5 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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.
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 Aug 5, 12:53 PM EST, 1 hour 22 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 153 PM EDT SAT AUG 5 2006 .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/... FRONTAL BOUNDARY STRETCHED ACROSS THE NORTHERN FORECAST AREA. MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES NOTED ACROSS THE NORTH. AREAS SOUTH OF THE FRONT WARMING UP. LOW LEVEL DOWNSLOPE FLOW REPLACED BY LIGHT EAST WIND...SO MAX TEMPS NOT AS HIGH AS YESTERDAY...BUT HEAT INDEX VALUES ARE REACHING ADVISORY CRITERIA ACROSS THE EASTERN AND SOUTHERN TIER FA. HEAT ADVISORY WILL CONTINUE THERE UNTIL 7PM TODAY. EXPECTING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. SPC HAS REGION IN SLIGHT RISK. DRY MID LEVEL AIR AVAILABILITY MAY RESULT IN A FEW OF THE STORMS BECOMING SEVERE. FRONT APPEARS TO HANG AROUND SUNDAY. GRADUAL STRENGTHENING OF THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE NOTED LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. FRONT MAY BEGIN TO BECOME DIFFUSE MONDAY. WENT WITH MODEL CONSENSUS IN THE SHORT RANGE WHICH IS GENERALLY A CLIMATOLOGICAL FORECAST. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE UPPER RIDGE RETROGRADING INTO THE LOWER MISS VALLEY/PLAINS DURING THE PERIOD...WITH TROFINESS DEVELOPING ALONG THE EAST COAST. THIS MAY ALLOW A SERIES OF UPPER DISTURBANCES/SURFACE FEATURES TO AFFECT US DURING THE PERIOD. ONE BOUNDARY COMES DOWN IN THE TUE/WED TIME FRAME. ACCEPTED HPC GUIDANCE. && .AVIATION... WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS THE AREA SHOULD DISSIPATE. PLENTY OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WITH UNSTABLE AIRMASS SHOULD ALLOW SCATTERED TSTMS TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. HAVE INCLUDED CB IN ALL TAFS. CLOUDS 3 TO 5 THOUSAND FEET SCT/BKN. VSBYS UNRESTRICTED EXCEPTED IN TSTMS. EXPECT MVFR FOG TO DEVELOP AFTER 09Z. VSBYS COULD LOWER TO IFR AT KAGS AND KOGB. MAY SEE AREAS OF CEILING BELOW 1000 FEET TOWARD DAYBREAK. WAS NOT CONFIDENT TO INCLUDE IFR CEILINGS IN TAFS LATE TONIGHT. && .CAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SC...HEAT ADVISORY CONTINUES UNTIL 7PM TODAY EAST AND SOUTH. GA...HEAT ADVISORY CONTINUES UNTIL 7PM TODAY CENTRAL AND SOUTH. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 516 AM EDT SAT AUG 5 2006 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-060900- 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- 516 AM EDT SAT AUG 5 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 SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON....ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA. DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS AROUND 60 MPH THE PRIMARY THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 113 PM EDT SAT AUG 5 2006 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041- 052330- LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD- MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON- RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON- BAMBERG- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LINCOLNTON...THOMSON...MARTINEZ... EVANS...AUGUSTA...HEPHZIBAH...WAYNESBORO...LANCASTER...ELGIN... CHERAW...PAGELAND...MCCORMICK...NEWBERRY...WINNSBORO...CAMDEN... LUGOFF...EDGEFIELD...JOHNSTON...SALUDA...RIDGE SPRING... WEST COLUMBIA...CAYCE...LEXINGTON...RED BANK...COLUMBIA... BISHOPVILLE...AIKEN...NORTH AUGUSTA...SUMTER...BARNWELL... WILLISTON...BLACKVILLE...ORANGEBURG...ST. MATTHEWS...MANNING... SUMMERTON...BAMBERG...DENMARK 113 PM EDT SAT AUG 5 2006 ..SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK... A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON... THE AIRMASS ACROSS CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA WILL BE MODERATELY UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON. A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL LINGER ACROSS THE AREA. THIS BOUNDARY WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA AND THE SOUTHERN MIDLANDS. A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS AROUND 60 MPH BEING THE PRIMARY THREAT. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND SPOTTERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL TV AND RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES AND WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LM
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 251 PM EDT SAT AUG 5 2006 SCZ025-030-051915- AIKEN-EDGEFIELD- 251 PM EDT SAT AUG 5 2006 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING AIKEN AND EDGEFIELD COUNTIES... AT 245 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTH OF RIDGE SPRING...OR 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BATESBURG. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LM
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 59 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:15 UTC.
5 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Emergency Manager reported several trees down on Derrick and Mile Bridge roads.
Dispatch reported several trees down on Archie Ware road.
Highway Patrol reported a couple trees down on Luke Bridge road.
Highway Dept reported some large limbs down on SC138.
SKYWARN spotter reported large limbs and power outages in the Trenton area.
Emergency management reported several cars stranded on 1-2 feet of water on Lamden, Laurens, and Rutledge roads.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in South Carolina in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in South Carolina, August 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5521890, 5521892, 5521891, 5521893, 5521894, 5521895.