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Freeze Warning 1, NWS Columbia, SC

March 12, 202218 counties in South Carolina; 5 counties in Georgia

NWS Columbia, SC issued this freeze warning at Mar 12, 2022, 12:09 AM EST for 18 counties in South Carolina; 5 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Mar 12, 2022, 8:00 PM EST. It was in force for 14 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 12, 2022, 12:09 AM EST (05:09 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 12, 2022, 8:00 PM EST
Expired: Mar 13, 2022, 11:00 AM EDT
In force: 14 hr
Issued by: NWS Columbia, SC

All 23 counties

Burke County, GA, Columbia County, GA, Lincoln County, GA, McDuffie County, GA, Richmond County, GA, Aiken County, SC, Bamberg County, SC, Barnwell County, SC, Calhoun County, SC, Chesterfield County, SC, Clarendon County, SC, Edgefield County, SC, Fairfield County, SC, Kershaw County, SC, Lancaster County, SC, Lee County, SC, Lexington County, SC, McCormick County, SC, Newberry County, SC, Orangeburg County, SC, Richland County, SC, Saluda County, SC, Sumter County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this freeze warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Columbia, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this freeze warning went out at Mar 11, 8:50 PM EST, 3 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 11, 8:50 PM EST, 3 hours 19 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 11, 8:34 PM EST	Wind Advisory	CAE	Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chesterfield, Clarendon and 12 more	22 hr
Mar 12, 5:25 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Aiken, Lexington	50 min
Mar 12, 6:51 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Sumter	24 min

Nearby

Freeze Warnings in South Carolina, 2022 Freeze Warnings in Georgia, 2022 Every freeze warning in 2022

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.