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Special Weather Statement, NWS Columbia, SC

July 8, 2022Orangeburg County, South Carolina

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 2022-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 100 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 2022-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -11 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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The text

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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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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 7, 8:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEFairfield, Lexington, Richland49 min
Jul 7, 8:31 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCAELexington, Richland89 min
Jul 7, 8:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEChesterfield36 min
Jul 7, 8:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEKershaw38 min
Jul 7, 9:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEChesterfield, Lancaster55 min
Jul 7, 9:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEChesterfield53 min
Jul 7, 10:28 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCAEChesterfield, Kershaw, Lancaster62 min
Jul 8, 4:10 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryCAEAiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chesterfield, Clarendon and 12 more15 hr
Jul 8, 3:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAECalhoun51 min
Jul 8, 4:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEAiken, Barnwell39 min
Jul 8, 4:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEAiken, Bamberg, Orangeburg48 min
Jul 8, 5:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEAiken, Lexington, Orangeburg42 min
Jul 8, 6:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEEdgefield37 min
Jul 8, 6:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEClarendon49 min
Jul 8, 7:44 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCAEChesterfield, Kershaw, Lancaster61 min
Jul 8, 3:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEBurke48 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.