An isolated severe thunderstorm produced hail and power outages in Lincoln county.
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An isolated severe thunderstorm produced hail and power outages in Lincoln county.
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 2, 6:31 PM EST, 18 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 731 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2008 .SYNOPSIS... A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY APPROACH FROM THE NORTHWEST TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. THIS FRONT WILL FURTHER WEAKEN AND DISSIPATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. AN UPPER HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL REMAIN TO THE WEST SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ANOTHER WEAK COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. && .NEAR TERM /TONIGHT/... FORECAST WILL BE UPDATED TO ADD MENTION OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THAT HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL 1 AM. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...LATEST LAPS SOUNDING AND MODEL SOUNDINGS SHOW THE ATMOSPHERE CAPPED OVER THE CAE CWA. CONVECTIVE TEMPERATURES ARE 96-97 F. VISIBLE SATELLITE SHOWING SOME CU DEVELOPMENT IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE CWA OVER LANCASTER AND FAIRFIELD COUNTIES. CAPES GENERALLY 1500-2500 J/KG BUT ARE APPROACHING 4000 J/KG UP NEAR THE NORTH CAROLINA BORDER. SPC HAS AREA IN A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS. IN ADDITION...A WEAK SHORT WAVE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OVER THE REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. EXPECT CAP TO HOLD MOST AREAS SOUTH AND CENTRAL THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MORE CONVECTION IS POSSIBLE CLOSER TO NORTH CAROLINA WHERE THE CAP IS WEAKER AND THERE IS A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 8 PM. WILL HAVE HIGHEST POPS 40-50 PERCENT LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING IN NORTHERN COUNTIES INCLUDING CHESTERFIELD...KERSHAW... LANCASTER AND FAIRFIELD COUNTIES. BOUNDARIES FROM THESE STORMS MAY SPREAD SOUTHWEST INTO THE CENTRAL AND SOUTH MIDLANDS. WILL GO WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE INCLUDING RICHLAND AND LEXINGTON COUNTIES AND WILL GO 20 PERCENT CHANCE FARTHER SOUTH LIKE ORANGEBURG AND AUGUSTA. SOUTHERN PART MAY BE FREE OF CONVECTION BUT SOME BOUNDARIES MAY PROPAGATE INTO THAT REGION. AFTER SUN GOES DOWN...A LOT OF THE DYNAMICS TO PRODUCE STORMS WILL WEAKEN. A FEW SHOWERS AND STORMS MAY LINGER THROUGH MIDNIGHT BUT AFTER THAT CONDITIONS SHOULD QUIET DOWN. ANOTHER WARM MUGGY NIGHT TONIGHT WITH LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER TO MID 70S. && .SHORT TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/... WEAK SHORT WAVE IS GONE BY SUNDAY. DRIER AIR WORKS IN OVER MOST OF THE CAE CWA WITH PWS 1.2-1.3 INCH. BUT THINK AS PREVIOUS FORECAST THAT THE DRY AIR WILL NOT PUSH THROUGH THE ENTIRE CWA. SO WILL HOLD ONTO A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE SOUTHERN PORTION SUNDAY INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. NO RELIEF FROM THE HEAT THOUGH. HIGHS SUNDAY MID TO UPPER 90S WITH HEAT INDICES 100-105 IN THE AFTERNOON. STILL WARM AND MUGGY SUNDAY NIGHT WITH LOWS IN THE LOWER 70S. WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL BE ABSORBED BY WARM MUGGY AIRMASS MONDAY. NEARLY A REPEAT OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FROM SUNDAY BUT WILL HAVE SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA MONDAY INTO MONDAY EVENING. UPPER EAST COAST TROUGH DRAGS ANOTHER PIECE OF ENERGY SOUTHWARD OVER US MONDAY AFTERNOON AND NAM PW VALUES RECOVER TO 1.8-2.0 INCHES. SO IT LOOKS LIKE THERE WILL BE AT LEAST THE POSSIBILITY OF A 20 PERCENT CHANCE. ANOTHER HOT DAY MONDAY WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... LONG WAVE UPPER TROUGH NEAR THE EAST COAST STRENGTHENS DURING THE PERIOD AND SUPPRESSES THE UPPER RIDGE TO THE WEST. DRY TO BEGIN TUESDAY AS WEAK SHORT HAS JUST EXITED REGION TO THE EAST. SOME ENERGY SLIDES TO THE SOUTHEAST IN THE UPPER NORTHWEST FLOW TOWARD SOUTH CAROLINA WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. THIS SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO GO SLIGHT CHANCE OF MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THOSE PERIODS. AN UPPER LOW MOVES SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES REGION FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AND BRINGS MORE ENERGY TO AREA. WILL INCREASE CHANCE TO 30 PERCENT THESE PERIODS. LOWER HEIGHTS WILL ALSO TRANSLATE INTO SOMEWHAT COOLER TEMPERATURES LATE IN THE EXTENDED PERIOD. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 90S TUESDAY SHOULD LOWER IN THE LOWER TO MID 90S FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. && .AVIATION /00Z SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... WILL EXPECT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE...TO AFFECT THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT. AT THIS TIME...WILL HANDLE WITH CB IN THE CLOUD GROUP...AND AMEND FOR TS WHEN CONFIDENCE WARRANTS. IT APPEARS THAT DRIER AIR ENTERING THE REGION BEHIND A SHORT WAVE AND SURFACE BOUNDARY WILL PRECLUDE SIGNIFICANT CONVECTION SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR OUR TAF SITES. EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...ISOLATED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE ENCOUNTERED THROUGH THE PERIOD. PROBABILITY OF OCCURRENCE AT ANY GIVEN TAF LOCATION IS LOW AT THIS TIME. MORNING FOG ALSO POSSIBLE MONDAY. && .CAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SC...NONE. GA...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 737 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2008 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-030930- LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD- MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON- RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON- BAMBERG- 737 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2008 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 796 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EDT SUNDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 256 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2008 SCZ015-016-021-022-022100- CHESTERFIELD-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-LANCASTER- 256 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO AFFECT CHESTERFIELD...FAIRFIELD...KERSHAW AND LANCASTER COUNTIES... AT 252 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS NEAR GREAT FALLS...OR 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LANCASTER...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. PEOPLE IN CHESTERFIELD...LANCASTER...NORTHEASTERN FAIRFIELD AND NORTHERN KERSHAW COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF IRWIN...HEATH SPRINGS AND KERSHAW...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN. SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. REPORT LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS OR FLOODING TO YOUR COUNTY SHERIFF...OR CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA TOLL FREE AT 1 800 7 7 5 7 1 9 9.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
621 PM EDT SAT AUG 02 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0610 PM HAIL 7 NNE LANCASTER 34.81N 80.73W
08/02/2008 E0.88 INCH LANCASTER SC COUNTY OFFICIAL
NICKEL SIZED HAIL REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC IN THE BUFORD
AREA, RELAYED BY LANCASTER SHERIFFS OFFICE.
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DCMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
624 PM EDT SAT AUG 02 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0610 PM HAIL 9 E LANCASTER 34.74N 80.62W
08/02/2008 E0.88 INCH LANCASTER SC COUNTY OFFICIAL
NICKEL SIZED HAIL REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC IN THE BUFORD
AREA, RELAYED BY LANCASTER SHERIFFS OFFICE.
&&
DCMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
653 PM EDT SAT AUG 02 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0629 PM TSTM WND DMG PAGELAND 34.77N 80.39W
08/02/2008 CHESTERFIELD SC LAW ENFORCEMENT
LARGE OAK TREE DOWN AND ACROSS GRIGGS ST. IN THE TOWN OF
PAGELAND.
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DSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
704 PM EDT SAT AUG 02 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0650 PM TSTM WND DMG ELGIN 34.67N 80.72W
08/02/2008 LANCASTER SC COUNTY OFFICIAL
TREES DOWN NEAR US HWY 521 NEAR ELGIN. TIME ESTIMATED
BASED ON RADAR. REPORTED BY LANCASTER SHERIFFS OFFICE.
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DCMThe Greer radar (KGSP), 114 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:50 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Emergency manager reported some powerlines down from Chennault to the Midway area with outages.
Emergency manager reported penny size hail from Chennault to the Midway area.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Georgia in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, August 2008
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