An isolated severe thunderstorms produced wind damage.
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An isolated severe thunderstorms produced wind 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 Aug 4, 12:09 PM EST, 2 hours 16 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 109 PM EDT MON AUG 4 2008 .SYNOPSIS... HIGH PRESSURE TODAY WILL KEEP HOT HUMID CONDITIONS THROUGH TUESDAY WITH A FEW AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS PROVIDING ONLY TEMPORARY RELIEF FROM THE HEAT. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY BRINGING MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AND SLIGHTLY COOLER CONDITIONS. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/... ANOTHER HOT DAY EXPECTED WITH TEMPERATURES TOPPING OUT IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S ACROSS THE MIDLANDS. MODEL FORECASTS AND MODIFIED SOUNDINGS INDICATE STRONG INSTABILITY THIS AFTERNOON WITH CAPE VALUES EXCEEDING 2500 J/KG AND LI VALUES NEAR -8C. THERE REMAINS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY SITUATED OVER THE FORECAST AREA WITH NORTHERLY FLOW BEHIND IT OVER THE NORTHWESTERN COUNTIES...AND SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT. CURRENT FORECAST LOOKS TO BE IN GOOD SHAPE AND ONLY MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO HOURLY GRIDS WERE MADE. && .SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... UPPER RIDGE OVER THE MIDWEST BEGINS TO BUILD EAST TONIGHT. MORE DOWNSLOPE COMPONENT TO THE WIND TUESDAY AND DRIER AIRMASS TUESDAY. BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 90S SUPPORTS MOS GUIDANCE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES AROUND 100. INSTABILITY WEAKER TUESDAY AND HIGH LFC SHOULD LIMIT CONVECTION...WITH SEA BREEZE POSSIBLE WILL MENTION ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS SOUTHEAST MIDLANDS ONLY. CRITERIA FOR HEAT ADVISORY MAY BE REACHED IN THE AFTERNOON...APPEARS MARGINAL. UPPER RIDGE SUPPRESSED WEDNESDAY AS SHORT WAVES MOVE EAST ACROSS GREAT LAKES/NORTHEASTERN STATES. MODERATE TO STRONG INSTABILITY AND INCREASING LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE AHEAD OF APPROACHING COLD FRONT. SREF GUIDANCE SUPPORTS AN INCREASING POPS IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING ESPECIALLY NORTH OF CAE. WILL GO WITH LOW CHANCE. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/... NO CHANGES TO EXTENDED. LONG WAVE UPPER TROUGH NEAR THE EAST COAST STRENGTHENS DURING THE PERIOD AND SUPPRESSES THE UPPER RIDGE TO THE WEST. SOME ENERGY SLIDES TO THE SOUTHEAST IN THE UPPER NORTHWEST FLOW TOWARD SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY. THIS SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO GO CHANCE OR SLIGHT CHANCE OF MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. AN UPPER LOW MOVES SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES REGION FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY AND BRINGS MORE ENERGY TO AREA. MIXTURE OF HPC AND MOS GUIDANCE USED DURING EXTENDED PERIOD. && .AVIATION /18Z MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... AFTERNOON CUMULUS CLOUDS DEVELOPING AGAIN TODAY...MAINLY OVER AGS/DNL AND TO THE WEST OF CAE/CUB/OGB. THE ATMOSPHERE WILL AGAIN BE QUITE UNSTABLE AND EXPECT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP. VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD WITH THE EXCEPTION OF POSSIBLE REDUCED VISIBILITIES IF A STORM MOVES OVER A TERMINAL. WILL CARRY THE CB EXTENSION ALL SITES AND INCLUDE VCSH AT AGS/DNL. WILL PROBABLY GO WITH A FEW HOUR TEMPO GROUP AT AGS/DNL AS STORMS ARE DEVELOPING IN THE AREA AT THIS TIME. WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE LIGHT THROUGH THE PERIOD BUT HAVE MORE OF A SOUTHWESTERLY DIRECTION BY MID MORNING TUESDAY. FOG IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...HOWEVER RAINFALL AT A TERMINAL COULD CHANGE THAT THINKING LATER TODAY. EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...ISOLATED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. PROBABILITY OF OCCURRENCE AT ANY GIVEN TAF LOCATION IS LOW AT THIS TIME. THERE IS A BETTER CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY WHEN A FRONTAL BOUNDARY PUSHES INTO THE AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON. && .CAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SC...NONE. GA...NONE. && AVIATION...HC
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 644 AM EDT MON AUG 4 2008 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-051045- LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD- MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON- RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON- BAMBERG- 644 AM EDT MON AUG 4 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE AREA THROUGH MIDWEEK THEN MOVE WESTWARD BY THE END OF THE WEEK INTO THE WEEKEND. TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB TO NEAR 100 DEGREES FOR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES FROM 104 TO 109 DEGREES. HEAT ADVISORIES MAY BE ISSUED FOR THIS PERIOD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 103 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:26 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Sheriff and city Fire Chief reported large branches down in Waynesboro and powerlines down on Herndon road.
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