An isolated thunderstorm produced a small microburst in Columia County near Appling causing some damage.
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An isolated thunderstorm produced a small microburst in Columia County near Appling causing some damage.
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 Sep 22, 1:05 PM EST, 4 hours 27 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 205 PM EDT SAT SEP 22 2007 .SYNOPSIS... HIGH PRESSURE WILL RIDGE INTO THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH TUESDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH WEDNESDAY. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO STALL NEAR THE AREA THURSDAY. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... THE MAIN FORECAST PROBLEM IS THE FOG POTENTIAL TONIGHT. THE MODELS AND SATELLITE TRENDS INDICATE MID-LEVEL RIDGING AND DRYING BECOMING MORE DOMINATE. THE WEAK PRESSURE PATTERN SUPPORTS LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE REMAINING HIGH. THE DRY AIR ALOFT AND LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE PLUS LIGHT WIND SUPPORTS FOG DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT. THE MET MOS FORECASTS DENSE FOG DEVELOPING. A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED LATER TONIGHT. THE TEMPERATURE GUIDANCE IS CONSISTENT. && .SHORT TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/... SURFACE AND UPPER RIDGING WILL CONTINUE TO DOMINATE THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. FOG MAY AGAIN BE A PROBLEM SUNDAY NIGHT. RECENT VERIFICATION SUPPORTS THE GUIDANCE CONSENSUS FOR THE TEMPERATURE FORECAST. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... THE LATEST GFS INDICATES DRY RIDGING CONTINUING TUESDAY. EXPECT AN INCREASE IN MOISTURE AHEAD OF A FRONT WEDNESDAY. THIS FRONT APPEARS TO LINGER NEAR THE REGION THROUGH SATURDAY. THE GFS ENSEMBLE MEAN POPS INDICATE THE BEST RAIN CHANCE THURSDAY. && .AVIATION /18Z SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE AREA WILL CONTINUE TO DOMINATE THE WEATHER DURING THE TAF PERIOD. SATELLITE SHOWS SCT/BKN CU NEAR 4K FT THIS AFTERNOON ALONG WITH GOOD VISIBILITIES. EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS. EXPECT AFTERNOON CU TO DISSIPATE WITH LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING AND SKIES SHOULD BECOME CLEAR DURING THE EVENING. OVERNIGHT...WITH CLEAR SKIES AND CALM WINDS...EXPECT SOME FOG TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA. EXPECT MVFR OR IFR CONDITIONS FROM 08Z TO 12Z AT MOST LOCATIONS. EXPECT FOG TO DEVELOP A LITTLE SOONER AND LAST A BIT LONGER AT AGS...WHERE FOG SHOULD BEGIN AROUND 06Z AND DISSIPATE BY 14Z. ON SUN...TIME SECTIONS SHOW LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE TO REMAIN ACROSS THE AREA AND EXPECT SCT CU TO DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON HEATING. CONDITIONS SHOULD REMAIN VFR THROUGH THE DAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO AVIATION EXPECTED. A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO APPROACH BY THURSDAY PROVIDING A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. && .CAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SC...NONE. GA...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...JL NEAR TERM...JL SHORT TERM...JL LONG TERM...JL AVIATION...77
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 356 AM EDT SAT SEP 22 2007 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-231000- LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD- MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON- RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON- BAMBERG- 356 AM EDT SAT SEP 22 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA. .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 EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 120 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:33 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Saturday night on Ray Owens Rd., Appling, a microburst uprooted an old oak tree, the tops of trees were clipped off, limbs everywhere. Tin roof off a trailor, tin off a shed found across a field, and debre everywhere.
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