1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Columbia, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 20, 10:15 AM EST, 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 1015 AM EST TUE MAR 20 2001 DRY SLOT IN ERN GA MOVING TOWARD THE CSRA. THIS COULD PLAY HAVOC WITH OUR CURRENT FCST. MODELS NOT HANDLING THIS FEATURE WELL. RUC AND ETA BOTH HAVE THIS FEATURE WHERE IT IS NOW AT 00Z. BACK EDGE OF RAIN IS JUST AHEAD OF APPROACHING EDGE OF DRY SLOT. EXPECT RAIN TO ABATE FROM S TO N ACROSS THE CWA FOR THE MOST PART UNTIL UPPER LVL LOW MOVES OVER AREA. AM CONTEMPLATING HOW TO HANDLE AN UPDATE. .CAE... GA...NONE. SC...NONE. 04
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 115 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:44 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
EM reported scattered trees and powerlines down throughout county.
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