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Special Weather Statement, NWS Columbia, SC

July 6, 2016Aiken County, Edgefield County, South Carolina; Richmond County, Georgia

NWS Columbia, SC issued this special weather statement at Jul 6, 2016, 3:40 PM EDT for Aiken County, Edgefield County, South Carolina; Richmond County, Georgia. It was in force for 50 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: Jul 6, 2016, 3:40 PM EDT (19:40 UTC)
Expired: Jul 6, 2016, 4:30 PM EDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Columbia, SC

Counties Richmond County, GA, Aiken County, SC, Edgefield County, SC

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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 Jul 6, 2:46 PM EDT, 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 2:46 PM EDT, 54 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 6, 2:03 PM EDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 6, 9:44 AM EDT, 5 hours 56 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 6, 11:42 AM EDT, 3 hours 58 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 6, 2:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 6, 3:28 PM EDT, 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
328 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2016

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

0153 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 NW SALUDA             34.01N 81.79W
07/06/2016                   SALUDA             SC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SALUDA DISPATCH REPORTED TREES ON POWER
            LINES ON HWY 178 NEAR SALUDA.

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Local storm report, Jul 6, 3:30 PM EDT, 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
330 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2016

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

0157 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 ENE SALUDA            34.01N 81.76W
07/06/2016                   SALUDA             SC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SALUDA DISPATCH REPORTED A TREE FELL ON A
            RESIDENCE AND DESTROYED THE HOME ON GRAHAM
            STREET IN SALUDA.

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Special weather statement, Jul 6, 3:40 PM EDT, 0 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 6, 1:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	McCormick	65 min
Jul 6, 1:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Saluda	57 min
Jul 6, 2:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Edgefield	60 min
Jul 6, 2:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Edgefield, McCormick	33 min
Jul 6, 2:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Aiken, Lexington, Saluda	58 min
Jul 6, 2:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Edgefield, Saluda	35 min
Jul 6, 3:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Newberry	55 min
Jul 6, 3:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	McCormick	40 min
Jul 6, 3:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Calhoun, Lexington, Richland	54 min
Jul 6, 3:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Fairfield, Lexington, Newberry, Richland	20 min
Jul 6, 3:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Fairfield	54 min
Jul 6, 4:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Bamberg, Barnwell, Orangeburg	42 min
Jul 6, 4:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Calhoun, Sumter	51 min
Jul 6, 4:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Calhoun, Clarendon, Orangeburg, Richland, Sumter	60 min
Jul 6, 4:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Kershaw	52 min
Jul 6, 4:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Bamberg, Barnwell, Orangeburg	52 min
Jul 6, 4:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Clarendon	61 min
Jul 6, 4:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Clarendon, Sumter	23 min
Jul 6, 5:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Clarendon	30 min
Jul 6, 2:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Columbia, Lincoln, McDuffie	57 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in South Carolina, 2016 Special Weather Statements in Georgia, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.