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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Columbia, SC

April 24, 2017Calhoun County, Lexington County, Richland County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 2017, 2:33 PM EDT for Calhoun County, Lexington County, Richland County, South Carolina. It was in force for 27 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 24, 2017, 2:33 PM EDT (18:33 UTC)
Expired
Apr 24, 2017, 3:00 PM EDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Calhoun County, SC, Lexington County, SC, Richland County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:33 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 severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 23, 5:59 PM EDT, 20 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 23, 5:59 PM EDT, 20 hours 34 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 23, 8:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAERichland30 min
Apr 23, 8:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEKershaw28 min
Apr 23, 8:54 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCAEAiken, Barnwell111 min
Apr 23, 10:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAELexington49 min
Apr 23, 11:20 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCAELexington, Richland115 min
Apr 24, 12:05 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCAERichland115 min
Apr 24, 1:13 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCAEBamberg, Calhoun, Orangeburg2 hr
Apr 24, 1:49 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEClarendon41 min
Apr 24, 2:13 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEClarendon33 min
Apr 24, 2:28 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCAECalhoun, Clarendon, Sumter62 min
Apr 24, 6:25 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCAECalhoun, Lexington, Orangeburg, Richland2 hr
Apr 24, 6:32 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCAECalhoun, Clarendon, Orangeburg, Sumter118 min
Apr 24, 8:56 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCAECalhoun, Clarendon, Kershaw, Richland, Sumter64 min
Apr 24, 9:37 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCAEClarendon, Kershaw, Lee, Sumter53 min
Apr 24, 10:23 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCAEAiken, Edgefield67 min
Apr 24, 11:33 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningCAEChesterfield, Marlboro6 days
Apr 24, 11:33 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningCAEFairfield, Kershaw, Lancaster5 days
Apr 24, 11:47 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCAEChesterfield, Kershaw, Lancaster118 min
Apr 24, 2:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAECalhoun44 min
Apr 24, 4:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEOrangeburg25 min
Apr 24, 4:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEOrangeburg53 min
Apr 24, 5:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEOrangeburg57 min
Apr 24, 5:18 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCAEOrangeburg117 min
Apr 24, 5:22 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCAEOrangeburg53 min
Apr 24, 5:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEOrangeburg40 min
Apr 24, 6:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEOrangeburg45 min
Apr 24, 6:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEOrangeburg30 min
Apr 24, 6:49 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCAEOrangeburg56 min
Apr 24, 7:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAECalhoun, Orangeburg57 min
Apr 23, 9:13 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCAEBurke2 hr
Apr 24, 9:08 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAERichmond37 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 2017Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2017

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.