Severe Thunderstorm Warning 127, NWS Columbia, SC

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
246 PM EDT SUN JUL 11 2010

.SYNOPSIS...

A STALLED WEAK COLD FRONT WILL PROVIDE A FOCUS FOR SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE AREA. THE
FRONT WILL LIFT NORTH ON MONDAY BUT A SERIES OF UPPER WAVES WILL
BRING CONTINUED CHANCES OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS
THROUGH MID WEEK.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...

STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY SHOWS UP WELL ON VISIBLE IMAGERY AS A LINE
OF ENHANCED CUMULUS WITH THUNDERSTORMS BEGINNING TO FORM WITHIN THIS
LINE.  A SURFACE TROUGH IS POSITIONED NEAR THE SAVANNAH RIVER AND
HAS BECOME A FOCUS FOR SCATTERED CONVECTION AS WELL.  SPC JUST
ISSUED A WATCH FOR THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA...MAINLY
SOUTH OF A NEWBERRY TO COLUMBIA TO SUMTER LINE.  MESOANALYSIS SHOWS
PLENTY OF INSTABILITY WITH LI VALUES EXCEEDING -6C AND WITH BETTER
SHEAR VALUES TODAY AROUND 30-40 KTS...THE POSSIBILITY OF BETTER
ORGANIZED CONVECTION WITH ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS APPEARS LIKELY.
700MB ANALYSIS INDICATED A SIGNIFICANT DROP IN MOISTURE NORTH OF THE
WATCH AREA...WHICH PROBABLY HELPED DELINEATE THE NORTHERN EDGE OF
THE WATCH.

WILL CARRY HIGHEST POPS...HIGH CHANCE...IN THE CSRA THROUGH LATE
EVENING WITH LOWER CHANCE POPS INTO THE CENTRAL MIDLANDS AND SLIGHT
CHANCE NORTHERN MIDLANDS WHERE MOISTURE IS NOT QUITE AS ABUNDANT.
WILL MENTION POSSIBLE DAMAGING WIND THREAT IN ZONE FORECAST IN THE
WATCH AREA...AS SOME DRIER AIR ALOFT COULD HELP ENHANCE
DOWNDRAFTS...SUPPORTED BY CONTINUALLY INCREASING VALUES OF DCAPE ON
SPC MESOANALYSIS PAGE.

EXPECT ANOTHER MILD NIGHT WITH LOWS ONLY DROPPING INTO THE MID 70S.

&&

.SHORT TERM /MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/...

A SERIES OF SHORTWAVES WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS
INTO THE MID ATLANTIC COAST DURING THE PERIOD AS A WEAKLY AMPLIFIED
TROUGH TRANSLATES EASTWARD ACROSS THE COUNTRY.  500MB HEIGHTS OVER
THE FORECAST AREA BACK TO A MORE SOUTHWESTERLY DIRECTION MONDAY AND
TUESDAY WHICH WILL ALLOW ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE TO INCREASE WITH AN
INCREASE IN PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES OVER 2 INCHES.  THE ABUNDANT
MOISTURE COMBINED WITH THE SHORTWAVE ENERGY AND PEAK HEATING SHOULD
LEAD TO AN INCREASED THUNDERSTORM THREAT.  HAVE INCREASED POPS TO
HIGH CHANCE ACROSS THE NORTHERN MIDLANDS FOR LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON
INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WHILE KEEPING CHANCE POPS ELSEWHERE.  THINK
CONVECTION WILL LINGER LONGER INTO THE EVENING HOURS WITH INCREASED
MID LEVEL FLOW AND UPPER SUPPORT BOTH MONDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT.
TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO RUN SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL IN THE MID
90S FOR HIGHS AND MID 70S FOR LOWS.

&&

.LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...

THE EXTENDED FORECAST FEATURES A TYPICAL SUMMER-LIKE PATTERN FOR THE
FORECAST AREA WITH A MEAN ZONAL FLOW ACROSS THE NORTHERN PART OF THE
COUNTRY AND A STRONG UPPER RIDGE CENTERED OVER THE DESERT
SOUTHWEST...EXTENDING INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS.  ANOTHER AREA OF
UPPER RIDGING WILL BE POSITIONED JUST OFF THE SOUTHEAST COAST WITH A
WEAKNESS IN BETWEEN THE TWO UPPER RIDGES OVER THE SOUTHEAST STATES
INTO THE MID ATLANTIC EARLY IN THE PERIOD.  BY SUNDAY...THE UPPER
RIDGING OVER THE DESERT SOUTHWEST BECOMES DOMINANT AND
AMPLIFIES...ALLOWING FOR SOME HEIGHT FALLS EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI
RIVER.

THIS PATTERN WILL RESULT IN NEAR CLIMATOLOGICAL TEMPERATURES WITH
HIGHS IN THE LOWER TO MID 90S AND OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE LOW TO MID
70S.  EXPECT DIURNALLY DRIVEN SCATTERED TO WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS...AND WILL CARRY LOW CHANCE POPS TO ACCOUNT FOR
THIS.

&&

.AVIATION /19Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...

WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY OVER REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS
EVENING WILL DISSIPATE OVERNIGHT. MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS DURING THE
PERIOD BUT WIDELY SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MAINLY TO THE SOUTH AND WEST OF CAE.
BRIEF IFR-MVFR CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR IN CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY. PATCHY
MORNING GROUND FOG MAY GIVE TEMPORARY MVFR VSBYS AT AGS AND OGB
NEAR SUNRISE MONDAY BUT SOLAR HEATING WILL END RESTRICTIONS BY
12Z.

EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING
THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED.

&&

.CAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SC...NONE.
GA...NONE.

&&

SYNOPSIS...HC
NEAR TERM...HC
SHORT TERM...HC
LONG TERM...HC
AVIATION...TTH

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
337 PM EDT SUN JUL 11 2010

GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ018-020-025>028-030-035>037-041-121945-
LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-
EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON-RICHLAND-AIKEN-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-
CALHOUN-BAMBERG-
337 PM EDT SUN JUL 11 2010

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 452 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND
CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR TODAY AND TONIGHT. A
FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD POSSIBLY CONTAIN DAMAGING WIND THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

SCZ015-016-021-022-029-031-038-121945-
LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-LEE-SUMTER-CLARENDON-
337 PM EDT SUN JUL 11 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR TODAY AND TONIGHT. A
FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD POSSIBLY CONTAIN DAMAGING WIND THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
444 PM EDT SUN JUL 11 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0412 PM     TSTM WND DMG     LINCOLNTON              33.79N 82.48W
07/11/2010                   LINCOLN            GA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN THROUGHOUT THE TOWN

&&

MILLER

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