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Special Weather Statement, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this special weather statement at Aug 14, 2016, 9:17 PM EDT for Columbia County, Lincoln County, McDuffie County, Georgia. 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
- Aug 14, 2016, 9:17 PM EDT (01:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 14, 2016, 10:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
Counties Columbia County, GA, Lincoln County, GA, McDuffie County, GA
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 186 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
- 660 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1829 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 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 Aug 14, 7:49 PM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 14, 7:49 PM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 14, 3:08 AM EDT, 18 hours 9 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 308 AM EDT SUN AUG 14 2016 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-150715- LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD- MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON- RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON- BAMBERG- 308 AM EDT SUN AUG 14 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 WILL BE WIDELY SCATTERED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD POSSIBLY CONTAIN DAMAGING WIND. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. 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, Aug 14, 4:20 PM EDT, 4 hours 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
420 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2016
SCZ015-142045-
LANCASTER-
420 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2016
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN LANCASTER COUNTY...
AT 420 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER PINEVILLE...OR 11
MILES NORTHEAST OF ROCK HILL...MOVING NORTH AT 10 TO 15 MPH.
WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MARVIN.
LAT...LON 3497 8081 3498 8089 3499 8089 3501 8091
3504 8090 3505 8091 3507 8090
TIME...MOT...LOC 2020Z 191DEG 15KT 3506 8089
AWPSpecial weather statement, Aug 14, 5:14 PM EDT, 4 hours 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
514 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2016
SCZ015-021-022-142130-
FAIRFIELD-LANCASTER-KERSHAW-
514 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2016
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN KERSHAW...
SOUTHWESTERN LANCASTER AND NORTHEASTERN FAIRFIELD COUNTIES...
AT 504 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR GREAT FALLS...OR 13
MILES NORTHEAST OF WINNSBORO...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FISHING CREEK RESERVOIR.
LAT...LON 3463 8069 3443 8072 3445 8102 3455 8100
3454 8088 3457 8087 3460 8089 3463 8089
TIME...MOT...LOC 2104Z 274DEG 10KT 3452 8092
AWPSpecial weather statement, Aug 14, 5:54 PM EDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 554 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2016 SCZ015-016-142245- CHESTERFIELD-LANCASTER- 554 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2016 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EAST CENTRAL LANCASTER AND NORTHWESTERN CHESTERFIELD COUNTIES... AT 553 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 8 MILES EAST OF ELGIN...OR 11 MILES EAST OF LANCASTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PAGELAND AND ELGIN. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. 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 3481 8031 3460 8054 3469 8071 3482 8064 TIME...MOT...LOC 2153Z 209DEG 13KT 3468 8058 WRS
Special weather statement, Aug 14, 6:53 PM EDT, 2 hours 24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 4:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Orangeburg | 45 min |
| Aug 15, 4:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Calhoun | 63 min |
| Aug 15, 6:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Columbia, McDuffie, Richmond | 59 min |
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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.