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 18, 1:34 PM EST, 3 hours 41 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 234 PM EDT MON AUG 18 2003 TONIGHT: BOUNDARY HAS SET UP ACROSS THE CWA JUST SOUTH OF CAE. SHOWERS ARE DEVELOPING FROM AGS INTO MANNING. BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO DRIFT TO THE SOUTH OVERNIGHT. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE NEAR NORMAL TONIGHT WITH PATCHY FOG DEVELOPING TOWARDS MORNING. TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY: UPPER LEVEL RIDGE IS EXPECTED TO BUILD IN OVER THE AREA WITH WARMER TEMPERATURES AND CONTINUED HIGH HUMIDITY. DIURNAL AFTERNOON AND EVENING CONVECTION WILL BE EXPECTED AS WEAK UPPER LEVEL SHORT WAVES WILL SLOWLY DRIFT AROUND IN THE MEAN RIDGE PATTERN. MODES SEEM TO BE HANDLING THE UPPER LEVEL FEATURES FAIRLY WELL. THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY: STRONG COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE IN HERE LATE FRIDAY AND INTO SATURDAY. TIMING IS STILL A PROBLEM WITH FRONTS IN THE EXTENDED. MODELS TEND TO BE A BIT FAST. FRONT WILL BECOME STATIONARY DURING THE WEEKEND WITH HIGHER POPS EXPECTED DURING THE WEEKEND. SUNDAY AND MONDAY: HIGH PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP OVER THE NE PART OF THE US. HIGH WILL TRY TO BUILD DOWN THE COAST MONDAY AS FRONT WILL SLIDE EAST. SHOULD BRING IN SOME COOLER TEMPERATURES FOR MONDAY. CAE 72 90 69 89 / 10 20 10 20 AGS 72 91 69 90 / 10 20 10 20 SSC 72 90 69 89 / 10 20 10 20 OGB 73 91 70 90 / 20 20 10 20 .CAE... GA...NONE. SC...NONE. JDB
GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-181130- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 535 AM EDT MON AUG 18 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MIDLANDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA. .DAY ONE... A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL BE ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW OF THE STRONGER STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED.
SCZ038-181900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 227 PM EDT MON AUG 18 2003 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT CLARENDON COUNTY THROUGH 300 PM EDT... AT 227 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 5 MILES EAST OF MANNING. THE STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY BUT COULD INCREASE IN SIZE AND AFFECT MANNING BY 245 PM. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND MANNING AND TURBEVILLE THROUGH 300 PM EDT. MOVE INSIDE IF STORMS APPROACH YOUR LOCATION. TTH
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 68 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:13 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Sheriff reported a couple of trees down at Stumphole and TV roads.
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