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Special Weather Statement, NWS Columbia, SC

May 29, 2020Richland County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this special weather statement at May 29, 2020, 8:59 PM EDT for Richland County, South Carolina. It was in force for 61 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: May 29, 2020, 8:59 PM EDT (00:59 UTC)
Expired: May 29, 2020, 10:00 PM EDT
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Columbia, SC

County Richland County, SC

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 29, 8:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Kershaw, Lexington, Richland	62 min
May 29, 8:35 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Lexington, Richland	115 min
May 29, 8:44 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Clarendon	2 hr
May 29, 9:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Calhoun, Lexington, Richland, Sumter	49 min
May 29, 9:49 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Calhoun, Clarendon, Kershaw, Lee, Lexington, Orangeburg and 2 more	116 min
May 29, 10:12 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CAE	Lexington, Richland	2 hr
May 29, 10:34 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CAE	Calhoun, Clarendon, Richland, Sumter	116 min
May 30, 12:29 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CAE	Calhoun, Clarendon, Richland, Sumter	3 hr
May 30, 6:06 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	CAE	Lexington, Richland	8 hr

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in South Carolina, 2020 Every special weather statement in 2020

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.