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Special Weather Statement, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this special weather statement at Jul 15, 2016, 11:01 PM EDT for Lee County, Sumter County, South Carolina. It was in force for 59 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, 11:01 PM EDT (03:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 2016, 12:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
Counties Lee County, SC, Sumter County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 130 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 546 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -140 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1280 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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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 15, 10:20 PM EDT, 41 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 15, 10:20 PM EDT, 41 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 341 AM EDT FRI JUL 15 2016 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-160745- LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD- MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON- RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON- BAMBERG- 341 AM EDT FRI JUL 15 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. THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING COULD POSSIBLY CONTAIN DAMAGING WIND. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING COULD POSSIBLY CONTAIN DAMAGING WIND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 8:41 PM EDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 841 PM EDT FRI JUL 15 2016 SCZ030-035-036-041-160145- BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-BAMBERG-AIKEN- 841 PM EDT FRI JUL 15 2016 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT WEST CENTRAL ORANGEBURG... CENTRAL BARNWELL...NORTHWESTERN BAMBERG AND CENTRAL AIKEN COUNTIES... AT 840 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER WILLISTON...OR 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF BARNWELL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SAVANNAH RIVER SITE...WILLISTON...BLACKVILLE...NEW ELLENTON... WAGENER...SPRINGFIELD...SALLEY...NORWAY...SNELLING...PERRY... ELKO AND WINDSOR. 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 3314 8161 3341 8178 3367 8134 3345 8108 TIME...MOT...LOC 0040Z 234DEG 13KT 3341 8146 WRS
Local storm report, Jul 15, 9:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 8:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Fairfield, Newberry | 30 min |
| Jul 15, 8:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Barnwell | 64 min |
| Jul 15, 8:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Fairfield | 32 min |
| Jul 15, 8:52 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Aiken, Barnwell | 113 min |
| Jul 15, 9:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Bamberg, Barnwell, Orangeburg | 51 min |
| Jul 15, 9:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Bamberg, Calhoun, Orangeburg | 42 min |
| Jul 15, 10:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Calhoun, Orangeburg | 66 min |
| Jul 16, 3:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Aiken | 58 min |
| Jul 16, 4:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Lexington | 41 min |
| Jul 16, 4:53 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Aiken | 112 min |
| Jul 16, 5:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Fairfield, Lexington, Richland | 46 min |
| Jul 16, 5:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Fairfield, Richland | 46 min |
| Jul 16, 6:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Fairfield, Kershaw, Lancaster | 44 min |
| Jul 16, 6:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Chesterfield, Lancaster | 29 min |
| Jul 16, 7:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Chesterfield, Kershaw, Lancaster, Lee | 41 min |
| Jul 16, 3:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Richmond | 38 min |
| Jul 16, 5:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Richmond | 32 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.