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Freeze Watch 1, NWS Columbia, SC

March 13, 201716 counties in South Carolina; 5 counties in Georgia

NWS Columbia, SC issued this freeze watch at Mar 13, 2017, 1:36 PM EDT for 16 counties in South Carolina; 5 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Mar 14, 2017, 11:00 PM EDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 13, 2017, 1:36 PM EDT (17:36 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 14, 2017, 11:00 PM EDT
Expired
Mar 14, 2017, 3:43 AM EDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
All 21 counties

Burke County, GA, Columbia County, GA, Lincoln County, GA, McDuffie County, GA, Richmond County, GA, Aiken County, SC, Bamberg County, SC, Barnwell County, SC, Calhoun County, SC, Chesterfield County, SC, Clarendon County, SC, Edgefield County, SC, Fairfield County, SC, Kershaw County, SC, Lee County, SC, Lexington County, SC, McCormick County, SC, Newberry County, SC, Richland County, SC, Saluda County, SC, Sumter County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this freeze watch 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 freeze watch went out at Mar 13, 8:11 AM EDT, 5 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 13, 8:11 AM EDT, 5 hours 25 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 13, 1:33 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Columbia SC
133 PM EDT Mon Mar 13 2017

GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-141745-
Lincoln-McDuffie-Columbia-Richmond-Burke-Lancaster-Chesterfield-
McCormick-Newberry-Fairfield-Kershaw-Edgefield-Saluda-Lexington-
Richland-Lee-Aiken-Sumter-Barnwell-Orangeburg-Calhoun-Clarendon-
Bamberg-
133 PM EDT Mon Mar 13 2017

...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY
MORNING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the Midlands of South Carolina
and the Central Savannah River area of Georgia.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Freeze Watch Tuesday night and Wednesday morning.

   Freezing temperatures are forecast Tuesday night, Wednesday
   night and Thursday night. Freeze Warnings and/or Frost
   Advisories may be needed.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.