Thunderstorm Wind, Bamberg
- When
- June 12, 8:30 PM EST
- Where
- Bamberg County, 3 mi W of Bamberg
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 33.300, -81.083
Sheriff reported trees down on hwy 78 and also near Ehrhardt.
Damaging Wind in South Carolina, June 12, 2003
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What forecasters said that day
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 12, 1:33 PM EST, 6 hours 57 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 1:33 PM EST, 6 hours 57 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 233 PM EDT THU JUN 12 2003 AIRMASS NOT QUITE AS UNSTABLE AS YESTERDAY...ALTHOUGH LAPS INDICATING MODERATE INSTABILITY. QUITE MOIST WITH K INDEX IN THE LOW TO MID 30S...AND PRECIP WATER CLOSE TO 2.00 INCHES. ANY STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN. WEAK SHORT WAVE MOVING ACROSS EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM MOVING ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA...PIEDMONT SOUTH CAROLINA. BEST LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE IN THE UPSTATE. CHANCE EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MIDLANDS SEEMS HIGH ENOUGH POP WITH WEAK TRIGGER. T-SECTIONS SHOW LOW LEVEL MOISTURE REMAINS HIGH THROUGH SATURDAY...BUT CAPE AND LIFT WEAK. BEST 850MB MOISTURE FLUX CONVERGENCE IN THE UPSTATE/NORTH CAROLINA. MODELS SHOW MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM OVER LA/MS THIS AFTERNOON WILL MOVE NORTHEAST BUT WEAKEN TOWARD TN/WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA BY MORNING. COULD SEE A FEW SHOWERS DURING THE MORNING IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA/CSRA...BUT EXPECT MOST ACTIVITY WILL BE DIURNAL. EXTENDED...MODELS DIFFER ON TIMING OF BACK DOOR COLD FRONT SATURDAY NIGHT/SUNDAY...GFS A LITTLE FASTER...FRONT SHOULD BE IN THE REGION SUNDAY MORNING...GFS SUGGESTS BETTER POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORM LINE ALONG BACK DOOR FRONT...BETTER INSTABILITY/MOISTURE CONVERGENCE. GOOD CHANCE RAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON. ECMWF/GFS LEANING TOWARD COLD AIR DAMMING MONDAY THROUGH POSSIBLY WEDNESDAY AS FRONT DROPS SOUTH...LOW PRESSURE TO OUR WEST...SURFACE HIGH ALONG MID ATLANTIC/NEW ENGLAND COAST. WILL LOWER TEMPS EACH DAY...AND MENTION CHANCE RAIN...GOOD CHANCE TUESDAY. MORE CONVECTIVE THURSDAY AS WEDGE WEAKENS. EXTENDED... FCSTID = 19 CAE 72 88 72 89 / 40 50 40 40 AGS 69 89 70 89 / 40 50 40 40 SSC 72 88 72 89 / 40 50 40 40 OGB 72 89 71 89 / 40 50 40 40 .CAE... GA...NONE. SC...NONE. AWP
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 12, 4:51 AM EST, 15 hours 39 minutes before
SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-GAZ040-063>065- 077-121551- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 551 AM EDT THU JUN 12 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MIDLANDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA. .DAY ONE... MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR ALONG WITH AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL CAUSE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE AREA TODAY. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH AND SMALL HAIL. MINOR RIVER FLOODING CONTINUES ON THE CONGAREE RIVER. REFER TO CAEFLSCAE FLOOD STATEMENT PRODUCT ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE FOR THE LATEST DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... RIVER FLOODING WILL SLOWLY TAPER OFF FRIDAY AND SATURDAY... OTHERWISE NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. TA
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 7:00 PM EST, 1 hour 30 minutes before
SCZ030-035-GAZ077-130100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 800 PM EDT THU JUN 12 2003 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING TOWARD THE SAVANNAH RIVER SITE... AT 800 PM RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM IN BURKE COUNTY NEAR THE AIKEN AND BARNWELL COUNTY LINE EAST OF MCBEAN. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEASTWARD NEAR 25 MPH TOWARD THE SAVANNAH RIVER SITE. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY CONTAIN WIND GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH AND ONE-HALF INCH HAIL PLUS FREQUENT LIGHTNING.
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 7:13 PM EST, 1 hour 17 minutes before
SCZ035-041-130113- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 813 PM EDT THU JUN 12 2003 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN BARNWELL AND BAMBERG COUNTY... AT 810 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN THE HILDA AND GOVAN AREA NEAR THE BARNWELL AND BAMBERG COUNTY LINE. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEASTWARD NEAR 20 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY CONTAIN WIND GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS THUNDERSTORM...YOU SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER.
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 72 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:30 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in District of Columbia, June 12, 2003
- Flooding and Damaging Wind in Ohio, June 12 to 13, 2003
- Flood and Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, June 12 to 13, 2003
- Flood in Pennsylvania, June 12 to 13, 2003
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, June 12, 2003
- Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 12, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, June 12, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 12, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, June 12, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 12, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Virginia, June 12, 2003
- Hail in Nebraska, June 12, 2003
More
Every storm in South Carolina in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in South Carolina, June 2003
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5355429.