1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Columbia, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 28, 2:17 PM EST, 3 hours 9 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 317 PM EDT SAT JUN 28 2003 DISC: 18Z SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS THE PIEDMONT REGION OF THE STATE THIS AFTERNOON. SATELLITE SHOWS LOTS OF CLOUDS ACROSS THE AREA. 88D SHOWS LINE OF SHRA/TSRA CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACRS THE ERN MIDLANDS THIS AFTERNOON. ETA/GFS IN DECENT AGREEMENT WITH LARGE SCALE FEATURES TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...BUT BEGIN TO DIFFER A BIT INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. BOTH MODELS TRY TO PUSH DEEPER MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH REMNANTS OF FRONTAL BOUNDARY EASTWARD AND SOUTHWARD THROUGH SUNDAY. MODEL TIME SECTIONS...ESPECIALLY THE ETA...MUCH DRIER SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. WILL CONTINUE WITH A CHANCE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. AS TROFINESS CONTINUE ACROSS THE EAST INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...WILL CONTINUE A SMALL CHANCE THROUGH THE WEEK. GFS...HAS IN PREVIOUS DAYS RUNS...STILL THE MORE AGRESSIVE WITH MOISTURE COMING IN FROM THE SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA. GUIDANCE/LOCAL TEMPERATURES FARILY CLOSE THROUGH THE PERIOD. BIG DIFFERENCES WITH POPS TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY. WILL STAY CLOSE TO CONSENSUS WITH DAILY TEMPERATURES. EXTENDED...EVENTUAL PATH OF TROPICAL MOISTURE STREMAING UP FROM THE WRN CARIBBEAN. ALTHOUGH MODEL SOLUTIONS SEEM TO BE A LITTLE CLOSER THEN PREVIOUS RUNS. LOOKS TO BE VERY SUMMER LIKE WITH A CHANCE OF AFTERNOON/EVNING SHRA/TSRA AND TEMPERATURES RETURNING CLOSER TO NORMAL. FCSTID = 77 CAE 70 89 70 89 / 40 30 20 20 AGS 69 89 69 89 / 40 40 20 30 SSC 69 89 69 89 / 40 30 20 20 OGB 69 89 69 89 / 50 40 20 30 .CAE... GA...NONE. SC...NONE. LCV
GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-281045- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 455 AM EDT SAT JUN 28 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MIDLANDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA. .DAY ONE... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. LM
SCZ035-GAZ077-282300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 603 PM EDT SAT JUN 28 2003 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH 7 PM IN SOUTHEAST BURKE COUNTY AND SOUTHWEST BARNWELL COUNTY... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE SOUTHEAST PART OF BURKE COUNTY INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF SARDIS AND GIRARD. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT SOUTHWEST BARNWELL COUNTY INCLUDING THE SAVANNAH RIVER SITE. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN DANGEROUS LIGHTNING... WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL. SOME AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE LOCALIZED STREET FLOODING. TTH
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 76 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:27 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Highway dept. and Post Office reported trees down in Girard out to 8 miles east of Girard to the county line.
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