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Special Weather Statement, NWS Columbia, SC

July 15, 2016Richland County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this special weather statement at Jul 15, 2016, 12:44 PM EDT for Richland County, South Carolina. It was in force for 46 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 15, 2016, 12:44 PM EDT (16:44 UTC)
Expired: Jul 15, 2016, 1:30 PM EDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Columbia, SC

County Richland County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 14, 7:29 PM EDT, 17 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 14, 7:29 PM EDT, 17 hours 15 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 15, 12:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Kershaw	45 min
Jul 15, 12:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Chesterfield	38 min
Jul 15, 1:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Fairfield, Kershaw, Lee, Richland	45 min
Jul 15, 1:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Chesterfield	33 min
Jul 15, 1:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Kershaw, Lancaster, Lee	40 min
Jul 15, 1:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Fairfield	33 min
Jul 15, 1:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Bamberg, Calhoun, Orangeburg	65 min
Jul 15, 1:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Chesterfield, Kershaw, Lee, Richland, Sumter	49 min
Jul 15, 2:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Chesterfield, Kershaw	67 min
Jul 15, 2:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Clarendon	49 min
Jul 15, 2:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Clarendon	24 min
Jul 15, 2:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Lee, Sumter	26 min
Jul 15, 2:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Bamberg, Calhoun, Orangeburg	31 min
Jul 15, 3:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Sumter	59 min
Jul 15, 3:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Clarendon	25 min
Jul 15, 3:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Clarendon	29 min
Jul 15, 6:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Lancaster	49 min
Jul 15, 7:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Newberry	49 min
Jul 15, 7:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Aiken, Lexington	60 min
Jul 15, 7:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Burke	62 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.