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Special Weather Statement, NWS Columbia, SC

July 9, 2021Lincoln County, Georgia

NWS Columbia, SC issued this special weather statement at Jul 9, 2021, 3:21 PM EDT for Lincoln County, Georgia. It was in force for 24 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: Jul 9, 2021, 3:21 PM EDT (19:21 UTC)
Expired: Jul 9, 2021, 3:45 PM EDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Columbia, SC

County Lincoln County, GA

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 187 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: 785 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 638 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 22 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

892 
WWUS82 KCAE 091921
SPSCAE

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Columbia SC
321 PM EDT Fri Jul 9 2021
 
GAZ040-063-064-SCZ018-091945-
McDuffie GA-Lincoln GA-Columbia GA-McCormick SC-
321 PM EDT Fri Jul 9 2021

...Strong Thunderstorms Will Impact Portions of northwestern
McDuffie...Lincoln...northwestern Columbia and central McCormick
Counties Until 345 PM EDT....

...Boaters on Lake Strom Thurmond Should Seek Safe Harbor... 

At 320 PM EDT...National Weather Service doppler radar indicated a
strong thunderstorm near Lincolnton, or 10 miles east of Washington,
moving east at 25 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 this storm include...
Lincolnton, Clarks Hill Recreation Area, J. Strom Thurmond Dam,
Elijah Clark State Park, Mistletoe State Park, Hamilton Branch State
Park, Parksville, Plum Branch, Winfield, Modoc, Scott's Landing, Knox
Scout Reservation, Double Branches, Curry Hill, Wildwood Park,
Chennault, Modoc Boat Ramp, Eubank-Blanchard Community Center, Bussey
Point Campground and New Hope.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Boaters on Lake Strom Thurmond should move to shore and seek shelter.
Strong, erratic wind gusts and lightning are possible. If you can
hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.

&&

LAT...LON 3363 8261 3363 8258 3364 8257 3364 8252
      3366 8251 3365 8249 3382 8259 3383 8260
      3386 8257 3387 8258 3386 8260 3393 8263
      3386 8224 3359 8213 3360 8264
TIME...MOT...LOC 1920Z 281DEG 22KT 3377 8256 

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 9, 2:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	McCormick	29 min
Jul 9, 2:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Saluda	33 min
Jul 9, 3:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Lexington	30 min
Jul 9, 3:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Kershaw	24 min
Jul 9, 3:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Lexington	36 min
Jul 9, 3:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Kershaw, Lee	44 min
Jul 9, 4:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Chesterfield	46 min
Jul 9, 4:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Clarendon, Sumter	37 min
Jul 9, 4:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Calhoun, Orangeburg	43 min
Jul 9, 4:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Kershaw, Lancaster	27 min
Jul 9, 5:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Clarendon	27 min
Jul 9, 5:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Orangeburg	31 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.