1 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 Jul 28, 1:41 PM EST, 3 hours 58 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
241 PM EDT THU JUL 28 2005
.SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY)...
FRONTAL BOUNDARY EAST TO WEST ARCOSS THE AREA. AIRMASS MODERATE TO
STRONGLY UNSTABLE. SCATTERED TSRA DEVELOPING AND SHOULD CONTINUE
INCREASE IN COVERAGE DURING THE AFTERNOON WITH THETA E RIDGE RUNNING
NORTH TO SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA. A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME
SEVERE THRU EVENING. WILL SET POP FOR TNGT CHC/LIKELY CLOSER TO
RELEASE TIME. WILL INCLUDE ISOLATED SEVERE IN ZONES FOR THIS EVENING.
MODELS IN GENERAL AGREEMENT...KEEPING UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OFF THE
COAST... UPPER LEVEL TROUGH TO THE WEST AND BURFACE BOUNDRY IN THE
AREA THRU THE PERIOD. SEVERAL WEAK SHORTWAVES WILL MOVE ACROSS THE
AREA IN UPPER SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST FLOW THRU SUN. PH2O OF 2 PLUS
INCHES...DAY TIME HEATING... LOW LEVEL BOUNDARY AND SHORTWAVES SHOULD BE
ENOUGH FOR LIKELY POPS IN THE AFTERNOON/EVENING...CHANCE AT NIGHT.
WILL KEEP TEMPS WITHIN A FEW DEGREES OF 90. ISOLATED STORMS WILL
PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS NEAR 3 INCHES IN A SHORT TIME.
&&
.LONG TERM (SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY)...
NEARLY STATIONARY FRONTAL SYSTEM OVER THE EASTERN CAROLINAS SUN
CONTINUES MONDAY DISSIPATING ALONG THE COAST TUE. SURFACE TROUGH
DEVELOPS ALONG THE COAST WED WITH ASSOCIATED SFC LOW EAST OF FL.
WEAKENING COLD FRONT TO NORTHWEST WED DROPS SOUTHWARD AND DISSPATES
THU. WILL GO WITH HIGH CHANCE POPS AND MAX TEMPS BELOW NORMAL MON
GRADUALLY WARMING TO NEAR NORMAL WED/THU AS AIRMASS DRIES AND POPS
DECREASE.
&&
.AVIATION...
MOISTURE SPREADING NORTH INTO THE MIDLANDS FROM EASTERN GEORGIA.
WEAK STATIONARY FRONT ACROSS MIDLANDS WILL BE FOCUS FOR
CONVECTION. EXPECT WIDESPREAD CUMULUS DEVELOPMEMT WITH A SCATTERED
TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS FROM CSRA NORTH TO CAE BY LATE THIS
AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING WITH STRONG INSTABILITY ACROSS THE
REGION. A FEW AREAS IFR DUE TO VISIBILITY IN SHOWERS. EARLY
MORNING FOG ESPECIALLY AT AGS/OGB AREAS...IFR OTHERWISE MVFR DUE
TO HAZE AROUND 12Z.
&&
.CAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SC...AIR STAGNATION ADVISORY FOR LANCASTER COUNTY THRU 7 PM TODAY.
HEAT ADVISORY FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MIDLANDS THRU 7PM
TODAY.
GA...HEAT ADVISORY TIL PM ENTIRE AREA TODAY.
25/25/HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 415 AM EDT THU JUL 28 2005 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-290900- 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- 415 AM EDT THU JUL 28 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MIDLANDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA. .DAY ONE... A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING FOR HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 105 TO 110 FOR THE SC MIDLANDS AND THE CSRA OF GEORGIA. AN AIR STAGNATION ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR LANCASTER COUNTY SC TODAY. A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING AS A COLD FRONT SLOWLY APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH THE PRIMARY THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
505 PM EDT THU JUL 28 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0440 PM TSTM WND GST MARTINEZ 33.52N 82.09W
07/28/2005 0 MPH COLUMBIA GA AMATEUR RADIO
HAM RADIO OPERATOR KE4TTA HOME WEATHER STATION REPORTED
55-60 MPH WINDS AT COLA/BELAIRE STREETS.
&&
DSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
505 PM EDT THU JUL 28 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0440 PM TSTM WND GST MARTINEZ 33.52N 82.09W
07/28/2005 60 MPH COLUMBIA GA AMATEUR RADIO
HAM RADIO OPERATOR KE4TTA HOME WEATHER STATION REPORTED
55-60 MPH WINDS AT COLA/BELAIRE STREETS.
&&
DSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
523 PM EDT THU JUL 28 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0445 PM TSTM WND DMG MARTINEZ 33.52N 82.09W
07/28/2005 COLUMBIA GA LAW ENFORCEMENT
SHERIFF REPORTED TREES...POWERLINES...AND TRAFFIC LIGHTS
DOWN FROM MARTINEZ TO EVANS.
&&
DSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
603 PM EDT THU JUL 28 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0550 PM HAIL 5 NE EDGEFIELD 33.84N 81.87W
07/28/2005 0.75 INCH EDGEFIELD SC PUBLIC
PUBLIC REPORTED 3/4 INCH HAIL...LIMBS DOWN ON HWY 121
NEAR SALUDA/EDGEFIELD COUNTY LINE.
&&
DSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
606 PM EDT THU JUL 28 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0550 PM HAIL 5 SE LANCASTER 34.67N 80.72W
07/28/2005 0.88 INCH LANCASTER SC LAW ENFORCEMENT
NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND TREES DOWN NEAR ELGIN REPORTED BY
SHERIFF.
&&
DSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
637 PM EDT THU JUL 28 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0609 PM HAIL 5 NE LANCASTER 34.78N 80.72W
07/28/2005 0.88 INCH LANCASTER SC LAW ENFORCEMENT
NICKEL SIZED HAIL REPORTED BY LANCASTER COUNTY SHERIFF.
0609 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 NE LANCASTER 34.78N 80.72W
07/28/2005 LANCASTER SC LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN ALONG HWY 28. ALSO CELL PHONE TOWER DOWN.
REPORTED BY LANCASTER COUNTY SHERIFF.
&&
KILMERThe Columbia radar (KCAE), 90 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:39 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck a home on Balkcum Road and did $65k 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, July 2005
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