2 lightning, 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 Aug 13, 1:38 PM EST, 6 hours 37 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 238 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2005 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)... CLOUDINESS ACROSS THE AREA FROM EARLIER CONVECTION ALONG THE COAST IS BEGINING TO THIN. THIS SHOULD ALLOW TSRA TO DEVELOP NEXT FEW HOURS AS HEATING...SURFACE THETA-E RIDGE AND MOISTURE CONVERGENCE CONTINUE. WINDS ARE LIGHT AND STORMS WILL MOVE SLOWLY...SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE 2 TO 3 INCHES IN A BRIEF TIME. UPPER LOW OVER AL THIS AFTERNOON WILL DRIFT NORTHEASTWARD AND BECOME DIFFUSE THRU MON...THEN DRIFT WESTWARD AS UPPER RIDGE OFF THE GA/FL COAST BUILDS INLAND. FOR THE PAST 4 RUNS THE GFS HAS BEEN CONSISTENT IN PUSHING UPPER RIDGE INLAND ACROSS FL/GA TUE/WED TIME FRAME. A WEAK LOW LEVEL TROF...MOISTURE CONVERGENCE AND AFTERNOON HEATING WILL CONTINUE A CHANCE OF MAINLY AFTERNOON/EVENING TSRA. IN GENERAL MOS TEMPERATURES HAVE BEEN A LITTLE ON THE WARM SIDE AND WILL CONTINUE TO GO BELOW. ETA MOS LOOKS A LITTLE TOO COOL FOR SUN. && .LONG TERM (TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY)... ONLY MINOR CHANGES IN EXTENDED FORECAST. WEAK SURFACE TROF AND LOW LEVEL MOISTURE CONVERGENCE CONTINUES THRU THE PERIOD. UPPER LEVEL HIGH OFF THE GA COAST WED BULIDS SLOWLY WESTWARD THRU THE PERIOD. THIS SHOULD HELP LIMIT CHANCE OF TSRA SOUTH...WITH BEST CHANCES NORTH. GFS AND ENSEMBLE POPS INDICATING CHANCE POPS DURING THE AFTERNOON/EVE. WILL CONTINUE WITH MAX/MIN TEMPERATURES A LITTLE ABOVE NORMAL. && .AVIATION... WITH A MOIST UNSTABLE AIRMASS IN PLACE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. CONDITIONS WILL MAINLY BE VFR...EXCEPT IFR/MVFR IN SHRA/TSRA. OVERNIGHT EXPECT SKIES TO REMAIN PARTLY CLOUDY WITH MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT. SOME FOG AND STRATUS IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TOWARDS SUNRISE...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS WHICH HAVE RAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE FOG/LOW CLOUDS WILL CREATE AREAS OF IFR CONDITIONS. CONDITIONS WILL ONCE AGAIN IMPROVE DURING THE MORNING HOURS ON SUNDAY. && .CAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SC...NONE. GA...NONE. && 25/25/77
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 410 AM EDT SAT AUG 13 2005 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-140900- 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- 410 AM EDT SAT AUG 13 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MIDLANDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA. .DAY ONE... A FEW THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE ALONG WITH SMALL HAIL. NO SEVERE STORMS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 15 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:16 UTC.
2 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning caused a home fire near Pine Ridge at 3994 Quarter Trail road in the Charwood subdivision.
Lightning caused a home fire at 204 Upland Trail that caused $300k worth of damage.
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, August 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5465421, 5465420.