A squall line moved throug the CSRA and produced wind damage from straight line winds and several downburst.
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A squall line moved throug the CSRA and produced wind damage from straight line winds and several downburst.
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 Mar 4, 12:40 AM EST, 2 hours 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 1240 AM EST TUE MAR 4 2008 .SYNOPSIS... HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED WILL REMAIN OFF THE COAST OVERNIGHT. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CROSS THE AREA LATE TUESDAY. WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THERE IS A CHANCE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. DRY HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN WEDNESDAY. && .NEAR TERM /TONIGHT/... SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OFF THE COAST TONIGHT. A SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL INCREASE MOISTURE AND CLOUDS ACROSS THE REGION. COULD BE A FEW SHOWERS LATE TONIGHT. LOWS IN THE 50S. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/... UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST INTO THE OHIO VALLEY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. THE SURFACE LOW WILL CROSS THE TN VALLEY TUESDAY MORNING...AND CONTINUE MOVING NORTHEAST THE ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY. MODELS GOOD AGREEMENT WITH THE COLD FRONT CROSSING OUR AREA DURING THE EVENING TUESDAY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS DURING THE MORNING WITH A SQUALL LINE LIKELY AHEAD OF THE FRONT LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. POTENTIAL FOR A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE TUESDAY. DEGREE OF INSTABILITY STILL THE LIMITING FACTOR. MEAN LEVEL CAPE ONLY AROUND 500 J/KG DUE TO MOIST ADIABATIC LAPSE RATES. STRONG 0-6KM SHEAR THOUGH AND LARGE SCALE ASCENT ASSOCIATED WITH UPPER LEVEL LOW. BOTH GFS AND WRF SHOW STRONG SHORT WAVE MOVING ACROSS THE REGION DURING THE EVENING WITH STRONG UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE/LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE THROUGH 03Z. 850MB FLOW AROUND 60 KT. STILL LOOK LIKE MAIN THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH LINEAR CONVECTION...ALTHOUGH EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS POSSIBLE. AIRMASS DRYING OUT WEDNESDAY. ..PREFER WARMER MAV GUIDANCE DUE TO DOWNSLOPE FLOW. && .LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... DEEP LONG WAVE TROUGH TRANSLATING ACROSS THE COUNTRY THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. WIDE RANGE OF SOLUTIONS AMONGST GFS ENSEMBLES AND BETWEEN MODELS. LOW CONFIDENCE FORECAST. FAVORED A SOLUTION OF THE ENSEMBLE MEAN. CHANCE OF SHOWERS THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT AS COLD FRONT CROSSES THE REGION FRIDAY THEN HEADS UP THE EAST COAST SATURDAY. DEEP UPPER TROUGH SWINGS THROUGH SATURDAY WITH SOME TROFFINESS LINGERING OVER THE EASTERN U.S. THROUGH MONDAY. OPERATIONAL GFS AND ECMWF HAS THE BEST ISENTROPIC LIFT FRIDAY WITH DOWNSLOPE CONDITIONS FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN SUNDAY AND MONDAY. && .AVIATION /06Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY PORTION OF TONIGHT. HOWEVER...SOME MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP IN AREAS OF FOG AND/OR STRATUS MAINLY 08Z-13Z TUESDAY. AS HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUES TO MOVE FARTHER OFFSHORE...SURFACE WINDS WILL BECOME MORE SE OVERNIGHT AND ALLOW LOW LEVEL MOISTURE TO INCREASE OVER THE AREA. GUIDANCE ALONG WITH MODEL TIME SECTIONS INDICATING POTENTIAL FOR SOME STRATUS TO DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT ACROSS THE AREA. HAVE MENTIONED TEMP GROUP FOR MVFR CONDITIONS DUE TO CEILINGS FROM 09Z THROUGH 12Z. AS THE COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE SAVANNAH RIVER BY LATE TOMORROW AFTERNOON...EXPECT SHOWERS TO DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE FRONT WITH INCREASING WINDS FROM THE SE-S. A FEW CB MAY DEVELOP AFTER 20Z ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE CSRA AND THE WESTERN SC MIDLANDS...WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MOST LIKELY ACROSS THE AREA 22Z TUESDAY TO 03Z WEDNESDAY. SFC WIND GUSTS AROUND 45-50 KT WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. IFR CONDITIONS POSSIBLE IN VCNTY OF STORMS. OUTLOOK...THE FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL MOVE OFFSHORE BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. CONDITIONS SHOULD IMPROVE TO VFR BY 12Z WEDNESDAY. STRONG GUSTY WINDS POSSIBLE LATE TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS EXPECTED ON THURSDAY. && .CAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SC...NONE. GA...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 455 PM EST MON MAR 3 2008 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-042143- AIKEN-BAMBERG-BARNWELL-BURKE-CALHOUN-CHESTERFIELD-CLARENDON-COLUMBIA- EDGEFIELD-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-LANCASTER-LEE-LEXINGTON-LINCOLN-MCCORMICK- MCDUFFIE-NEWBERRY-ORANGEBURG-RICHLAND-RICHMOND-SALUDA-SUMTER- 455 PM EST MON MAR 3 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MIDLANDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY MAINLY DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS ASSOCIATED WITH A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS THE REGION. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLE ISOLATED TORNADOES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE LIKELY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 103 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:41 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Dispatch reported trees and powerlines down from Waynesboro to Girard.
Dispatch reported trees and powerlines down in and around Lincolnton.
Emergency Manager reported trees and powerlines down in Appling.
A downburst took the roof off a building and damaged several others. The roof at Josey High School was damaged. There were also took down trees and powerlines. There were no injuries.
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