Thunderstorm Wind, Bamberg
- When
- June 27, 2:25 PM EST
- Where
- Bamberg County, Olar
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 33.183, -81.183
Sheriff reported trees down in Olar.
Damaging Wind in South Carolina, June 27, 2005
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
What forecasters said that day
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 Jun 27, 12:49 PM EST, 1 hour 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 12:49 PM EST, 1 hour 36 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 149 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2005 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT)... LRG HI PRES OFFSHORE AND UPR LO OVR LWR MS VLY CONTS TO FEED RICH LO LVL MSTR INTO AREA. PW NEAR 1.75 ATTM AND WL INCRS DURING FCST PD. SHWRS/FEW TSTMS OVR CNTRL MDLNDS WTH AREA COVERAGE EXPANDING DURING AFTN. && .LONG TERM (TUESDAY THROUGH MONDAY)... UPR LO OVR MS VLY OPENS UP AND REMAINS ALG E COAST FOR THE NEXT SEVRL DAYS. THIS WL CAUSE FAVORABLE LIFT FOR MORE SHOWERS AND TSTMS. TROP WV IN GULF WL CONT TO SPRD MSTR INTO AREA. GFS BRINGS SYS INLAND MID WK AND INTO SC. WL KP LKLY POPS FOR TUE AND WED. NXT CDFNT MOVS INTO SC THU NIGHT AND BCMS STNRY. THEREFORE LO LVL MSTR CONTS OVR AREA AND WL KP CHC POPS THROUGH FCST PD. && .AVIATION... WITH MOIST EAST/SOUTHEAST FLOW ACROSS THE AREA. SEA BREEZE CONVERGENCE LINE WORKING N/NWWD ALONG WITH WEAK SHORTWAVE SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO PRODUCE SOME SCATTERED SHRA/TSRA THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. NOT MUCH IN THE WAY UP UPPER SUPPORT FOR ADDITIONAL SHOWERS OVERNIGHT...BUT WITH ABUNDANCE OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE CANNOT RULE OUT AN ISOLATE SHRA. BUFKIT SHOWS LOTS OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE NEAR THE SURFACE INDICATIVE OF STRONG POTENTIAL FOR SOME FOG AND LOW CLOUDS AFTER 06Z. EXPECT VFR WITH PERIODS OF IFR CONDITIONS WITH SHRA/TSRA THROUGH THIS EVENING WITH ADDITIONAL IFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. && .CAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SC...NONE. GA...NONE. && 07/14/07
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 27, 4:30 AM EST, 9 hours 55 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 530 AM EDT MON JUN 27 2005 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-281000- 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- 530 AM EDT MON JUN 27 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MIDLANDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA. .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 radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 60 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:23 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Lightning Strike in Pennsylvania, June 27, 2005
- Tornado in Nebraska, June 27, 2005
- Hail in Nebraska, June 27, 2005
- Hail in Kansas, June 27 to 28, 2005
- Lightning Strikes in Georgia, June 27, 2005
- Flash Flood and Hail in Iowa, June 27 to 28, 2005
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, June 27, 2005
- Lightning Strike in New Hampshire, June 27, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 27, 2005
- Flash Flood in North Carolina, June 27, 2005
- Lightning Strike in Indiana, June 27, 2005
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, June 27, 2005
More
Every storm in South Carolina in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in South Carolina, June 2005
Sources
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: 5450993.