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 Sep 15, 1:10 PM EST, 3 hours 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 210 PM EDT SUN SEP 15 2002 REMNANT CIRCULATION OF HANNA IN NW GA MOVE NE...SLOWER THAN EXPECTED. AHEAD OF IT ARE BANDS OF PRECIPITATION THAT APPEAR WILL PROVIDE US A CONTINUED CHANCE OF SHOWER ACTIVITY TONIGHT. SOME DRIER AIR WILL BE ABLE TO MOVE INTO THE REGION MONDAY. ENOUGH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE APPEARS TO REMAIN IN COMBINATION WITH A LATE DAY UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND SURFACE FRONT TO WARRANT SMALL POP. MODEL CONSENSUS PROVIDES LESS THAN 20 POP THOUGH...AND THERE IS A CONCERN THAT LOW LEVEL CLOUDINESS MAY HANG ON FOR A WHILE...LIMITING INSTABILITY. HOWEVER...GOING FORECAST HAS SMALL POP FOR MON AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUES TO LOOK PLAUSIBLE. FRONT TO PUSH INTO REGION MONDAY NIGHT...AND APPEARS TO HANG UP ALONG CSRA. UPPER HEIGHTS START TO BUILD THOUGH...BUT WILL BREAK OFF CSRA FOR SMALL POP. THEN...NEXT UPPER DISTURBANCE...ISENTROPIC LIFT...AND MOISTURE RETURN APPEAR ON TAP FOR LATE TUE NT/WED. MOISTURE APPEARS TO REMAIN AVAILABLE FOR THU/FRI. APPEARS SURFACE FRONT OR POSSIBLY A TROPICAL INFLUENCE WILL KEEP US IN A CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION INTO NEXT WEEKEND. CAE 71 87 69 90 / 40 20 10 10 AGS 69 87 67 90 / 30 20 10 30 SSC 70 87 69 90 / 40 20 10 10 OGB 70 88 69 91 / 40 20 10 10 .CAE... GA...NONE. SC...NONE.
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 112 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:27 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A small F0 briefly touched down at 153 Eagle Pass Court and destroyed 1 metal shed and did minor damage to 2 mobile homes.
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