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Special Weather Statement, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this special weather statement at Apr 6, 2017, 2:38 AM EDT for Edgefield County, South Carolina; Richmond County, Georgia. It was in force for 22 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
- Apr 6, 2017, 2:38 AM EDT (06:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 6, 2017, 3:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 22 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
Counties Richmond County, GA, Edgefield County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 195 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
- 295 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -52 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 707 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
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 Apr 5, 7:22 PM EDT, 7 hours 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 5, 7:22 PM EDT, 7 hours 16 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 5, 2:43 PM EDT, 11 hours 55 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Columbia SC 243 PM EDT Wed Apr 5 2017 GAZ040-063>065-SCZ018-025>028-030-031-061845- Lincoln-McDuffie-Columbia-Richmond-McCormick-Edgefield-Saluda- Lexington-Richland-Aiken-Sumter- 243 PM EDT Wed Apr 5 2017 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...TORNADO WATCH 125 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT EDT THURSDAY NIGHT... 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. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Tornado Watch. Flash Flood Watch. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Wind Advisory. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. GAZ077-SCZ020>022-029-035>038-041-061845- Burke-Newberry-Fairfield-Kershaw-Lee-Barnwell-Orangeburg-Calhoun- Clarendon-Bamberg- 243 PM EDT Wed Apr 5 2017 ...TORNADO WATCH 125 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT EDT THURSDAY NIGHT... 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. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Tornado Watch. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Wind Advisory. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. SCZ015-016-061845- Lancaster-Chesterfield- 243 PM EDT Wed Apr 5 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT EDT THURSDAY NIGHT... 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...Thursday through Tuesday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Wind Advisory. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6, 12:26 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | McCormick | 64 min |
| Apr 6, 12:30 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | CAE | Calhoun, Lexington, Richland | 3 days |
| Apr 6, 12:45 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Orangeburg | 45 min |
| Apr 6, 12:56 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Bamberg, Orangeburg | 34 min |
| Apr 6, 3:48 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Lexington, Richland | 27 min |
| Apr 6, 4:16 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Lancaster | 29 min |
| Apr 6, 4:25 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Kershaw | 20 min |
| Apr 6, 4:33 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Barnwell | 27 min |
| Apr 6, 4:54 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Calhoun | 21 min |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in South Carolina, 2017Special Weather Statements in Georgia, 2017Every special weather statement 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.