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 Aug 24, 1:00 PM EST, 1 hour 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 200 PM EDT FRI AUG 24 2001 CURR...SFC FNT STRETCHING FM PEE DEE W ACRS CENT SC TO N SAV RVR. UPPR VORT MOVG SE THRU ERN CAROLINAS...SUPPORTING SCT SHRA OVR PEE DEE. THIS ACTV SHUD MV SE LTR TOD OUT OF OUR CWA. OTR SCT CONVEC DEVLPNG OVR NW SC/NE GA MOVG SE INTO CSRA. WL ADD A REMAINDER OF THIS AFTN GROUP FOR ZFP. THEN...DIURNAL STAB AFT SUNSET ALG WITH FNT PUSHING SW INTO CENT GA SHUD END ACTV OVR CSRA AFT 00Z. THEN IT APPRS DRY OVR THE WEEKEND...AS UPPR RIDGE BUILDS OVR E CST. FNT TO BECM DIFFUSE OVR GA. WARM MID LVL TEMPS AND RELATIVELY LOW MOIST LVLS (PWS 1 IN/KI 20) APPRS TO PRECLUDE ANY CONVEC DVLPMNT OVR THE WEEKEND...AND MDL POP NUMBERS LOW THRU SUN AS WELL. SOME CAA SAT SHUD ALLOW FOR SLIGHTLY COOLER MAXES THAN TDAY...THEN SOME WEAK WAA BEGINS LATE SUN AS LOW LVL WINDS SHIFT ARND TO SW. MDL BLEND ON TEMPS/POPS LOOKS GOOD THRU PER. WL RAISE SUN MAX A LITTLE. THINK PLENTIFUL SUNSHINE...UPPR RIDGE AND SOME WEAK WAA SHUD ALLOW A LITTLE WARMER READINGS. APPRS GOOD PSBLTY FOR RADTL COOLNG COND SAT NT/SUN AM...SO WL LWR MDL MINS. DURG THE COMING WEEK...MDLS DEVLP UPPR TROF MSTLY TO OUR N AND W...WITH SOME HGT FALLS OVR SE CST. MDLS APPR TO BE TRENDING TOWARDS SLOWR MVMT OF NEXT TROF/FNT. HOWEVER...SW FLOW THROUGHOUT ATMOS SHUD GRADUALLY INCR MOIST LVLS...RESULTING IN POTENTL FOR DIURNAL CONVECT. CANADIAN AND NOGAPS KEEP THINGS DRY MON...AND CAND CONT DRI INTO TUE...WITH HIGHER UPPR HGTS THAN MRF ACRS SE US. SO...WL TAPER DOWN MON POPS TO SLGT. A FNT TO APPRCHG REGN TUE THEN BECM DIFFUSE BY WED...THEN ANTR FNT APPRCHS REGN LATE FRI/SAT. NET RESULT WL BE TO GO GENERALLY CLIMO IN THE EXTENDED...WHICH IS IN LINE WITH GOING FCST. CAE 69 92 65 94 / 0 0 0 10 AGS 68 93 63 94 / 20 10 0 10 SSC 68 92 65 94 / 0 0 0 10 OGB 69 93 65 94 / 20 10 0 10 .CAE... GA...NONE. SC...NONE.
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 103 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:53 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Corp of Engineers reported trees down on a home on the south shore of Clarks Hill Lake.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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