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Special Weather Statement, NWS Columbia, SC

June 25, 2018Clarendon County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this special weather statement at Jun 25, 2018, 3:37 PM EDT for Clarendon County, South Carolina. It was in force for 38 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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Issued
Jun 25, 2018, 3:37 PM EDT (19:37 UTC)
Expired
Jun 25, 2018, 4:15 PM EDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC

County Clarendon County, SC

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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 Jun 25, 3:33 PM EDT, 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 25, 3:33 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 25, 2:17 AM EDT, 13 hours 20 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Columbia SC
217 AM EDT Mon Jun 25 2018

GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-260630-
Lincoln-McDuffie-Columbia-Richmond-Burke-Lancaster-Chesterfield-
McCormick-Newberry-Fairfield-Kershaw-Edgefield-Saluda-Lexington-
Richland-Lee-Aiken-Sumter-Barnwell-Orangeburg-Calhoun-Clarendon-
Bamberg-
217 AM EDT Mon Jun 25 2018

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

Thunderstorms with damaging wind and hail will be possible this
afternoon and tonight. The threat will be greatest this evening.
There will also be a possibility of very heavy rain leading to
localized flooding this afternoon and especially tonight.

It will be hot today with heat index values peaking near 105.

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

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be required this afternoon and tonight.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 25, 10:16 AM EDT, 5 hours 21 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 25, 10:36 AM EDT, 5 hours 1 minute before
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Local storm report, Jun 25, 12:45 PM EDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 25, 3:37 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 24, 8:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAELexington, Richland45 min
Jun 24, 8:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEKershaw36 min
Jun 24, 8:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAERichland23 min
Jun 24, 8:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAECalhoun, Lexington, Richland, Sumter37 min
Jun 24, 9:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAECalhoun, Clarendon, Orangeburg, Sumter36 min
Jun 24, 9:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEAiken, Edgefield, McCormick64 min
Jun 24, 9:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEClarendon33 min
Jun 24, 9:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEAiken55 min
Jun 24, 9:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAECalhoun, Clarendon, Orangeburg50 min
Jun 24, 10:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEAiken, Barnwell, Orangeburg60 min
Jun 24, 10:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEBamberg, Orangeburg36 min
Jun 24, 10:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEClarendon, Orangeburg30 min
Jun 24, 10:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEBamberg, Orangeburg35 min
Jun 24, 10:47 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCAEAiken3 hr
Jun 24, 10:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEAiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Orangeburg53 min
Jun 24, 11:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEBamberg, Orangeburg33 min
Jun 25, 2:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAECalhoun, Richland47 min
Jun 25, 3:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEFairfield, Kershaw, Lancaster42 min
Jun 25, 3:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEChesterfield39 min
Jun 25, 3:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAECalhoun, Clarendon, Orangeburg38 min
Jun 25, 4:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEFairfield, Kershaw, Lancaster51 min
Jun 25, 4:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEChesterfield34 min
Jun 25, 5:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAELee26 min
Jun 25, 5:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEClarendon, Kershaw, Lee, Sumter48 min
Jun 25, 6:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAECalhoun, Richland32 min
Jun 25, 6:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEChesterfield25 min
Jun 25, 6:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAECalhoun, Clarendon, Sumter48 min
Jun 25, 6:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEMcCormick63 min
Jun 25, 7:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAECalhoun, Lexington, Orangeburg, Richland32 min
Jun 25, 7:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEEdgefield, McCormick66 min
Jun 25, 7:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEFairfield, Lexington, Newberry, Richland, Saluda66 min
Jun 25, 7:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAECalhoun, Clarendon, Lexington, Orangeburg, Richland, Sumter34 min
Jun 24, 8:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEMcDuffie31 min
Jun 24, 8:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEColumbia, McDuffie65 min
Jun 24, 9:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEColumbia, Lincoln, McDuffie51 min

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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.