3 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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.
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 30, 8:57 AM EST, 0 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 957 AM EDT SAT APR 30 2005 .SHORT TERM (REST OF TODAY)... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 217 NOW ISSUED FOR REMAINDER OF CWA UNTIL 4 PM. WILL DO QUICK ZONE UPDATE. OTHERWISE NO MAJOR CHANGES AT THIS TIME. && .CAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SC...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 217 IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT. GA...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 216 IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT. && 22
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 607 AM EDT SAT APR 30 2005 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041- 011015- LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD- MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON- RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON- BAMBERG- 607 AM EDT SAT APR 30 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT .SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL SPREAD THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE BETWEEN 1 PM AND 6 PM THIS AFTERNOON. REFER TO SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK (PRODUCT ID CAESPSCAE) ISSUED FROM THIS OFFICE AT 545 AM THIS MORNING. .LAKE WIND...WINDS WILL INCREASE AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING COLD FRONT AND BECOME SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 35 KNOTS BETWEEN 9 AM THIS MORNING AND 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON. REFER TO PRODUCT CAENPWCAE ISSUED FROM THIS OFFICE AT 324 AM THIS MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON. TTH
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</html>SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 915 AM EDT SAT APR 30 2005 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041- 301600- LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD- MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON- RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON- BAMBERG- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LINCOLNTON...THOMSON...MARTINEZ... EVANS...AUGUSTA...HEPHZIBAH...WAYNESBORO...LANCASTER...ELGIN... CHERAW...PAGELAND...MCCORMICK...NEWBERRY...WINNSBORO...CAMDEN... LUGOFF...EDGEFIELD...JOHNSTON...SALUDA...RIDGE SPRING... WEST COLUMBIA...CAYCE...LEXINGTON...RED BANK...COLUMBIA... BISHOPVILLE...AIKEN...NORTH AUGUSTA...SUMTER...BARNWELL... WILLISTON...BLACKVILLE...ORANGEBURG...ST. MATTHEWS...MANNING... SUMMERTON...BAMBERG...DENMARK 915 AM EDT SAT APR 30 2005 ...SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK... ...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY... AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL SPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA TODAY. THE INITIAL LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REACH THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA, INCLUDING AUGUATA LATE THIS MORNING AND SPREAD EAST DURING THE LATE MORNING INTO THIS AFTERNOON. THE AIRMASS WILL BECOME MORE UNSTABLE BY THIS AFTERNOON AND SURFACE WINDS WILL INCREASE TO SOUTHWEST AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN PENNY TO NICKEL SIZED HAIL OR PRODUCE WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 60 MPH. A RAIN COOLED ATMOSPHERE SHOULD INHIBIT SEVERE WEATHER AFTER 6 PM. EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND SPOTTERS SHOULD MONITOR THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION AND BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS...OR LOCAL RADIO AND TV NEWS SOURCE FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. RCC
The Greer radar (KGSP), 92 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 13:56 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Sheriff reported a couple of trees down on hwy 823 near Mt. Carmel.
Park Service reported powerlines and large signs blown down.
Utility company reported some trees and powerlines down from Pelion to S. Congaree.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in South Carolina in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in South Carolina, April 2005
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: 5440140, 5440139, 5440141.