Alert archive / Georgia / Special Weather Statements in 2021
Special Weather Statement, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this special weather statement at Jun 12, 2021, 3:20 PM EDT for Richmond County, Georgia. It was in force for 25 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 12, 2021, 3:20 PM EDT (19:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2021, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
County Richmond County, GA
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
- 313 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -83 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 790 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -20 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
644
WWUS82 KCAE 121920
SPSCAE
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Columbia SC
320 PM EDT Sat Jun 12 2021
GAZ065-077-121945-
Burke GA-Richmond GA-
320 PM EDT Sat Jun 12 2021
...Strong Thunderstorms Will Impact Portions of north central Burke
and southeastern Richmond Counties Until 345 PM EDT....
At 319 PM EDT...National Weather Service doppler radar indicated a
strong thunderstorm near Hephzibah, or 11 miles southeast of Fort
Gordon, moving southeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...strong winds 40 to 50 mph, pea sized hail and excessive
cloud to ground lightning.
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. All outdoor activities should cease. Move
indoors immediately.
Some locations in the path of this storm include...
Waynesboro, Hephzibah, McBean, Ellwood and Bennock Mill.
Move indoors immediately. Excessive cloud to ground lightning is
occurring with this storm. If you can hear thunder, you are close
enough to be struck by lightning.
LAT...LON 3328 8219 3337 8200 3320 8181 3310 8203
TIME...MOT...LOC 1919Z 329DEG 17KT 3327 8206
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 8:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Richland | 35 min |
| Jun 12, 1:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Orangeburg | 24 min |
| Jun 12, 1:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Orangeburg | 47 min |
| Jun 12, 2:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | McCormick | 56 min |
| Jun 12, 2:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Newberry | 39 min |
| Jun 12, 2:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Edgefield | 52 min |
| Jun 12, 3:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Lexington | 32 min |
| Jun 12, 3:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Fairfield, Lexington, Newberry, Richland | 26 min |
| Jun 12, 4:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Calhoun | 35 min |
| Jun 12, 5:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Calhoun, Orangeburg | 37 min |
Nearby
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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.