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Special Weather Statement, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this special weather statement at Jul 8, 2022, 5:52 PM EDT for Orangeburg County, South Carolina. It was in force for 38 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 8, 2022, 5:52 PM EDT (21:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2022, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 40
County Orangeburg County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:51 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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 100 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -143 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1127 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jul 7, 7:54 PM EDT, 21 hours 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 7, 7:54 PM EDT, 21 hours 58 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 7, 7:03 PM EDT, 22 hours 49 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Columbia SC 703 PM EDT Thu Jul 7 2022 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ016-018-020>022-025>031-035-037-038-041-115- 116-135>137-082315- Lincoln-McDuffie-Columbia-Richmond-Burke-Chesterfield-McCormick- Newberry-Fairfield-Kershaw-Edgefield-Saluda-Lexington-Richland-Lee- Aiken-Sumter-Barnwell-Calhoun-Clarendon-Bamberg-Northern Lancaster- Southern Lancaster-Northwestern Orangeburg-Central Orangeburg- Southeastern Orangeburg- 703 PM EDT Thu Jul 7 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the Midlands of South Carolina and the Central Savannah River area of Georgia. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Thunderstorms will progress from the northwest to the southeast across the area late this evening. Some of these storms could be severe. The primary threats will be damaging winds and locally heavy rain. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. The surface boundary will remain over the region with thunderstorms expected through the weekend across all of the Midlands and Central Savannah River Area. The potential for severe thunderstorms is low however locally heavy rainfall is possible. Afternoon high temperatures Friday and Saturday will be in the mid 90s pushing heat index values in the 105 to 108 degree range. A Heat Advisory will likely be needed. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jul 7, 8:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Fairfield, Lexington, Richland | 49 min |
| Jul 7, 8:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CAE | Lexington, Richland | 89 min |
| Jul 7, 8:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Chesterfield | 36 min |
| Jul 7, 8:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Kershaw | 38 min |
| Jul 7, 9:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Chesterfield, Lancaster | 55 min |
| Jul 7, 9:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Chesterfield | 53 min |
| Jul 7, 10:28 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Chesterfield, Kershaw, Lancaster | 62 min |
| Jul 8, 4:10 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | CAE | Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chesterfield, Clarendon and 12 more | 15 hr |
| Jul 8, 3:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Calhoun | 51 min |
| Jul 8, 4:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken, Barnwell | 39 min |
| Jul 8, 4:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken, Bamberg, Orangeburg | 48 min |
| Jul 8, 5:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken, Lexington, Orangeburg | 42 min |
| Jul 8, 6:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Edgefield | 37 min |
| Jul 8, 6:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Clarendon | 49 min |
| Jul 8, 7:44 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Chesterfield, Kershaw, Lancaster | 61 min |
| Jul 8, 3:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Burke | 48 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.