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Winter Storm Watch 1, NWS Columbia, SC

January 5, 2017Chesterfield County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this winter storm watch at Jan 5, 2017, 5:52 AM EST for Chesterfield County, South Carolina. It took effect at Jan 7, 2017, 1:00 AM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 5, 2017, 5:52 AM EST (10:52 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 7, 2017, 1:00 AM EST
Expired: Jan 5, 2017, 3:19 PM EST
In force
Issued by: NWS Columbia, SC

County Chesterfield County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:52 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 winter storm 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 winter storm watch went out at Jan 4, 9:29 PM EST, 8 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 4, 9:29 PM EST, 8 hours 23 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 4, 4:23 PM EST, 13 hours 29 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
Jan 5, 3:19 PM EST	Winter Storm Watch	CAE	Edgefield, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lee, McCormick, Newberry and 1 more	24 hr
Jan 5, 3:19 PM EST	Winter Storm Warning	CAE	Chesterfield, Fairfield, Kershaw, McCormick, Newberry	39 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in South Carolina, 2017 Every winter storm watch 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.