Severe Thunderstorm Warning 161, NWS Columbia, SC

164 
WWUS52 KCAE 182140
SVSCAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
540 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011

SCC039-055-063-071-079-081-182200-
/O.CON.KCAE.SV.W.0161.000000T0000Z-110618T2200Z/
FAIRFIELD SC-KERSHAW SC-LEXINGTON SC-NEWBERRY SC-RICHLAND SC-
SALUDA SC-
540 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT
FOR SALUDA...RICHLAND...NEWBERRY...LEXINGTON...KERSHAW AND FAIRFIELD
COUNTIES...

AT 534 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER
SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS 
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTH OF WINNSBORO 
TO 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF NEWBERRY TO 15 MILES EAST OF 
GREENWOOD...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
SALUDA...SILVERSTREET...WOODFIELDS...ST. ANDREWS...RIDGEWAY...
PROSPERITY...PEAK...LUGOFF...LITTLE MOUNTAIN...IRMO...DENTSVILLE...
CHAPIN...CAMDEN...BLYTHEWOOD AND ARCADIA LAKES

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS!

WIND DAMAGE WITH THIS STORM WILL OCCUR WELL AHEAD OF ANY RAIN OR
LIGHTNING. DO NOT WAIT FOR THE SOUND OF THUNDER BEFORE TAKING COVER.
SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

REPORT LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS OR FLOODING TO YOUR COUNTY
SHERIFF...OR CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1...8 7
7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2.

&&

LAT...LON 3456 8134 3422 8044 3409 8071 3394 8156
      3399 8198 3413 8186 3419 8193 3429 8188
      3436 8177 3444 8173 3445 8169 3452 8164
      3453 8161 3444 8153 3448 8148 3449 8142
      3457 8142
TIME...MOT...LOC 2139Z 281DEG 25KT 3449 8107 3438 8145
          3426 8187

$$

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
404 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011

.SYNOPSIS...
WEAK SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS OVER THE AREA...BUT AN UPPER
DISTURBANCE WILL HELP TRIGGER AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. CHANCES OF RAIN DECREASE THROUGH THE WEEKEND
INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK AS AN UPPER RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE SOUTHEAST
AND WELL ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES RETURN BY MONDAY.

&&

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM SUNDAY MORNING/...
THE ATMOSPHERE SHOULD BECOME MODERATELY UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON
WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES ABOVE 1.75 INCHES COMPARED TO
AROUND AN INCH THIS TIME YESTERDAY. SPC HAS OUTLOOKED THE ENTIRE
CWA IN A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER...MAINLY DURING THE
EVENING AND POSSIBLY INTO THE OVERNIGHT AS REMNANTS OF OHIO
VALLEY CONVECTION MOVES SOUTHWARD TOWARDS THE AREA. MORE
IMPRESSIVE AREA OF CONVECTION OVER MIDDLE TENNESSEE WILL MOVE ESE
OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS SO WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR. WILL
CONTINUE LOW CHANCE POPS LATE AFTERNOON/EVENING AND INCREASE
EXCEPT NEAR LIKELY POPS NORTHERN COUNTIES INTO THE EVENING HOURS.

LOWS WILL BE IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S.

&&

.SHORT TERM /6 AM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY/...
THE UPPER RIDGE BEGINS TO BUILD BACK OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES
ON SUNDAY AS WEAK HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS IN PLACE AT THE SURFACE.
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO WARM BACK UP INTO THE UPPER 90S BY
SUNDAY AND SOME 100 DEGREE READINGS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON MONDAY AS
THE RIDGE BECOMES MORE ESTABLISHED OVER THE REGION. UPPER RIDGE
CONTINUES TO BUILD BACK OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES EARLY NEXT
WEEK WITH GFS SHOWING SOME SHORT WAVE ACTIVITY APPROACHING THE
AREA IN NW FLOW ALOFT ON MONDAY. AS A RESULT...LOW CHANCE POPS
LOOK REASONABLE. BY TUESDAY THE UPPER RIDGE BUILDS NORTHWARD SO
CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY SHOULD BE MORE SUPPRESSED. MAX TEMPS WILL RISE
TO AROUND 100 DEGREES MONDAY AND TUESDAY. OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE
LOW TO MID 70S.

&&

.LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/...
OVERALL NOT MUCH CHANGE THROUGH THURSDAY. GFS INDICATING THAT UPPER
TROUGH APPROACHING FROM THE UPPER MIDWEST WILL HELP TO BREAK DOWN
THE UPPER RIDGE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. TROPICAL MOISTURE MAY BEGIN TO
STREAM INTO THE AREA FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO BY LATE WEEK AS WELL.
MAINLY LOW CHANCE POPS POPS THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD. MAX TEMPS
AROUND 100 DEGREES WEDNESDAY WILL SLOWLY FALL INTO THE LOWER 90S BY
SATURDAY. OVERNIGHT LOWS REMAIN IN THE LOW TO MID 70S.

&&

.AVIATION /20Z SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF NORTHERN
MIDLANDS THROUGH 00Z SUNDAY...BUT MORE IMPRESSIVE AREA OF STORMS
OVER MIDDLE TN WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA LATER THIS EVENING AND
COULD AFFECT THE AREA INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS INTO EARLY
SUNDAY MORNING. WILL MENTION CB AT ALL TAF SITES INTO THE EARLY
MORNING HOURS. SOME LOW CONFIDENCE IN TIMING OF CONVECTIVE
ACTIVITY AT THIS TIME. SOME CB POSSIBLE AFTER 18Z SUNDAY WITH SOME
AFTERNOON CONVECTION POSSIBLE.

EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...SCATTERED MAINLY DIURNAL THUNDERSTORMS
SUNDAY AND MONDAY.

&&

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

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
410 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011

GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-192015-
LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD-
MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON-
RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON-
BAMBERG-
410 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 503 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

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

.DAY ONE...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.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THROUGH THE EVENING.
SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS
BEING THE MAIN THREAT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

VERY WARM AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 90S TO AROUND 100
DEGREES COULD COMBINE WITH MODERATE HUMIDITY AND RESULT IN HEAT
INDICES OVER 100 DEGREES...SUNDAY THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.