Isolated storms moved through the CSRA and a few trees were blown down in Burke county.
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Isolated storms moved through the CSRA and a few trees were blown down in Burke 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 Feb 6, 2:30 PM EST, 52 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
230 PM EST WED FEB 6 2008
.SYNOPSIS...
COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE STATE OVERNIGHT. SHOWERS AND
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE AHEAD OF THE FRONT.
SLIGHTLY COOLER AND DRIER AIR WILL SPREAD INTO THE REGION INTO
THE WEEKEND.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
COLD FRONT STILL BACK ACROSS NORTHERN GEORGIA AND SOUTHEASTERN
ALABAMA. SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OUT IN
ADVANCE OF THE FRONT. BEST DYNAMICS WILL BE PULLING OFF TO THE
NORTH OF THE REGION THIS EVENING. WEAK INSTABILITY...ALONG WITH A
WEAK LOW LEVEL CAPPING INVERSION...HAVE ALL HELPED TO LIMIT SEVERE
WEATHER THREAT THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO
CONTINUE TO ADVANCE THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA THIS EVENING. BETTER
CONVECTION ACROSS SOUTHERN GEORGIA MAY ROB SOME MOISTURE FROM OUR
CWA. BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER APPEARS TO BE ACROSS SOUTHERN
AND EASTERN COUNTIES. HOWEVER CAN NOT RULE OUT AN ISOLATED SEVERE
STORM ANYWHERE AHEAD OF THE FRONT...WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING HIGH
WINDS.
STRONG LOW LEVEL JET AND GOOD MIXING HAVE KEPT WINDS UP ACROSS
THE REGION. WILL CONTINUE WITH LAKE WIND ADVISORY TONIGHT.
&&
.SHORT TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/...
FRONT MOVES EAST OF REGION OVERNIGHT...AND DRIER COOLER AIR
BEGINS TO ADVECT INTO THE AREA. TEMPERATURES DO COOL DOWN FROM
PREVIOUS TWO DAYS...BUT STILL EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL.
ANOTHER FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL PUSH THROUGH SATURDAY INTO
SUNDAY...BUT EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH DRY.
&&
.LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
MORE SEASONABLE AIR EXPECTED THROUGH THE LONG TERM. DRY AIR MASS
DOMINATING THROUGH MOST OF THE EXTENDED PERIOD. GFS SUGGEST WEAK
FRONT MOVING THROUGH WEDNESDAY...WITH ONLY A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR
SHOWERS POSSIBLE.
&&
.AVIATION /19Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY STRETCHING FROM W NC SW
ACROSS UPSTATE SC AND SW ACROSS CENT GA. INDIVIDUAL CELLS ARE
MOVING NE...WHILE THE AREA IS MOVING EAST AROUND 30 KTS.
EXTRAPOLATION BRINGS THIS ACTIVITY INTO AGS/DNL AROUND
18Z...CAE/CUB 19Z...AND OGB 20Z. WILL CARRY PREDOMINATE SHOWERS
FOR A FEW HOURS...WITH A TWO HOUR TEMPO GROUP FOR THUNDER.
EXPECTED CONTINUED BREEZY CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...WITH LOCALLY STRONG WIND GUSTS POSSIBLE NEAR
THUNDERSTORMS. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD CLEAR THE REGION THIS
EVENING. EXPECT DRIER AIR...CLEARING SKIES...AND GRADUALLY
DECREASING WINDS OVERNIGHT. EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS THURSDAY.
NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO AVIATION EXPECTED THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
&&
.CAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SC...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 2 AM EST THURSDAY FOR SCZ015-016-018-
020>022-025>031-035>038-041.
GA...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 2 AM EST THURSDAY FOR GAZ040-063>065-
077.
&&HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 518 AM EST WED FEB 6 2008 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-071030- LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD- MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON- RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON- BAMBERG- 518 AM EST WED FEB 6 2008 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 2 AM EST THURSDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA EARLY THIS EVENING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY AHEAD OF THE FRONT THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. THE POTENTIAL EXIST FOR SOME OF THESE STORMS TO BECOME SEVERE PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. LAKE WIND ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECT AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 108 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:23 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Highway Dept reported a couple of trees down along Crooked road between highways 305 and 17.
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