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Special Weather Statement, NWS Columbia, SC

July 16, 2021Richmond County, Georgia

NWS Columbia, SC issued this special weather statement at Jul 16, 2021, 7:21 PM EDT for Richmond 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 16, 2021, 7:21 PM EDT (23:21 UTC)
Expired: Jul 16, 2021, 7:45 PM EDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Columbia, SC

County Richmond County, GA

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:22 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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 171 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: 550 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -41 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 974 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 5 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

623 
WWUS82 KCAE 162321
SPSCAE

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Columbia SC
721 PM EDT Fri Jul 16 2021
 
GAZ065-077-SCZ030-035-162345-
Burke GA-Richmond GA-Barnwell SC-Aiken SC-
721 PM EDT Fri Jul 16 2021

...Strong Thunderstorms Will Impact Portions of north central
Burke...southeastern Richmond...west central Barnwell and
southwestern Aiken Counties Until 745 PM EDT....

...Boaters on the Savannah River near Shell Bluff Landing Should 
Seek Safe Harbor... 

At 720 PM EDT...National Weather Service doppler radar indicated a
strong thunderstorm near Jackson, or 8 miles west of Savannah River
Site, moving northeast at 20 mph.

  HAZARD...gusty winds 40 to 50 mph, pea sized hail, excessive cloud 
           to ground lightning and localized minor flooding.

  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. Localized, minor flooding of low 
           lying and poor drainage areas is also possible.

Some locations in the path of this storm include...
Savannah River Site, Jackson, McBean, Shell Bluff Landing, Redcliffe
Plantation State Historic Site, Audubon's Silver Bluff Sanctuary, New
Savannah Bluff Lock & Dam Park, Savannah River Site Badge Office,
Beech Island, Savannah River Site H Canyon, Bennock Mill and Savannah
River Site K Complex.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Boaters on Lake Marion 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.

Heavy rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may cause localized
flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

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 3315 8170 3315 8190 3324 8198 3344 8194
      3335 8154
TIME...MOT...LOC 2320Z 208DEG 16KT 3328 8182 

$$

LCV

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 16, 1:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Newberry	24 min
Jul 16, 1:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Newberry	32 min
Jul 16, 2:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Edgefield	28 min
Jul 16, 2:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Saluda	37 min
Jul 16, 2:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Newberry	30 min
Jul 16, 3:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Lexington	27 min
Jul 16, 3:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Lexington	26 min
Jul 16, 3:47 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Fairfield, Kershaw, Lexington, Richland	58 min
Jul 16, 3:59 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CAE	Lexington, Richland	3 hr
Jul 16, 4:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Chesterfield	40 min
Jul 16, 4:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Lexington, Richland	23 min
Jul 16, 4:39 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Aiken, Calhoun, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lexington, Orangeburg and 2 more	2 hr
Jul 16, 12:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Lincoln	24 min
Jul 16, 12:40 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Lincoln, McDuffie	65 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.