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Special Weather Statement, NWS Columbia, SC

April 24, 2017Orangeburg County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this special weather statement at Apr 24, 2017, 5:03 PM EDT for Orangeburg County, South Carolina. It was in force for 57 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 24, 2017, 5:03 PM EDT (21:03 UTC)
Expired: Apr 24, 2017, 6:00 PM EDT
In force: 57 min
Issued by: NWS Columbia, SC

County Orangeburg County, SC

The radar

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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 Apr 23, 5:59 PM EDT, 23 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 23, 5:59 PM EDT, 23 hours 4 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
Apr 23, 8:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Richland	30 min
Apr 23, 8:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Kershaw	28 min
Apr 23, 8:54 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Aiken, Barnwell	111 min
Apr 23, 10:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Lexington	49 min
Apr 23, 11:20 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Lexington, Richland	115 min
Apr 24, 12:05 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CAE	Richland	115 min
Apr 24, 1:13 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Bamberg, Calhoun, Orangeburg	2 hr
Apr 24, 1:49 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Clarendon	41 min
Apr 24, 2:13 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Clarendon	33 min
Apr 24, 2:28 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Calhoun, Clarendon, Sumter	62 min
Apr 24, 6:25 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Calhoun, Lexington, Orangeburg, Richland	2 hr
Apr 24, 6:32 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Calhoun, Clarendon, Orangeburg, Sumter	118 min
Apr 24, 8:56 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Calhoun, Clarendon, Kershaw, Richland, Sumter	64 min
Apr 24, 9:37 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Clarendon, Kershaw, Lee, Sumter	53 min
Apr 24, 10:23 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Aiken, Edgefield	67 min
Apr 24, 11:33 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	CAE	Chesterfield, Marlboro	6 days
Apr 24, 11:33 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	CAE	Fairfield, Kershaw, Lancaster	5 days
Apr 24, 11:47 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Chesterfield, Kershaw, Lancaster	118 min
Apr 24, 2:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Calhoun	44 min
Apr 24, 2:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Calhoun, Lexington, Richland	27 min
Apr 24, 4:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Orangeburg	25 min
Apr 24, 4:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Orangeburg	53 min
Apr 24, 5:18 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Orangeburg	117 min
Apr 24, 5:22 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CAE	Orangeburg	53 min
Apr 24, 5:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Orangeburg	40 min
Apr 24, 6:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Orangeburg	45 min
Apr 24, 6:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Orangeburg	30 min
Apr 24, 6:49 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CAE	Orangeburg	56 min
Apr 24, 7:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Calhoun, Orangeburg	57 min
Apr 23, 9:13 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Burke	2 hr
Apr 24, 9:08 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Richmond	37 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.