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Special Weather Statement, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this special weather statement at Aug 31, 2016, 4:33 PM EDT for Fairfield County, South Carolina. It was in force for 42 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 31, 2016, 4:33 PM EDT (20:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 31, 2016, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
County Fairfield County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 200 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
- 120 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1175 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 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 Aug 31, 4:20 PM EDT, 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 31, 4:20 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 629 AM EDT WED AUG 31 2016 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-011030- LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD- MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON- RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON- BAMBERG- 629 AM EDT WED AUG 31 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. HEAVY RAIN MAY BE POSSIBLE IN SLOW MOVING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON, CAUSING LOCALIZED FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. HEAVY RAIN MAY BE POSSIBLE IN SLOW MOVING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH FRIDAY, CAUSING LOCALIZED FLOODING. IN ADDITION, WINDS WILL INCREASE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY IN ASSOCIATION WITH A TROPICAL SYSTEM MOVING ALONG THE CAROLINA COAST. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY MAY BE REQUIRED ACROSS THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA ON FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 31, 4:14 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 414 PM EDT WED AUG 31 2016 SCZ028-031-312100- RICHLAND-SUMTER- 414 PM EDT WED AUG 31 2016 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT EAST RICHLAND AND WEST SUMTER COUNTIES... AT 410 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN WESTERN SUMTER COUNTY MOVING EASTWARD NEAR 15 MPH AND TOWARD PARTS OF LOWER RICHLAND COUNTY. THIS IS THE AREA EXTENDING FROM AROUND WEDGEFIELD TO WATEREE AND EASTOVER. WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. PONDING OF WATER WILL OCCUR IN POOR-DRAINAGE AREAS. LAT...LON 3391 8039 3375 8047 3380 8066 3406 8069 TIME...MOT...LOC 2010Z 117DEG 15KT 3391 8057
Special weather statement, Aug 31, 4:33 PM EDT, 0 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 31, 4:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Sumter | 46 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.