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Special Weather Statement, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this special weather statement at Aug 10, 2021, 2:56 PM EDT for Newberry County, South Carolina. It was in force for 49 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
- Aug 10, 2021, 2:56 PM EDT (18:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 2021, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 40
County Newberry County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:56 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, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 199 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
- 409 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -81 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1050 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
447
WWUS82 KCAE 101856
SPSCAE
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Columbia SC
256 PM EDT Tue Aug 10 2021
SCZ020-101945-
Newberry SC-
256 PM EDT Tue Aug 10 2021
...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of Newberry County
through 345 PM EDT...
At 255 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Blair to near Prosperity. Movement was
south at 10 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Newberry, Prosperity, Dreher Island State Park, Little Mountain,
Pomaria, Peak, Stoney Hill, Maybington Fire Station, US-176 and SC-
34 Crossroads, Fairview Fire Station, Henderson Island and Mid-
Carolina High School.
This includes Interstate 26 between mile markers 73 and 89.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3441 8141 3430 8134 3427 8134 3424 8132
3420 8134 3418 8140 3414 8143 3412 8143
3409 8140 3407 8141 3409 8146 3408 8152
3416 8167 3445 8154 3449 8142
TIME...MOT...LOC 1855Z 016DEG 7KT 3438 8148 3425 8148
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 2:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | McCormick | 23 min |
| Aug 10, 3:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Edgefield | 51 min |
| Aug 10, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Edgefield | 45 min |
| Aug 10, 5:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Aiken | 40 min |
| Aug 10, 5:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken, Lexington | 38 min |
| Aug 10, 7:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Chesterfield | 52 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.