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Special Weather Statement, NWS Columbia, SC

May 12, 2016Newberry County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this special weather statement at May 12, 2016, 7:28 PM EDT for Newberry County, South Carolina. It was in force for 32 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 12, 2016, 7:28 PM EDT (23:28 UTC)
Expired: May 12, 2016, 8:00 PM EDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Columbia, SC

County Newberry County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 224 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.

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Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 217 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -107 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1028 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 115 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 90 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 12, 5:16 PM EDT, 2 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 12, 5:16 PM EDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 12, 5:39 AM EDT, 13 hours 49 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
539 AM EDT THU MAY 12 2016

GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-130945-
LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD-
MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON-
RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON-
BAMBERG-
539 AM EDT THU MAY 12 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT.
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND HAIL WITH BE THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER
THREATS.

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

THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY. DAMAGING
WIND GUSTS AND HAIL WITH BE THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREATS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 12, 3:18 PM EDT, 4 hours 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
318 PM EDT THU MAY 12 2016

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

0126 PM     TSTM WND DMG     7 SSE FORT JACKSON      33.95N 80.84W
05/12/2016                   RICHLAND           SC   PUBLIC

            TREE DOWN AT HORRELL HILL FD. ESTMD 60 KT
            GUST. PEA-SIZE HAIL

&&

DA

Special weather statement, May 12, 3:27 PM EDT, 4 hours 1 minute before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
327 PM EDT THU MAY 12 2016

SCZ016-122000-
CHESTERFIELD-
327 PM EDT THU MAY 12 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN CHESTERFIELD
COUNTY...

AT 327 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR CHESTERFIELD...OR 10
MILES WEST OF CHERAW...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CHERAW...CHESTERFIELD...RUBY AND MCFARLAN.

LAT...LON 3460 8019 3474 8026 3481 8008 3481 7994
      3477 7993 3474 7989 3469 7987 3467 7985
      3462 7983
TIME...MOT...LOC 1927Z 260DEG 8KT 3468 8009

CJR

Local storm report, May 12, 3:30 PM EDT, 3 hours 58 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
330 PM EDT THU MAY 12 2016

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

0140 PM     HAIL             9 ESE PATRICK           34.51N 79.91W
05/12/2016  E0.88 INCH       CHESTERFIELD       SC   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

&&

DA

Local storm report, May 12, 3:39 PM EDT, 3 hours 49 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
339 PM EDT THU MAY 12 2016

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

0115 PM     HAIL             1 SSE LUGOFF            34.21N 80.68W
05/12/2016  E0.25 INCH       KERSHAW            SC   PUBLIC

&&

DA

Local storm report, May 12, 6:09 PM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
609 PM EDT THU MAY 12 2016

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

0427 PM     HAIL             CHESTERFIELD            34.74N 80.09W
05/12/2016  E1.00 INCH       CHESTERFIELD       SC   BROADCAST MEDIA

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN THE CITY OF
            CHESTERFIELD. REPORT RECEIVED VIA SOCIAL
            MEDIA .

&&

HC

Special weather statement, May 12, 7:28 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
728 PM EDT THU MAY 12 2016

SCZ020-021-130000-
NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-
728 PM EDT THU MAY 12 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN FAIRFIELD AND
NORTHEASTERN NEWBERRY COUNTIES...

AT 727 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER WHITMIRE...OR 13 MILES
NORTH OF NEWBERRY...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WHITMIRE.

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 3436 8132 3437 8173 3445 8172 3446 8169
      3453 8164 3449 8157 3445 8154 3449 8149
      3449 8146 3450 8142 3457 8142 3457 8136
TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 263DEG 15KT 3448 8161

CJR

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 12, 1:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Richland	34 min
May 12, 1:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Kershaw, Lee, Richland, Sumter	35 min
May 12, 1:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Chesterfield	26 min
May 12, 2:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Sumter	26 min
May 12, 2:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Lee, Sumter	44 min
May 12, 3:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Chesterfield	33 min
May 12, 4:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Chesterfield	40 min
May 12, 4:09 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Chesterfield	111 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in South Carolina, 2016 Every 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.