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Special Weather Statement, NWS Columbia, SC

August 18, 2016Bamberg County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this special weather statement at Aug 18, 2016, 5:34 PM EDT for Bamberg County, South Carolina. It was in force for 26 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 18, 2016, 5:34 PM EDT (21:34 UTC)
Expired: Aug 18, 2016, 6:00 PM EDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Columbia, SC

County Bamberg County, SC

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:37 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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 90 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 1318 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 863 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 21 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Aug 18, 5:00 PM EDT, 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 18, 5:00 PM EDT, 34 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 18, 2:33 AM EDT, 15 hours 1 minute before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
233 AM EDT THU AUG 18 2016

GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-190715-
LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD-
MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON-
RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON-
BAMBERG-
233 AM EDT THU AUG 18 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.

A FEW THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING COULD POSSIBLY
CONTAIN DAMAGING WIND. HEAVY RAIN WITH LOCALIZED FLOODING IS ALSO
POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 18, 4:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
425 PM EDT THU AUG 18 2016

SCZ031-036-038-182100-
CLARENDON-SUMTER-ORANGEBURG-
425 PM EDT THU AUG 18 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EAST CENTRAL ORANGEBURG...
CLARENDON AND SOUTHERN SUMTER COUNTIES...

AT 424 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER MANNING...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH AND PEA SIZED HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MANNING...SUMMERTON AND PAXVILLE.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY CAUSE
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

LAT...LON 3370 8000 3365 8002 3349 8045 3370 8053
      3386 8005 3371 7998
TIME...MOT...LOC 2024Z 228DEG 9KT 3370 8018

CJR

Local storm report, Aug 18, 4:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
430 PM EDT THU AUG 18 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0339 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 WSW REMBERT           34.08N 80.58W
08/18/2016                   SUMTER             SC   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            TREES AND POWER LINE DOWN REPORTED AT STATE
            FARM RD REMBERT, SC.

&&

DA

Local storm report, Aug 18, 4:32 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
432 PM EDT THU AUG 18 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0342 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 SSE REMBERT           34.07N 80.51W
08/18/2016                   SUMTER             SC   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            TREES REPORTED DOWN ON TB WRIGHT RD AT US
            521.

&&

DA

Special weather statement, Aug 18, 4:44 PM EDT, 50 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
444 PM EDT THU AUG 18 2016

SCZ020-026-182115-
NEWBERRY-SALUDA-
444 PM EDT THU AUG 18 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL SALUDA...SOUTHWESTERN
NEWBERRY AND NORTHEASTERN EDGEFIELD COUNTIES...

AT 444 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
GREENWOOD STATE PARK...OR 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEWBERRY. THE STORM
WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NEWBERRY...SALUDA...SILVERSTREET AND CHAPPELLS.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY CAUSE
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

LAT...LON 3404 8195 3409 8192 3413 8187 3415 8190
      3418 8190 3418 8192 3419 8192 3420 8194
      3425 8191 3429 8190 3428 8162 3391 8167
      3400 8198
TIME...MOT...LOC 2044Z 268DEG 3KT 3411 8185

CJR

Special weather statement, Aug 18, 4:54 PM EDT, 40 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
454 PM EDT THU AUG 18 2016

SCZ036-038-182130-
CLARENDON-ORANGEBURG-
454 PM EDT THU AUG 18 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EAST CENTRAL ORANGEBURG AND
SOUTHWESTERN CLARENDON COUNTIES...

AT 454 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR SANTEE...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

IF YOU ARE ON OR NEAR LAKE MARION...GET OUT OF THE WATER AND MOVE
INDOORS OR INSIDE A VEHICLE. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE OUT TO
15 MILES FROM THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM.  DO NOT BE CAUGHT ON THE
WATER IN A THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3350 8011 3350 8012 3348 8015 3346 8013
      3346 8015 3345 8015 3346 8016 3345 8017
      3345 8020 3344 8020 3345 8022 3340 8022
      3339 8024 3331 8025 3345 8053 3362 8045
      3354 8009
TIME...MOT...LOC 2054Z 292DEG 17KT 3351 8042

Special weather statement, Aug 18, 5:34 PM EDT, 0 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
Aug 18, 1:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Kershaw	56 min
Aug 18, 2:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Lexington	66 min
Aug 18, 2:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Kershaw	54 min
Aug 18, 2:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Aiken	66 min
Aug 18, 2:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Calhoun	46 min
Aug 18, 3:01 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Fairfield, Kershaw, Lancaster, Lee, Richland, Sumter	59 min
Aug 18, 3:15 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Chesterfield	2 hr
Aug 18, 3:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Lee	55 min
Aug 18, 3:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Lee, Sumter	40 min
Aug 18, 4:09 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Kershaw, Lee, Richland, Sumter	111 min
Aug 18, 4:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Clarendon	35 min
Aug 18, 4:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Bamberg, Orangeburg	36 min
Aug 18, 4:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Saluda	31 min
Aug 18, 4:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Clarendon	36 min
Aug 18, 4:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Clarendon, Orangeburg	51 min
Aug 18, 2:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Burke	55 min
Aug 18, 3:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Richmond	55 min
Aug 18, 3:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Burke	29 min
Aug 18, 3:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Columbia, McDuffie, Richmond	44 min
Aug 18, 3:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Burke	29 min

Nearby

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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.