2 thunderstorm wind, 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 Jul 15, 1:13 PM EST, 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 213 PM EDT SAT JUL 15 2006 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT)... AIRMASS MODERATELY UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF A MID LEVEL SHORT WAVE WHICH IS STILL LOCATED WEST OF THE MOUNTAINS. MODELS CONSISTENT IN BRINGING THE SHORT WAVE ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT. EXPECT AFTERNOON CONVECTION TO LINGER INTO THE NIGHTTIME HOURS AS SURFACE TROUGH CROSSES THE FORECAST AREA. WILL KEEP CHANCE OF SHOWERS/TSTMS OVERNIGHT. BY 12Z SUNDAY, TROUGH SHOULD BE JUST SOUTH OF THE AREA WITH WINDS SHIFTING NORTHERLY. PH2O WILL BE DECREASING FROM THE NORTH. WILL KEEP SLIGHT CHANCE OF CONVECTION SUNDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS MY SOUTHERN AREAS WITH SURFACE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE SO CLOSE. DRY FORECAST SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT AS HIGH PRESSURE TAKES HOLD ONCE AGAIN. TEMPS REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE PERIOD. GFS MOS APPEAR TO BE TOO HIGH FOR MAX TEMPS. WENT WITH A BLEND OF FWC AND NAM MOS. && .LONG TERM (TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY)... BROAD EAST-WEST ORIENTED UPPER RIDGE HOLDS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN STATES THROUGH THE PERIOD. IN THIS SUMMER-TIME PATTERN IT/S HARD TO GET A COLD FRONT THIS FAR SOUTH. WILL PROBABLY SEE DEVELOPMENT OF LEE SIDE TROUGH AS FOCUS FOR CONVECTION. ANY CONVECTION SHOULD BE DIURNALLY DRIVEN. TEMPS SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL WITH HIGHS IN THE MID-UPPER 90S AND LOWS IN THE LOW/MID 70S. && .AVIATION... TYPICAL SUMMERLIKE WEATHER TODAY WITH SCATTERED TO BROKEN DIURNAL CU...AND SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SURFACE BOUNDARY COMING THROUGH OVERNIGHT. DRIER AIR SUNDAY WILL PREVENT SIGNIFICANT CONVECTION. && .CAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SC...NONE. GA...NONE. && 10/31
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 514 AM EDT SAT JUL 15 2006 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041- 160745- LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD- MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON- RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON- BAMBERG- 514 AM EDT SAT JUL 15 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MIDLANDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA.. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY. AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM IS POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 121 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:02 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Rock Branch Golf Course reported several trees down on the course.
Public reported trees and powerlines down.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 5511421, 5511422.