1 hail, 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 Apr 8, 1:27 PM EST, 2 hours 13 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 227 PM EDT THU APR 8 2004 .DISCUSSION... WEAK ISENTROPIC LIFT OVER THE AREA ASSOCIATED WITH DOUBLE VORTICITY CENTER MOVING EAST. FIRST SHORTWAVE MOVING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON WITH WEAKER TRAILING SHORTWAVE DUE THIS EVENING. AIRMASS VARIES FROM STABLE NORTH TO UNSTABLE SOUTH. NET RESULT HAS BEEN CLOUDINESS TODAY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. MOST VIGOROUS CONVECTION BRUSHED THROUGH THE SOUTHEAST COUNTIES DURING THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. WILL MAINTAIN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDER THROUGH 800 PM THIS EVENING. CLEARING SHOULD BEGIN BY MIDNIGHT AS THE TRAILING SHORTWAVE MOVES EAST. NICE WEATHER RETURNING FRIDAY WITH PLENTY OF SUNSHINE AND SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES AS WEAK HIGH PRESSURE DOMINATES. WEAK FRONT RETURNS NORTH SATURDAY AS WEAK LOW PRESSURE APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. THIS WILL GIVE A LOW CHANCE OF SHOWERS LATE IN THE DAY. THE WEATHER WILL REMAIN UNSETTLED SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY AS A WEAK COLD FRONT MOVES EAST. THE FRONT WILL STALL SUNDAY NEAR OR JUST TO THE EAST OF THE AREA AS LOW PRESSURE FORMS NEAR THE NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO AND MOVES NORTHEAST INTO THE AREA FOR THE EARLY PART OF THE WEEK. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING AT ALL LEVELS SHOULD PRODUCE A DRY PERIOD TUESDAY INTO THURSDAY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... COLUMBIA 50 78 47 77 / 10 0 0 20 AUGUSTA 47 80 46 78 / 10 0 0 20 SUMTER 51 78 47 77 / 10 0 0 20 ORANGEBURG 52 78 48 78 / 10 0 0 20 && .CAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SC...NONE. GA...NONE. && 30/30
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 449 AM EDT THU APR 8 2004 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-080848- AIKEN SC-BAMBERG SC-BARNWELL SC-BURKE GA-CALHOUN SC-CHESTERFIELD SC- CLARENDON SC-COLUMBIA GA-EDGEFIELD SC-FAIRFIELD SC-KERSHAW SC- LANCASTER SC-LEE SC-LEXINGTON SC-LINCOLN GA-MCCORMICK SC-MCDUFFIE GA- NEWBERRY SC-ORANGEBURG SC-RICHLAND SC-RICHMOND GA-SALUDA SC- SUMTER SC- 449 AM EDT THU APR 8 2004 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.
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 87 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:40 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Sheriff reported golf ball size hail in Clearwater and 3/4 inch hail at Beach Island and the Savannah River Site.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in South Carolina in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in South Carolina, April 2004
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: 5393816.