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Areal Flood Advisory 46, NWS Columbia, SC

July 28, 2021Burke County, Richmond County, Georgia

NWS Columbia, SC issued this areal flood advisory at Jul 28, 2021, 1:27 AM EDT for Burke County, Richmond County, Georgia. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 28, 2021, 1:27 AM EDT (05:27 UTC)
Expired
Jul 28, 2021, 4:30 AM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Burke County, GA, Richmond County, GA

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 193 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Charleston AFB, SC at 00:00Z on 2021-07-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1971 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Charleston AFB, SC at 00:00Z on 2021-07-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -21 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1971 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
844 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-36 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal flood advisory 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 areal flood advisory went out at Jul 27, 10:29 PM EDT, 2 hours 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 27, 10:29 PM EDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 27, 4:31 AM EDT, 20 hours 56 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Columbia SC
431 AM EDT Tue Jul 27 2021

GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ016-018-020>022-025>031-035-037-038-041-115-
116-135>137-280845-
Lincoln-McDuffie-Columbia-Richmond-Burke-Chesterfield-McCormick-
Newberry-Fairfield-Kershaw-Edgefield-Saluda-Lexington-Richland-Lee-
Aiken-Sumter-Barnwell-Calhoun-Clarendon-Bamberg-Northern Lancaster-
Southern Lancaster-Northwestern Orangeburg-Central Orangeburg-
Southeastern Orangeburg-
431 AM EDT Tue Jul 27 2021

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

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

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

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 28, 12:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEOrangeburg25 min
Jul 28, 12:42 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCAEAiken, Barnwell2 hr
Jul 28, 1:06 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCAEBamberg, Orangeburg2 hr
Jul 28, 5:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEMarlboro60 min
Jul 28, 5:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEChesterfield60 min
Jul 28, 6:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEChesterfield, Kershaw, Lee56 min
Jul 28, 6:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAELancaster25 min
Jul 28, 7:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAERichland24 min
Jul 28, 7:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEKershaw, Richland, Sumter61 min
Jul 28, 7:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAELancaster36 min
Jul 28, 7:46 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCAELexington, Richland119 min
Jul 28, 7:58 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCAELexington, Richland2 hr
Jul 28, 4:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAERichmond28 min

Nearby

Areal Flood Advisories in Georgia, 2021Every areal flood advisory in 2021

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.