NWS Columbia GIS Page

NWS COLUMBIA GIS PAGE

What is GIS?

GIS (Geographic Information Systems) is a system that captures, stores, analyzes, manages and presents data that
is geographically referenced. ArcView and Google Earth are two of the most common programs that display geographically referenced data.

The form of data that will be provided on this page will comprise mainly of KMZ files (Google Earth) and shapefiles (ArcView and other software).

LOCAL DATA

The following files (containing tornado tracks) are for use with GIS software. The KMZ (compressed KML) files are intended for applications such as Google Earth or ArcGIS Explorer. Right click on the link(s) of your choice and "Save Link As" or "Save Target As" to your computer. View using the appropriate application(s). When opening KMZ files in Google Earth, please note it will initially load in the temporary places folder.

For a description of each event (if there is one available), including damage photos...click on the HTML link provided.

* When clicking on photos within Google Earth, please be patient as it may take a little time for them to load

*Items of Interest*
2014 Events	KMZ	HTML
February 11-13 Winter Storm	KMZ	HTML
January 28-29 Winter Storm	KMZ	HTML

*Items of Interest*
2012 Events	KMZ	HTML
June 29 Maximum Temperatures	KMZ	HTML

*Items of Interest*
2011 Events	KMZ	HTML
February 04-05 Heavy Rain	KMZ	HTML
January 09-10 Snowfall	KMZ

*Items of Interest*
2010 Events	KMZ	HTML
December 26th 2010 Snowfall	KMZ	HTML
May 3rd 2010 Fairfield County Tornado	KMZ	HTML
March 28th 2010 Tornado Event	KMZ	HTML
February 12-13th Heavy Snow	KMZ	HTML

*Items of Interest*
2009 Events	KMZ	HTML
April 9th-10th Tornadoes	KMZ	HTML

*Items of Interest*
2008 Events	KMZ	HTML
March 15th Tornadoes	KMZ	HTML

NATIONAL DATA

KML/KMZ and shapefiles are available on a national level for current weather, past weather, forecast information, fire weather and more at the following links.

Items of Interest

GIS Data Portal

National KML/KMZ page

National Shapefile Page

If you have any questions or comments regarding this page, please contact us.