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Special Weather Statement, NWS Columbia, SC

July 11, 2016Lee County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this special weather statement at Jul 11, 2016, 6:12 PM EDT for Lee County, South Carolina. It was in force for 48 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 11, 2016, 6:12 PM EDT (22:12 UTC)
Expired: Jul 11, 2016, 7:00 PM EDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Columbia, SC

County Lee County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 10, 7:46 PM EDT, 22 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 10, 7:46 PM EDT, 22 hours 26 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 11, 1:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Chesterfield	23 min
Jul 11, 1:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Chesterfield	27 min
Jul 11, 2:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Fairfield	38 min
Jul 11, 2:36 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Chesterfield	3 hr
Jul 11, 4:06 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CAE	Chesterfield	3 hr
Jul 11, 4:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Fairfield	50 min
Jul 11, 4:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Lancaster	43 min
Jul 11, 5:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Chesterfield	65 min
Jul 11, 7:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Sumter	66 min
Jul 11, 7:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Lee	63 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.