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Special Weather Statement, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this special weather statement at Jul 16, 2016, 3:47 PM EDT for Aiken County, South Carolina. It was in force for 58 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 16, 2016, 3:47 PM EDT (19:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 2016, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
County Aiken County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:47 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, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 189 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
- 449 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -63 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1167 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>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 16, 2:01 PM EDT, 1 hour 46 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 16, 2:01 PM EDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 16, 3:06 AM EDT, 12 hours 41 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 306 AM EDT SAT JUL 16 2016 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-170715- LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD- MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON- RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON- BAMBERG- 306 AM EDT SAT JUL 16 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. A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD ALSO CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN WITH LOCALIZED FLOODING. .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
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 3:07 PM EDT, 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 307 PM EDT SAT JUL 16 2016 GAZ065-SCZ030-161945- RICHMOND-AIKEN- 307 PM EDT SAT JUL 16 2016 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN RICHMOND AND SOUTHWESTERN AIKEN COUNTIES... AT 306 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR AUGUSTA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... NORTH AUGUSTA...CLEARWATER...AUGUSTA...BELVEDERE...HEPHZIBAH... JACKSON...GLOVERVILLE AND BURNETTOWN. LAT...LON 3327 8206 3346 8209 3358 8179 3333 8171 TIME...MOT...LOC 1906Z 253DEG 6KT 3341 8192 AWP
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 3:47 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 347 PM EDT SAT JUL 16 2016 GAZ064-065-SCZ025-030-162045- RICHMOND-COLUMBIA-EDGEFIELD-AIKEN- 347 PM EDT SAT JUL 16 2016 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EAST CENTRAL COLUMBIA... NORTHEASTERN RICHMOND...SOUTHERN EDGEFIELD AND NORTHWESTERN AIKEN COUNTIES... AT 347 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER BELVEDERE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... AIKEN...NORTH AUGUSTA...CLEARWATER...BELVEDERE...MARTINEZ... AUGUSTA...NEW ELLENTON...GLOVERVILLE...BURNETTOWN... WINDSOR AND MURPHYS ESTATES. THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 3337 8215 3365 8206 3376 8161 3345 8148 TIME...MOT...LOC 1947Z 252DEG 22KT 3353 8194 AWP
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 15, 11:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Lee, Sumter | 59 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 |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in South Carolina, 2016Every 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.