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Special Weather Statement, NWS Columbia, SC

July 9, 2016Orangeburg County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this special weather statement at Jul 9, 2016, 5:21 PM EDT for Orangeburg County, South Carolina. It was in force for 54 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 9, 2016, 5:21 PM EDT (21:21 UTC)
Expired: Jul 9, 2016, 6:15 PM EDT
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Columbia, SC

County Orangeburg County, SC

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:22 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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 65 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: 1008 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -168 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1430 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 123 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 138 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

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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 Jul 9, 2:55 PM EDT, 2 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 9, 2:55 PM EDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 9, 11:11 AM EDT, 6 hours 10 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
1111 AM EDT SAT JUL 9 2016

GAZ040-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>029-031-101515-
LINCOLN-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD-MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-
EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON-RICHLAND-LEE-SUMTER-
1111 AM EDT SAT JUL 9 2016

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES ARE AGAIN EXPECTED TO CLIMB TO AROUND 100
DEGREES IN MANY AREAS. THESE TEMPERATURES WILL COMBINE WITH LOW-
LEVEL MOISTURE TO CREATE HEAT INDEX VALUES BETWEEN 103 AND 108
DEGREES LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING
HOURS. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...SOME SEVERE...WILL BE THE BIGGEST
THREAT WITH THE STRONGER STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

GAZ063>065-077-SCZ030-035>038-041-101515-
MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-AIKEN-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-
CLARENDON-BAMBERG-
1111 AM EDT SAT JUL 9 2016

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   HEAT ADVISORY.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING
HOURS. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...SOME SEVERE...WILL BE THE BIGGEST
THREAT WITH THE STRONGER STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 9, 11:23 AM EDT, 5 hours 58 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 9, 12:47 PM EDT, 4 hours 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
1247 PM EDT SAT JUL 9 2016

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

1220 AM     TSTM WND DMG     TURBEVILLE              33.90N 80.02W
07/09/2016                   CLARENDON          SC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            REPORTS OF TREES DOWN IN TURBEVILLE.

&&

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Local storm report, Jul 9, 12:52 PM EDT, 4 hours 29 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
1252 PM EDT SAT JUL 9 2016

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

1238 AM     TSTM WND DMG     5 SE JACKSON            33.28N 81.73W
07/09/2016                   AIKEN              SC   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREE DOWN ON B ROAD AT SAVANNAH RIVER SITE.
            TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR. .

&&

JAQ

Local storm report, Jul 9, 12:54 PM EDT, 4 hours 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
1254 PM EDT SAT JUL 9 2016

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

1201 AM     TSTM WND DMG     2 SSW MULBERRY          33.92N 80.35W
07/09/2016                   SUMTER             SC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            REPORT OF MULTIPLE TREE LIMBS DOWN ON
            HAMPTON AVE.

&&

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Special weather statement, Jul 9, 4:03 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
403 PM EDT SAT JUL 9 2016

GAZ077-092100-
BURKE-
403 PM EDT SAT JUL 9 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN BURKE COUNTY...

AT 402 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF
WADLEY...OR 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LOUISVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MIDVILLE.

LAT...LON 3282 8226 3283 8231 3293 8227 3301 8228
      3303 8189 3295 8189 3292 8196 3292 8208
      3288 8213 3281 8215 3280 8222
TIME...MOT...LOC 2002Z 273DEG 20KT 3292 8230

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Special weather statement, Jul 9, 5:21 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 8, 8:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Chesterfield, Lancaster	65 min
Jul 8, 9:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Chesterfield, Kershaw, Lancaster	49 min
Jul 8, 10:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Fairfield, Newberry, Saluda	67 min
Jul 8, 10:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Fairfield, Lexington, Newberry, Richland, Saluda	45 min
Jul 8, 10:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Chesterfield, Kershaw, Lancaster	40 min
Jul 8, 11:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Edgefield, McCormick, Saluda	60 min
Jul 8, 11:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Chesterfield, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lancaster	38 min
Jul 8, 11:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Aiken, Edgefield, McCormick	49 min
Jul 8, 11:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Clarendon, Kershaw, Lee, Richland, Sumter	29 min
Jul 8, 11:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Aiken, Barnwell, Orangeburg	40 min
Jul 9, 12:15 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Calhoun, Clarendon, Lee, Richland, Sumter	45 min
Jul 9, 12:27 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Orangeburg	48 min
Jul 9, 10:37 AM EDT	Heat Advisory	CAE	Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Clarendon	8 hr
Jul 8, 11:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Columbia, McDuffie, Richmond	51 min
Jul 9, 4:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Jenkins	57 min

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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.