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Special Weather Statement, NWS Columbia, SC

June 26, 2018Aiken County, Barnwell County, South Carolina; Burke County, Richmond County, Georgia

NWS Columbia, SC issued this special weather statement at Jun 26, 2018, 9:22 PM EDT for Aiken County, Barnwell County, South Carolina; Burke County, Richmond County, Georgia. It was in force for 53 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: Jun 26, 2018, 9:22 PM EDT (01:22 UTC)
Expired: Jun 26, 2018, 10:15 PM EDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Columbia, SC

Counties Burke County, GA, Richmond County, GA, Aiken County, SC, Barnwell County, SC

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:25 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, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 150 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 1233 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 991 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 77 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 1.6

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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 26, 7:49 PM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 7:49 PM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before

Area Forecast Discussion...UPDATED
National Weather Service Columbia SC
749 PM EDT Tue Jun 26 2018

.SYNOPSIS...
A frontal boundary over the northern Midlands will become
diffuse Wednesday. There will be lingering surface troughing
during the rest of the week. Hotter conditions will occur with
diminished cloudiness and upper ridging over the weekend.

&&

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 7 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING/...
Strong to severe thunderstorms crossing the Midlands and CSRA
this evening. Damaging winds and heavy rain with localized
flooding are the primary threats. High resolution models
indicate this round of convection move east of the area around
midnight. Isolated showers will be possible through the early
morning hours. Lows will be in the low 70s.

&&

.SHORT TERM /7 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/...
High pressure will extend from the Atlantic westward into the
Gulf of Mexico. North of the ridge, low pressure troughing will
be over the Great Lakes on Wednesday, moving into the Mid
Atlantic states and New England on Thursday. The CWA will be
sandwiched between these two features. Given moderate to strong
instability both days, and precipitable water around 2 inches,
there is a good chance for scattered afternoon and evening
thunderstorms. The best chance should be on Wednesday as all
models show the base of the trough axis moving across the area
during the evening. Additionally, SPC has the Piedmont and a
portion of the northern Midlands in a marginal risk for severe
weather, and damaging winds will again be possible with any
stronger storms that develop. As the trough lifts north on
Thursday, the pressure ridge will have more of an influence, and
convection will be more limited. It will be most likely across
the southern and eastern Midlands, closer to the trough axis
and influenced by the sea breeze.

Temperatures will be near normal on Wednesday with highs in the
low to mid 90s. It will be a little warmer Thursday due to the
building ridge, and highs will be in the mid to upper 90s.

&&

.LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
Large scale high pressure will dominate the region through the
long term period. Yet a surface thermal trough will also
persist. Convergence associated with this trough and onshore
flow will result in daily diurnal convection, but it should be
limited due to the ridge. Have therefore kept a slight chance to
a chance of precipitation in the forecast throughout the period.
Temperatures will be slightly above normal with highs in the
mid to upper 90s and lows in the low 70s.

&&

.AVIATION /00Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
Main near term concern will be thunderstorm activity approaching
the TAF sites from the north. Some of the storms could be strong
and produce strong wind gusts. Otherwise, will expect the
activity to dissipate late tonight. Some potential for late
night/early morning fog/stratus, gradually returning to VFR
during the morning Wednesday, with scattered afternoon/evening
thunderstorms.

EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...Restrictions possible each day in
early morning fog plus mainly afternoon and evening thunderstorms.

&&

.CAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...None.
SC...None.

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 26, 4:11 AM EDT, 17 hours 11 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Columbia SC
411 AM EDT Tue Jun 26 2018

GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-270815-
Lincoln-McDuffie-Columbia-Richmond-Burke-Lancaster-Chesterfield-
McCormick-Newberry-Fairfield-Kershaw-Edgefield-Saluda-Lexington-
Richland-Lee-Aiken-Sumter-Barnwell-Orangeburg-Calhoun-Clarendon-
Bamberg-
411 AM EDT Tue Jun 26 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 gusts will be possible today. The
most likely timing is from late this afternoon through the evening.
Hail and localized flash flooding will also be possible.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday.

A few storms Wednesday and Thursday afternoons could contain damaging
wind and hail.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 26, 8:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
805 PM EDT TUE JUN 26 2018

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0720 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 SE SEVEN OAKS         34.04N 81.13W
06/26/2018                   LEXINGTON          SC   911 CALL CENTER

            TREE DOWN, ALSO TAKING DOWN POWER LINES, ON
            KINGSBRIDGE RD.

&&

DCM

Local storm report, Jun 26, 8:18 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
818 PM EDT TUE JUN 26 2018

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0750 PM     TSTM WND DMG     PARKSVILLE              33.79N 82.22W
06/26/2018                   MCCORMICK          SC   911 CALL CENTER

            TREES DOWN IN THE PARKSVILLE AREA.

&&

DCM

Local storm report, Jun 26, 8:47 PM EDT, 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
847 PM EDT TUE JUN 26 2018

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0716 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 N LEXINGTON           34.03N 81.22W
06/26/2018                   LEXINGTON          SC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREE DOWN ON ROADWAY, 200 BEEKEEPER CT.

&&

DCM

Local storm report, Jun 26, 8:50 PM EDT, 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
850 PM EDT TUE JUN 26 2018

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0705 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 ENE CHAPIN            34.18N 81.32W
06/26/2018                   LEXINGTON          SC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SCHP REPORTED TREE DOWN ON INTERSTATE 26 AT
            MILE MARKER 91.

&&

DCM

Local storm report, Jun 26, 8:55 PM EDT, 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
855 PM EDT TUE JUN 26 2018

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0711 PM     TSTM WND DMG     7 SSW LITTLE MOUNTAIN   34.09N 81.44W
06/26/2018                   NEWBERRY           SC   911 CALL CENTER

            TREE DOWN ON LIVING INN RD.

&&

DCM

Special weather statement, Jun 26, 9:22 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Columbia SC
922 PM EDT TUE JUN 26 2018

GAZ065-077-SCZ030-035-270215-
Burke GA-Richmond GA-Barnwell SC-Aiken SC-
922 PM EDT TUE JUN 26 2018

...Strong Thunderstorms Will Impact Portions of Burke...southeastern
Richmond...Barnwell and southern Aiken Counties Until 1015 PM EDT....

At 921 PM EDT...National Weather Service doppler radar indicated
strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 11 miles northeast
of Aiken to near Hephzibah, moving southeast at 15 mph.

  HAZARD...gusty winds 40 to 50 mph.

  IMPACT...expect minor damage to tree limbs and blowing around of
           light, unsecured objects.

Some locations in the path of these storms include...
Aiken, Waynesboro, Barnwell, Savannah River Site, Hephzibah,
Williston, Blackville, New Ellenton, Jackson, Sardis, Gloverville,
Blythe, Snelling, Elko, Girard and Windsor.

This includes Interstate 520 in Georgia between mile markers 9 and
13.

LAT...LON 3295 8186 3292 8198 3327 8224 3369 8151
      3355 8131 3349 8137 3348 8130 3344 8122
      3340 8121 3332 8122 3313 8144 3316 8154
      3310 8162 3304 8156 3291 8176
TIME...MOT...LOC 0121Z 319DEG 12KT 3361 8154 3334 8211

HC

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 26, 8:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Edgefield	57 min
Jun 26, 8:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Aiken, Edgefield, McCormick, Saluda	67 min
Jun 26, 8:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Aiken	59 min
Jun 26, 10:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	McCormick	68 min
Jun 27, 5:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Lancaster	55 min
Jun 27, 5:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Newberry	53 min
Jun 27, 6:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Chesterfield, Kershaw, Lancaster	32 min
Jun 27, 6:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Lee, Sumter	48 min
Jun 27, 6:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Chesterfield, Kershaw, Lancaster	50 min
Jun 27, 7:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Kershaw, Lee, Richland, Sumter	46 min
Jun 27, 7:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Calhoun, Clarendon, Orangeburg	47 min
Jun 27, 7:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell	61 min
Jun 26, 9:49 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Lincoln	116 min
Jun 26, 11:22 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Columbia, McDuffie	113 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in South Carolina, 2018 Special Weather Statements in Georgia, 2018 Every special weather statement in 2018

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.