1 lightning, 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 Jun 2, 12:31 PM EST, 8 hours 9 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 131 PM EDT FRI JUN 2 2006 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY)... MODELS STILL DIFFER SLIGHTLY ON THE SPEED OF THE APPROACHING FRONTAL SYSTEM ON SATURDAY. NAM SEEMS TO BE A LITTLE SLOWER THAN THE GFS...WITH NAM HAVING FROPA DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON. GFS IS EARLIER IN THE DAY. PREFER GFS SOLUTION. SHOULD SEE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH A DECREASE IN ACTIVITY BEING POSSIBLE AFTER SUNSET. FRONT SHOULD BE NEARING THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF CWA TOWARDS SUNRISE...AND WILL MOVE THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA DURING THE DAY...HOPEFULLY PUSHING FAR ENOUGH EAST BY THE PEAK HEATING PERIOD. LIKELY POPS STILL LOOK ON TRACK TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. COULD SEE SOME STRONG...TO ISOLATED SEVERE...THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY...BUT THE BEST CHANCE FOR ANY STRONGER STORMS SHOULD BE ACROSS THE EASTERN MOST PORTIONS OF THE CWA DURING THE AFTERNOON. DECREASE IN POPS SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY AS FRONT PUSHES EAST. RAIN FREE PERIOD WILL BE SHORT LIVED AS UPPER LEVEL LOW MOVES SOUTHWARD AND OVER THE REGION TO END THE WEEKEND. && .LONG TERM (MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY)... UPPER LOW AXIS WILL MOVE EAST OF THE REGION ON TUESDAY...AND WE SHOULD SEE SOME DRYING OUT ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE LOW. COULD SEE A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR RAIN...BUT FOR NOW WILL RUN WITH A DRY FORECAST. && .AVIATION... SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT NEAR OH RIVER VALLEY WILL MOVE CLOSER TO SC BY EARLY SATURDAY. LOTS OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IN PLACE TO SCATTERED SHOWERS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH MUCH OF THE TAF PERIOD. A THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE. SFC WINDS GENERALLY SW 5-10 KT THIS AFTERNOON AND SW 3-6 KT THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. PATCHY FOG POSSIBLE IN A FEW LOW-LYING AREAS WITH VSBYS 1-3 MILES 09Z-12Z SATURDAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE 13Z-23Z SATURDAY. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NW BY SATURDAY EVENING WITH COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE. && .CAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SC...NONE. GA...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 514 AM EDT FRI JUN 2 2006 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041- 030915- 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 FRI JUN 2 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MIDLANDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA.. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ALONG A COLD FRONT SATURDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE AREA. HAIL AND WIND DAMAGE WOULD BE THE MAIN CONCERN. STRONG STORMS MAY FIRE AGAIN ON SUNDAY WITH HAIL BEING THE PRIMARY THREAT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 448 PM EDT FRI JUN 2 2006 SCZ016-022215- CHESTERFIELD- 445 PM EDT FRI JUN 2 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT CHESTERFIELD COUNTY THROUGH 615 PM EDT... AT 443 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN IN CENTRAL CHESTERFIELD COUNTY NEAR THE COMMUNITY OF MT. CROGHAN IN THE NORTH TO MCBEE IN THE SOUTH. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN AND MAY CAUSE LOCAL STREET FLOODING. RADAR INDICATED THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL BETWEEN MACBEE AND JEFFERSON. THIS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND CHESTERFIELD...PATRICK AND CHERAW THROUGH 615 PM EDT. TTH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 500 PM EDT FRI JUN 2 2006 SCZ027-028-022200- LEXINGTON-RICHLAND- 500 PM EDT FRI JUN 2 2006 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL IMPACT RICHLAND COUNTY AND LEXINGTON COUNTY THROUGH 600 PM EDT... AT 458 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN BETWEEN RED BANK... GASTON AND COLUMBIA MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN AND WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND SOUTH CONGAREE...RED BANK...GASTON...SPRINGDALE AND COLUMBIA THROUGH 600 PM EDT. TTH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 653 PM EDT FRI JUN 2 2006 SCZ029-031-036-038-030000- CLARENDON-LEE-ORANGEBURG-SUMTER- 653 PM EDT FRI JUN 2 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT LEE COUNTY...SUMTER COUNTY... CLARENDON COUNTY AND ORANGEBURG COUNTY THROUGH 800 PM EDT... AT 653 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUST NORTHWEST OF LYNCHBURG TO NEAR MANNING SOUTHWARD ACROSS LAKE MARION INTO EASTERN BAMBERG COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST 15 TO 20 MPH. THIS WILL AFFECT THE AREAS OF SANTEE...MANNING...TURBEVILLE...HOLLY HILL...EUTAWVILLE AS WELL AS LAKE MARION THROUGH 800 PM EDT. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE PEA SIZE HAIL...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS LIGHTING AS WELL AS WIND GUSTS FROM 35 TO 40 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS POSE A VARIETY OF THREATS TO BOATERS ON LAKE MARION. YOUR BEST COURSE OF ACTION DURING A THUNDERSTORM IS TO SEEK SAFE HARBOR. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE OPEN LAKE WATERS...STAY BELOW DECK...AND IF POSSIBLE...AWAY FROM UNGROUNDED METAL OBJECTS. LCV
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 917 PM EDT FRI JUN 02 2006 SCZ027-028-030-035>037-041-GAZ065-077-030713- AIKEN-BAMBERG-BARNWELL-BURKE-CALHOUN-LEXINGTON-ORANGEBURG-RICHLAND -RICHMOND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF AIKEN...AUGUSTA...COLUMBIA...LEXINGTON ...ORANGEBURG... 917 PM EDT FRI JUN 02 2006 ...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE LATE EVENING HOURS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. MANY AREAS WILL RECEIVE ONE QUARTER INCH TO ONE HALF INCH OF RAIN...BUT LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL FALL ALONG A LINE FROM CALHOUN COUNTY SOUTHWEST ACROSS ORANGEBURG AND BARNWELL COUNTIES INTO BURKE COUNTY GEORGIA. MOTORISTS SHOULD DRIVE WITH CAUTION AS THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN AREAS POOR DRAINAGE.
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 121 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:38 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning ingnited a home fire. Damage estimates were not available.
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