1 tornado, 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 29, 2:48 PM EST, 1 hour 24 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 248 PM EST THU MAR 29 2001 SATELLITE SHOWS THAT CAE CWA SHOULD BE DRY SLOTTED EARLY IN TONIGHT PERIOD NEAR 00Z. THEREFORE...HAVE DECIDED TO CUT POPS FROM CATEGORICAL TO JUST CHANCE. WILL CUT OFF POPS BY MIDNIGHT. UNTIL WARM FRONT MOVES NORTH WILL ALSO HAVE MENTION OF FOG UNTIL MIDNIGHT. WILL ALSO WORD TEMPERATURES RISING IN THE MID 50S CAE-AGS AND LOWER 50S NORTHERN COUNTIES AS WARM PROGRESSES TO THE NORTH. A SERIES OF RIPPLES MOVE ACROSS AREA FRIDAY WITH A LOW CHANCE OF SHOWERS AS AFTERNOON HEATING CAUSES SOME AFTERNOON STABILITY. A FEW MORE SHOWERS EARLY FRIDAY NIGHT WITH ANOTHER WEAK SHORT WAVE. MORE INSTABILITY WITH AFTERNOON HEATING SATURDAY AND ANOTHER CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH SOME MOISTURE. WITH STRONG UPPER LOW IN THE EXTENDED PERIOD...SATURDAY MAY BE ANOTHER GOOD DAY FOR AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THEN IT DRIES OUT AND COOLS OFF FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY. FCSTID = 7 CAE 51 71 55 72 / 40 20 30 30 AGS 52 72 54 73 / 40 20 30 30 SSC 51 72 55 71 / 40 20 30 30 OGB 53 73 56 73 / 40 20 30 30 .CAE... GA...NONE. SC...NONE. TTH
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 36 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:12 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A small F0 tornado intermittently touched down along a 5 mile path in rural southeast Richland county. Trees were topped and some were taken down.
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