Alert archive / South Carolina / Special Weather Statements in 2021
Special Weather Statement, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this special weather statement at Mar 26, 2021, 5:01 AM EDT for Lancaster County, South Carolina. It was in force for 29 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
- Mar 26, 2021, 5:01 AM EDT (09:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 26, 2021, 5:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
County Lancaster County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 166 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 544 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 316 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 501 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
221
WWUS82 KCAE 260901
SPSCAE
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Columbia SC
501 AM EDT Fri Mar 26 2021
SCZ115-116-260930-
Northern Lancaster SC-Southern Lancaster SC-
501 AM EDT Fri Mar 26 2021
...Strong Thunderstorms Will Impact Portions of Northern Lancaster
and Southern Lancaster Counties Until 530 AM EDT....
At 501 AM EDT...National Weather Service doppler radar indicated a
strong thunderstorm over Fort Lawn, or near Lancaster, moving east at
65 mph.
HAZARD...gusty winds 40 to 50 mph and pea sized hail.
IMPACT...expect minor damage to tree limbs and blowing around of
light, unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to plants,
trees and crops is possible. Damage to windshields is
unlikely.
Some locations in the path of this storm include...
Lancaster, Elgin, Andrew Jackson State Park, USC Lancaster, Van Wyck,
Irwin, Buford, Fishing Creek Reservoir, Arrowood Estates,
Tradesville, Camp Creek Fire Station, Antioch, Unity Fire Station,
Lancaster Mill and McWhirter Airfield.
LAT...LON 3482 8079 3482 8062 3475 8052 3462 8089
3467 8089 3470 8086 3474 8088 3479 8087
3483 8090 3484 8087 3487 8088 3492 8079
TIME...MOT...LOC 0901Z 256DEG 57KT 3471 8088
$$
LMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 7:27 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Richland | 33 min |
| Mar 26, 8:11 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | McCormick | 64 min |
| Mar 26, 8:23 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | McCormick | 22 min |
| Mar 26, 10:39 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | CAE | Calhoun, Lexington, Richland | 5 days |
| Mar 26, 10:39 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | CAE | Calhoun, Richland | 6 days |
| Mar 26, 10:41 AM EDT | River Flood Advisory | CAE | Lexington, Richland | 43 hr |
| Mar 26, 11:56 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Kershaw | 49 min |
| Mar 26, 12:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Darlington | 33 min |
| Mar 26, 2:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Chesterfield | 51 min |
| Mar 26, 2:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | McCormick | 44 min |
| Mar 26, 9:10 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Columbia, McDuffie | 50 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.