Cluster of Thunderstorms developed over South Carolina and moved westward across the Savannah River.
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The episode as NWS CAE wrote it up.
Cluster of Thunderstorms developed over South Carolina and moved westward across the Savannah River.
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 Jun 9, 1:40 PM EST, 3 hours 32 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 240 PM EDT MON JUN 9 2008 .SYNOPSIS... STRONG HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE AREA TONIGHT WILL BEGIN TO WEAKEN AS A WEAK FRONTAL SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE WEST TUESDAY. THIS FRONT WILL TOUCH OFF A FEW THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE FRONT WILL WEAKEN AND STALL OUT ACROSS THE AREA AND BRING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... STRONG UPPER RIDGE IS SHIFTING MORE TO THE EAST AS UPPER TROUGH OUT WEST CONTINUES TO MOVE EAST. A LITTLE BIT MORE MOISTURE IS APPEARING OVER THE AREA IN THE FORM OF AFTERNOON CU. CLOUDS MAINLY IN NORTHERN AND WESTERN PARTS OF THE CWA BUT MAY DEVELOP OVER REST OF AREA AS WELL. AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES ARE UP CLOSE TO 100 DEGREES AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON. LATEST LAPS CAPES 2000-3000 J/KG AND LIS -8. SO THE ATMOSPHERE IS VERY UNSTABLE. FORTUNATELY...THE DEWPOINT TEMPERATURES DROPPED INTO THE LOWER 60S AGAIN AND KEPT THE AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES IN THE 100-105 RANGE BELOW THE HEAT ADVISORY CRITERIA. WITH THE UNSTABLE AFTERNOON ATMOSPHERE WILL KEEP THE MENTION OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST FOR EARLY THIS EVENING AND WILL HAVE A 10 PERCENT POP. LATER THIS EVENING AFTER THE SUN HAS GONE DOWN...THE CLOUDS AND CONVECTION WILL ALSO DISAPPEAR. ANOTHER WARM MUGGY NIGHT WITH LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S. && .SHORT TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/... AGREE WITH GFS AND NAM SHOWING UPPER RIDGE CONTINUING TO WEAKEN. SHORT WAVE MOVES EAST THROUGH OHIO VALLEY BUT IS CLOSE ENOUGH TO INFLUENCE UPPER AIR PATTERN OVER AREA. LOWER H5 HEIGHTS AND MORE MOISTURE AHEAD OF WEAK COLD FRONT SHOULD INCREASE THE CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AND AT THE SAME TIME DECREASE THE VERY HOT TEMPERATURES WHICH HAVE BEEN PRESENT OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS. WILL GO WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN FOR LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. THEN MORE MOISTURE COMBINED WITH AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE SHOULD BRING AT LEAST A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO BE COOLER WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 90S TUESDAY LOWERING TO THE LOWER TO MID 90S BY WEDNESDAY. LOW TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S. && .LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... BOTH GFS AND ECMWF SHOW ANOTHER UPPER RIDGE ON THE EAST COAST THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. A STRONGER GREAT LAKES SHORT WAVE BEGINS TO BREAK DOWN RIDGE SUNDAY AND A TROUGH REPLACES THE RIDGE FOR MONDAY. THIS TIME THE CENTER OF THE SURFACE HIGH IS CENTERED OFFSHORE EAST OF HERE. SO LOW LEVEL WINDS FROM THE SOUTH OR WITH A SOUTHERLY COMPONENT SHOULD PROVIDE AREA WITH ENOUGH MOISTURE FOR EITHER A CHANCE OR A SLIGHT CHANCE OF MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. FINALLY...AN AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE STRONG ENOUGH TO PUSH THE COLD FRONT EAST BUILDS SOUTHWARD FROM THE OHIO VALLEY. HIGH TEMPERATURES REMAIN IN THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S FOR THE PERIOD. A BIT MORE DIFFERENCE IN LOW TEMPERATURES AS UPPER RIDGE MOVES EAST AND COLD FRONT APPROACHES LATE IN PERIOD. LOWS AROUND 70 THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY NIGHT DROP TO THE MID TO UPPER 60S BY SUNDAY NIGHT. && .AVIATION /18Z MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE TAF PERIOD. HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO DOMINATE THE REGION THROUGH TOMORROW MIDDAY...WITH HIGH DEWPOINT DEPRESSIONS EXPECTED...INHIBITING FOG DEVELOPMENT LATE TONIGHT AND IN THE PREDAWN HOURS ON TUESDAY. SURFACE WINDS WILL BE LIGHT AND VARIABLE THROUGHOUT THE TAF PERIOD. ISOLATED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE POSSIBLE BUT CONFIDENCE IS NOT HIGH ENOUGH TO WARRANT INCLUSION IN TAFS. NO SIGNIFICANT AVIATION IMPACTS EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY. && .CAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SC...NONE. GA...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...07 NEAR TERM...07 SHORT TERM...07 LONG TERM...07 AVIATION...23
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 328 AM EDT MON JUN 9 2008 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-100730- LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD- MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON- RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON- BAMBERG- 328 AM EDT MON JUN 9 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED MAINLY AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE TODAY. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
320 PM EDT MON JUN 09 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
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..REMARKS..
0309 PM HAIL 1 SW SOUTH CONGAREE 33.90N 81.15W
06/09/2008 M1.00 INCH LEXINGTON SC PUBLIC
QUARTER SIZE HAIL ON HWY 302...1.5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
SOUTH CONGAREE.
&&
DSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
325 PM EDT MON JUN 09 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
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..REMARKS..
0315 PM HAIL 3 NW GASTON 33.85N 81.14W
06/09/2008 M0.75 INCH LEXINGTON SC PUBLIC
&&
DSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
447 PM EDT MON JUN 09 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
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..REMARKS..
0400 PM HAIL 4 N EDGEFIELD 33.85N 81.93W
06/09/2008 E1.00 INCH EDGEFIELD SC LAW ENFORCEMENT
REPORTED BY POLICE CAPTAIN. TIME ESTIMATED.
&&PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
458 PM EDT MON JUN 09 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
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0454 PM HAIL BETHUNE 34.41N 80.35W
06/09/2008 M0.88 INCH KERSHAW SC PUBLIC
RESTAURANT IN THE TOWN OF BETHUNE.
&&
DSSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 521 PM EDT MON JUN 9 2008 SCZ015-016-022-029-092215- CHESTERFIELD-KERSHAW-LANCASTER-LEE- 521 PM EDT MON JUN 9 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE AFFECTING CHESTERFIELD...KERSHAW...LANCASTER...AND LEE COUNTIES... AT 520 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EASTERN KERSHAW...NORTHERN LEE...WESTERN CHESTERFIELD...AND EASTERN LANCASTER COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 7 MPH. SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. 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
537 PM EDT MON JUN 09 2008
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..REMARKS..
0445 PM TSTM WND DMG 6 N GLOVERVILLE 33.61N 81.80W
06/09/2008 AIKEN SC PUBLIC
MEMBER OF PUBLIC REPORTED TWO LARGE PINE TREES DOWN NEAR
VAUCLUSE, AT VAUCLUSE RD AND GOOD SPRINGS RD. HALF INCH
HAIL ALSO REPORTED.
&&The Columbia radar (KCAE), 110 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:11 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees down and large limbs on campground roads. Several tents damaged and two campers slightly damaged by downed large limbs. Reported by park offials at the Ridge Rd. Corps of Engineers campground on Lake Thurmond.
Nickel size hail reported at Ridge Rd. Corps of Engineers campground on Lake Thurmond.
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, June 2008
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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 93182, 93183.