Few Isolated storms ahead of a frontal boundary produced some small hail and damaging winds.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS CAE wrote it up.
Few Isolated storms ahead of a frontal boundary produced some small hail and damaging winds.
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 1, 4:23 PM EST, 1 hour 47 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 523 PM EDT SUN JUN 1 2008 .SYNOPSIS... A COLD FRONT OVER THE TENNESSEE VALLEY WILL MOVE SOUTHEASTWARD FOR THE REST OF TODAY INTO TONIGHT. THE FRONT MAY STALL SOUTH OF THE SAVANNAH RIVER ON MONDAY. HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC WILL BUILD OVER THE AREA TUESDAY INTO LATE WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... WILL SEND OUT A QUICK UPDATE TO LOWER POPS ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN MIDLANDS TO ACCOUNT FOR DRIER AIR MIXING DOWN AND ESSENTIALLY LOWERING THE INSTABILITIES. DEWPOINTS HAVE DROPPED TO 57 AT CAE WHILE OGB/FLO REMAIN IN THE UPPER 60S. VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWING THE REDUCTION OF CUMULUS CLOUDS OVER THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN MIDLANDS AND THINK THE THREAT OF CONVECTION IS DIMINISHED. WILL DROP POPS TO SLIGHT CHANCE FOR AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS CENTRAL AND WEST AND KEEP A 30 POP IN THE EAST. THERE IS MORE CONVECTION UPSTREAM IN TENNESSEE BUT IT IS HOURS AWAY FROM REACHING THE AREA IF IT HOLDS TOGETHER. WILL CONTINUE MONITORING NEW DATA AND LATEST TRENDS TO DETERMINE IF A CHANGE IN POPS MAY BE NEEDED FOR LATER TONIGHT AS THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY PUSHES INTO THE REGION. && .SHORT TERM /MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/... COLD FRONT SHOULD MOVE THROUGH THE AREA TO NEAR SAVANNAH RIVER BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING. AS A RESULT WILL KEEP MENTION OF SLIGHT CHANCE POPS MAINLY SOUTH OF CAE FOR MONDAY. WESTERN BOUNDARY OF BERMUDA HIGH WILL BEGIN TO BUILD OVER THE SE STATES TUESDAY. WILL KEEP POPS AROUND 20 PCT FOR ENTIRE AREA FOR MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING ACTIVITY. MAX TEMPS CLOSE TO 90 DEGREES MONDAY AND TUESDAY. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... BERMUDA HIGH AT SURFACE AND RIDGE ALOFT WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD OVER THE AREA INTO THE WEEKEND. FORECAST MAX TEMPS WILL RISE INTO THE MID 90S AT MANY LOCATIONS WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. MAINLY DRY WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...WITH SLIGHT CHANCE FRIDAY. WILL KEEP SLIGHT CHANCE POPS INTO THE WEEKEND AS WELL BUT ACTIVITY MAY BE MORE DIURNALLY DRIVEN. TEMPS CLOSE TO OR JUST ABOVE NORMAL. && .AVIATION /21Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... EARLIER MCS ACTIVITY WEST OF THE REGION THIS MORNING HAS PUSHED A MESOSCALE FRONT THROUGH THE CWA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. MORE STABLE AIR IN THE UPSTATE AND MIDLANDS...WITH UNSTABLE AIRMASS ACROSS THE COASTAL PLAIN. MOST CONVECTION SHOULD REMAIN CONFINED NEAR AND EAST OF THE FRONT THIS AFTERNOON. ALL TAF SITES SHOULD BE FREE OF THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 19Z. VFR SKY CONDITIONS EXPECTED WITH ONLY SCATTERED MID AND UPPER LEVEL CLOUDINESS. MAY SEE BRIEF MVFR VISIBILITIES AT KAGS AND KOGB TOWARDS MORNING. NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO AVIATION EXPECTED MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. && .CAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SC...NONE. GA...NONE. && NEAR TERM...HC
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 556 AM EDT SUN JUN 1 2008 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-021000- LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD- MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON- RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON- BAMBERG- 556 AM EDT SUN JUN 1 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER TODAY.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 202 PM EDT SUN JUN 1 2008 SCZ036-038-041-011900- BAMBERG-CLARENDON-ORANGEBURG- 202 PM EDT SUN JUN 1 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE AFFECTING BAMBERG...CLARENDON AND ORANGEBURG COUNTIES... AT 200 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR SUMMERTON...THEN SOUTHWARD TO SOUTH OF BRANCHVILLE. THIS LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. MOTHBALL SIZE 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. 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.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 340 PM EDT SUN JUN 1 2008 SCZ016-012030- CHESTERFIELD- 340 PM EDT SUN JUN 1 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING CHESTERFIELD COUNTY... AT 336 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR PAGELAND...OR 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MONROE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 24 MPH. MOTHBALL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH MAY BE ENCOUNTERED WITH THIS STORM. INTENSE LIGHTNING IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. 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.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 430 PM EDT SUN JUN 1 2008 SCZ031-012130- SUMTER- 430 PM EDT SUN JUN 1 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING EASTERN SUMTER COUNTY... AT 430 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN EASTERN SUMTER COUNTY. THIS WILL AFFECT THE INTERSTATE 95 AREA OF EASTERN SUMTER COUNTY UNTIL AROUND 515 PM. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY CONTAIN WIND GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH... FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS...PLUS SMALL HAIL.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 555 PM EDT SUN JUN 1 2008 SCZ036-012300- ORANGEBURG- 555 PM EDT SUN JUN 1 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING ORANGEBURG COUNTY... AT 550 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN WESTERN ORANGEBURG COUNTY MOVING TOWARD THE AREA EXTENDING FROM THE COMMUNITY OF NORTH TO LIVINGSTON. THESE STORMS WILL BE AFFECTING THE REGION UNTIL AROUND 700 PM. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY CONTAIN WIND GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH... FREQUENT LIGHTNING...HEAVY DOWNPOURS...AND SMALL HAIL.
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 78 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:11 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Orangeburg Time-Democrat reported roof damage to a home, large limbs down and trees down in the Bowman area.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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