1 hail, 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 Mar 31, 4:10 AM EST, 3 hours 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 410 AM EST THU MAR 31 2005 .SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT)... SATELLITE SHOWS LOTS OF CLOUDS ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING. 88D REGIONAL RADAR COMPOSITE/SATELLITE SHOW ONE CLUSTER OF SHRA/TSRA ACROSS GA WITH A LINE WEST OF THAT AREA ALONG FRONTAL BOUNDARY. TRACK OF THE PCPN APPEARS TO BE MORE NEWD THIS MORNING...SO TRICKY FORECAST FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA ESPECIALLY FOR THIS MORNING. BOTH GFS/NAM SHOW TWO MAIN SHORTWAVES TO AFFECT THE ARE DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. WV SHOWS ONE SHORTWAVE ACROSS THE MIDWEST THIS MORNING WITH SHRA/TSRA IN AREA OF NICE DIVERGENCE ALOFT. SECOND SHORTWAVE ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS STATES THIS MORNING. SYSTEM ACROSS THE MIDWEST WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT NEWD TODAY. AT THE SURFACE...THE COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE SYSTEM WILL BECOME FOR DIFFUSE AS MAIN DYNAMICS CONTINUE TO LIFT NEWD AND FRONT STALLS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE AREA TONIGHT. SHOULD STILL BE ENOUGH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE CONVERGENCE...WEAK INSENTROPIC LIFT AND DIVERGENCE ALOFT FOR SHRA/TSRA ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE DAY. TEMPERATURES ALSO A LITTLE TRICKY THIS AFTERNOON...SRN PORTIONS OF THE CWA WILL LIKELY SOME MORE BREAKS/SUN THAN OTHER AREAS. WILL LOWER TEMPERATURES A LITTLE FROM PREVIOUS WITH AMOUNT EXPECTED THROUGH THE DAY. SECOND SYSTEM TO AFFECT THE AREA BEGINNING TONIGHT AND INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. BOTH NAM/GFS SHOW SHORTWAVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN/CENTRAL PLAINS WILL MOVE EWD TO THE MS RIVER VALLEY BY FRI. ETA IS A LITTLE DEEPER AND THEREFORE SLOWER THAN THE GFS WITH SYSTEM ON FRIDAY/FRIDAY NIGHT. BOTH MODELS STILL SHOW GOOD ISENTROPIC LIFT DEVELOPING ACROSS THE AREA ON FRI THEN SHUTTING OFF FRIDAY NIGHT. EXPECT OLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY TO MOVE NORTHWARD ACROSS THE AREA ON FRIDAY. AIRMASS BECOMES UNSTABLE ON FRIDAY AND EXPECT SHRA/TSRA THROUGH THE DAY. && .LONG TERM (SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)... COLD FRONT SHOULD BE EXITING THE REGION ON SATURDAY...WITH NICE CAA AND LOWER THICKNESSES SHOULD SEE THE COOLEST DAY OF THE PERIOD WITH HIGHS ONLY IN THE 60S. SHORTWAVE LIFTS NEWD AND FLOW GRADUALLY FLATTENS OUT INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. AT THE SURFACE...HIGH PRESSURE WILL DOMINATE THE AREA THROUGH TUESDAY. ANOTHER VIGOROUS SYSTEM/CLOSED LOW TO AFFECT THE AREA BY MIDWEEK. EXCEPT FOR SAT...TEMPERATURES SHOULD REMAIN NEAR NORMAL THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .AVIATION... UPPER FLOW FROM THE SOUTHWEST AND MODELS KEEP SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT TODAY AND TONIGHT. CLOUDS LOWERING AND THICKENING DURING THE COURSE OF THE DAY. STARTING OFF WITH SCT-BKN CIRRUS WHICH LOWERS TO MID LEVEL CIGS LATER THIS MORNING THEN CIGS AROUND 3 THOUSAND FEET THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. VSBYS GENERALLY 7 MILES OR BETTER BUT COULD LOWER TO 3-5 MILES IN SHOWERS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. APPROACHING COLD FRONT TRIGGERING SOME TSTMS OVERNIGHT IN ALABAMA AND WESTERN GEORGIA. HOWEVER...MODELS SHOW THAT STRONGEST ENERGY MOVES NORTH OF THE CAE CWA TODAY. SHOT OF MOISTURE MOVES OVER AREA TODAY WITH 60-70 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. STILL A CHANCE OF TSTMS THOUGH. SPC MOVES SLIGHT RISK AREA EAST TO THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA. LATEST NAM CAPES NEAR ZERO THIS MORNING...IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ALSO THERE IS A 2-3 DEGREE CAP. NAM FORECAST RAOB SHOWS NEGATIVE ENERGY TO OVERCOME. NAM TOTALS 46/47. NAM 0-3 KM HELICITY 100-125 WHICH IS FAIRLY LOW. STABILITY PARAMETERS MARGINAL AT BEST. MAYBE SOME THUNDERSTORMS. DOESNT LOOK THAT THREATENING RIGHT NOW FOR SEVERE STORMS BUT WILL HAVE TO BE COGNIZANT OF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING AGS AND FOR ATMOSPHERE BECOMING MORE UNSTABLE IN THE CSRA. && .CAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SC...NONE. GA...NONE. && 77/07
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 600 AM EST THU MAR 31 2005 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-011200- 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- 600 AM EST THU MAR 31 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MIDLANDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA. .DAY ONE... ...SEVERE WEATHER... AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL PRODUCE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA TODAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS AREA BOTH THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE PEA SIZED TO DIME SIZED HAIL. REFER TO SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK (PRODUCT IDENTIFIER CAESPSCAE) ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE AT 552 AM THIS MORNING. ...RIVER FLOODING... RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE IN EFFECT TODAY ON THE CONGAREE RIVER AT CAROLINA EASTMAN AND AT SANDY RUN...AND THE PEE DEE AT CHERAW. SEE RIVER FLOOD STATEMENT (PRODUCT IDENTIFIER CAEFLSCAE) ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE AT 450 AM THIS MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA FRIDAY. STRONG TO POTENTIALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. TTH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 552 AM EST THU MAR 31 2005 GAZ040-063>065-077-311639- BURKE GA-COLUMBIA GA-LINCOLN GA-MCDUFFIE GA-RICHMOND GA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AUGUSTA...EVANS...FORT GORDON... GROVETOWN...MARTINEZ...THOMSON AND WAYNESBORO 552 AM EST THU MAR 31 2005 ...SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK... ...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY IN THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA... AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL INCREASE THE CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE AREA BOTH THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA. ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS MAY BECOME UNSTABLE ENOUGH THE ALLOW THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP. MAINLY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AS WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS NOT ANTICIPATED. WITH COLDER AIR ALOFT MOVING IN...THE MAIN THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE HAIL. MOST STORMS WILL ONLY PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL BUT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE PENNY OR DIME SIZED HAIL. THE TIME FRAME FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF HAIL WILL RUN FROM NEAR 7 AM THIS MORNING UNTIL 6 PM LATE THIS AFTERNOON. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS...TV...OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS SOURCE FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV/CAE. LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS AND SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION. TTH
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Park service reported 3/4 inch hail while areas near Raysville Marina had 1/2 inch hail.
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