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Freeze Warning 1, NWS Columbia, SC

March 13, 20237 counties in South Carolina; Lincoln County, Georgia

NWS Columbia, SC issued this freeze warning at Mar 13, 2023, 2:54 AM EDT for 7 counties in South Carolina; Lincoln County, Georgia. It took effect at Mar 14, 2023, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 7 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 13, 2023, 2:54 AM EDT (06:54 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 14, 2023, 2:00 AM EDT
Expired: Mar 14, 2023, 9:00 AM EDT
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: NWS Columbia, SC

Counties Lincoln County, GA, Chesterfield County, SC, Edgefield County, SC, Fairfield County, SC, Lancaster County, SC, McCormick County, SC, Newberry County, SC, Saluda County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:00 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 12, 9:33 PM EDT, 5 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 12, 9:33 PM EDT, 5 hours 21 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 13, 2:54 AM EDT	Freeze Watch	CAE	Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chesterfield, Clarendon and 12 more	24 hr

Nearby

Freeze Warnings in South Carolina, 2023 Freeze Warnings in Georgia, 2023 Every freeze warning in 2023

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.