILLE
AND WARD.

LAT...LON 3390 8214 3402 8180 3376 8135 3347 8183
      3338 8233 3360 8257
TIME...MOT...LOC 0152Z 235DEG 18KT 3357 8191

CJR
Local storm report, May 2, 10:31 PM EDT, 4 hours 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
1031 PM EDT MON MAY 2 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0920 PM     HAIL             4 NW NORTH AUGUSTA      33.55N 82.00W
05/02/2016  E0.88 INCH       EDGEFIELD          SC   PUBLIC

            SEVERAL UNVERIFIED PUBLIC REPORTS OF HAIL OF
            DIME SIZE OR POSSIBLY LARGER.

&&

DCM
Local storm report, May 2, 10:33 PM EDT, 4 hours 44 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
1033 PM EDT MON MAY 2 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0940 PM     HAIL             4 W EVANS               33.52N 82.22W
05/02/2016  E0.88 INCH       COLUMBIA           GA   PUBLIC

            SEVERAL REPORTS FROM THE PUBLIC OF HAIL
            RANGING IN SIZE FROM PEA SIZE TO NICKEL
            SIZE, NEAR EVANS AND MARTINEZ. SOME
            UNVERIFIED REPORTS OF HAIL LARGER THAN
            NICKEL SIZE.

&&

DCM
Special weather statement, May 2, 10:40 PM EDT, 4 hours 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
1040 PM EDT MON MAY 2 2016

GAZ040-063-064-SCZ018-025-030-030330-
MCDUFFIE-LINCOLN-COLUMBIA-MCCORMICK-EDGEFIELD-AIKEN-
1040 PM EDT MON MAY 2 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MCDUFFIE...COLUMBIA...
SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN...SOUTHWESTERN EDGEFIELD...EASTERN MCCORMICK AND
NORTHWESTERN AIKEN COUNTIES...

AT 1039 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF
THOMSON...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EVANS...THOMSON...MARTINEZ...MCCORMICK...LINCOLNTON...DEARING...PARKSVILLE...
PLUM BRANCH...MODOC...MURPHYS ESTATES AND CLARKS HILL.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 3361 8263 3364 8261 3363 8258 3365 8258
      3364 8256 3364 8252 3366 8251 3365 8249
      3374 8254 3398 8219 3363 8187 3335 8255
      3341 8255 3346 8259 3360 8265
TIME...MOT...LOC 0239Z 249DEG 32KT 3361 8238

CJR
Special weather statement, May 2, 11:42 PM EDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 3, 3:17 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
May 2, 9:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEEdgefield30 min
May 2, 9:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEEdgefield51 min
May 2, 11:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEEdgefield, McCormick, Saluda40 min
May 2, 11:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAESaluda18 min
May 3, 7:45 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEClarendon60 min
May 3, 3:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEAiken, Barnwell64 min
May 3, 6:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAELexington29 min
May 3, 6:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEAiken, Lexington41 min
May 2, 8:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAERichmond37 min
May 2, 10:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEColumbia, Lincoln, McDuffie50 min
May 3, 4:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEBurke58 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in South Carolina, 2016Every special weather statement 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.