6 thunderstorm wind, 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 May 27, 1:11 PM EST, 1 hour 54 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 211 PM EDT SAT MAY 27 2006 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY)... VERY LITTLE CHANGE TO ONGOING FORECAST. UPPER HEIGHTS BEGINNING TO BUILD OVERHEAD AS UPPER TROUGH PUSHES OFFSHORE. SURFACE FRONT/TROUGH HAS PUSHED A LITTLE FARTHER SOUTH...WITH SOME LOWER DEWPOINTS PUSHING INTO THE NORTHERN FA. CONDITIONS ARE NOT AS UNSTABLE AS YESTERDAY. 500 MB TEMPS ARE ABOUT 2-3C HIGHER THAN YESTERDAY...FREEZING LEVELS ARE A LITTLE HIGHER....AND WIND FIELDS ARE WEAKER. HOWEVER...ENOUGH MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY STILL PRESENT TO WARRANT SOME SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. AN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM STILL POSSIBLE. UPPER RIDGE CONTINUES TO BUILD OVERHEAD SUNDAY. SURFACE HIGH TO RIDGE DOWN THE EASTERN SEABOARD...BRINGING DOWN SOME DRIER AIR....AND PUSHING THE SURFACE BOUNDARY FURTHER SOUTH. IT MAY HANG UP NEAR THE CSRA SUNDAY PER NAM...OR PUSH A LITTLE FARTHER WEST PER GFS. APPEARS ENOUGH MOISTURE AND INSTABILTY IN THE CSRA TO WARRANT SLIGHT CHANCE POP SUNDAY. && .LONG TERM (SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY)... SURFACE BOUNDARY CONTINUES TO SHIFT SW OUT OF THE FA BY MON...WITH RELATIVELY DRY AND STABLE AIR IN PLACE. UPPER RIDGE REMAINS ENTRENCHED ALONG THE EAST COAST MON AND TUE...WITH CLOSED LOW OFFSHORE. NAM BRINGS A SHORT WAVE DOWN THE EAST COAST TUESDAY...WITH APPEARANCE OF SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WEAKENING OR FRONT/TROUGH MOVING INTO THE REGION. NAM PRODUCES LATE DAY CONVECTION TO OUR NW ALONG THE MOUNTAINS. WILL LEAVE POPS OUT OF OUR FA FOR TUE DUE TO UNCERTAINTY. BY WED...APPEARS MOISTURE WILL BE ON THE INCREASE AS HIGH SHIFTS OFFSHORE AND BOUNDARY APPROACHES FROM THE WEST...AND LOW LEVEL FLOW BECOMES MORE SOUTHERLY. UPPER RIDGE ALSO BEGINS TO WEAKEN BY WED...AND IS REPLACED BY AN EAST COAST TROUGH BY FRI/SAT. SO...WILL EXPECT CHANCE POPS WED THRU SAT. && .AVIATION... GENERALLY EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD EXCEPT AT AGS AND DNL WHERE BRIEF THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING...EXPECT MVFR CONDITIONS BRIEFLY IN THUNDERSTORMS. SURFACE WINDS FROM THE WEST TO NORTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH THIS AFTERNOON WILL BECOME LIGHT TONIGHT AND EASTERLY AROUND 10 MPH ON SUNDAY. && .CAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SC...NONE. GA...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 527 AM EDT SAT MAY 27 2006 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-280927- 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- 527 AM EDT SAT MAY 27 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MIDLANDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 217 PM EDT SAT MAY 27 2006 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ018-025-030-035-036-041-272030- LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-MCCORMICK-EDGEFIELD- AIKEN-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-BAMBERG- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LINCOLNTON...THOMSON...MARTINEZ... EVANS...AUGUSTA...HEPHZIBAH...WAYNESBORO...MCCORMICK... EDGEFIELD...JOHNSTON...AIKEN...NORTH AUGUSTA...BARNWELL... WILLISTON...BLACKVILLE...ORANGEBURG...BAMBERG...DENMARK 217 PM EDT SAT MAY 27 2006 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE CSRA... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING ACROSS THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA. SCATTERED STORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN AREAS AFFECTED BY THE STORMS WILL BE IN THE .25 TO .50 INCH RANGE.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 348 PM EDT SAT MAY 27 2006 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ018-025-030-035-036-041-272200- LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-MCCORMICK-EDGEFIELD- AIKEN-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-BAMBERG- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LINCOLNTON...THOMSON...MARTINEZ... EVANS...AUGUSTA...HEPHZIBAH...WAYNESBORO...MCCORMICK... EDGEFIELD...JOHNSTON...AIKEN...NORTH AUGUSTA...BARNWELL... WILLISTON...BLACKVILLE...ORANGEBURG...BAMBERG...DENMARK 348 PM EDT SAT MAY 27 2006 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE CSRA... SCATTERED STORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS INTO THE EARLY EVENING. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN ...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN AREAS AFFECTED BY THE STORMS WILL BE IN THE .25 TO .50 INCH RANGE.
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 71 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:06 UTC.
6 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Girard Fire Dept. reported trees down on Millhaven and Stoney Bluff roads.
Sheriff reported trees and powerlines down in Waynesboro and the roof blown off a house southeast of town.
Sheriff reported trees down between Waynesboro and Munnerlyn.
Munnerlyn Fire Dept. reported trees down around the area.
Fire Dept. #8 reported trees down on Rosier road and hwy 56 near McCullough Mill Pond.
Channel 12 out of Augusta reported that the roof of a church was blown off.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Georgia in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, May 2006
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: 5497564, 5497565, 5497566, 5497567, 5497568, 5497569.