An isolated severe thunderstorm developed over Burke county.
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An isolated severe thunderstorm developed over 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 Jun 11, 3:10 PM EST, 43 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 410 PM EDT THU JUN 11 2009 .SYNOPSIS... A COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY APPROACH FROM THE NORTHWEST TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. THIS WILL BRING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA. THE FRONT WILL STALL OUT OVER THE REGION SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THIS WILL CONTINUE THE CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM FRIDAY MORNING/... AIRMASS HAS BECOME EVEN MORE UNSTABLE AND SPC AND SURROUNDING OFFICES WENT WITH SVR TSTM WATCH UNTIL 8 PM. ACTIVITY CONTINUES TO DEVELOP. WILL ISSUE UPDATED ZONES SHORTLY WITH HEADLINES. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION: SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE SOUTH CAROLINA MIDLANDS. SPC HAS AREA OUTLOOKED ALTHOUGH PRESENTLY NO WATCH IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA. SVR TSTM WATCH DOES COVER PARTS OF GSP CWA. POSSIBILITY OF SVR WX CONTINUES IN CAE CWA. PRETTY GOOD THETA-E RIDGE FROM AFTERNOON SURFACE HEATING AND LAPS CAPES 2500-3500 J/KG. WILL HAVE 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF ACTIVITY THROUGH 06Z. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/... A CONTINUATION OF WARM UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE IN AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS OF FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. NAM AFTERNOON LIS -6/-8 WITH PWS 1.80 INCH...CAPES 2000-3000 J/KG AND TOTALS UP NEAR 50. WITH HAVE CHANCE AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND SLIGHT CHANCE LATE AT NIGHT AND DURING THE MORNING. && .LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... MODELS VARY A BIT. GFS BRINGS UPPER RIDGE EAST TO AREA BY WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. ECMWF HOLDS UPPER RIDGE TO WEST. DUE TO UNCERTAINTY...DECIDED TO KEEP AT LEAST A SLIGHT CHANCE OF MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. NOT MUCH CHANGE IN TEMPERATURES WITH HIGHS MOSTLY LOWER 90S AND LOWS UPPER 60S. && .AVIATION /20Z THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... GENERALLY ZONAL PATTERN CONTINUES ACROSS THE CAROLINAS AND GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON. EMBEDDED SHORT WAVE WEATHER DISTURBANCES CONTINUE TO ADVANCE IN THE ZONAL FLOW ACROSS THE REGION. THIS WILL ENHANCE THE CHANCE FOR MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. ACTIVITY WILL BE SCATTERED...THUS ONLY MENTIONED VICINITY THUNDER AT ALL TAF LOCATIONS. CEILINGS WILL REMAIN VFR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING EXCEPT IN THUNDERSTORMS. THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AS THE ATMOSPHERE IS VERY UNSTABLE. NAM GUIDANCE PREFERRED IN THIS SITUATION...GFS TOO DRY. MODEL GUIDANCE HAS NOT HANDLED THE FOG WELL...TOO OPTIMISTIC. THERE CONTINUES TO BE ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WITH THE CHANCE OF CLEARING SKIES SO ADDED MVFR VISIBILITY FOR FRIDAY MORNING WITH SOME LOCATIONS HAVING A CHANCE OF IFR VISIBILITY. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR IFR CEILINGS...BUT ONLY MENTIONED SCATTERED LOW LEVEL CLOUD COVER FOR NOW. EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH DAY. && .CAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SC...NONE. GA...NONE. && SYNOPSIS... NEAR TERM...07 SHORT TERM... LONG TERM... AVIATION...12
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 414 AM EDT THU JUN 11 2009 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-120815- LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD- MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON- RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON- BAMBERG- 414 AM EDT THU JUN 11 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A WARM UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION TODAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. AS A RESULT...SCATTERED STRONG STORMS MAY DEVELOP DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS. THE STRONGER STORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLE LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 343 PM EDT THU JUN 11 2009 SCZ020-026-112030- NEWBERRY-SALUDA- 343 PM EDT THU JUN 11 2009 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING NEWBERRY AND SALUDA COUNTIES... AT 342 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES NORTH OF SALUDA...OR 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEWBERRY...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. 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. LCV
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 450 PM EDT THU JUN 11 2009 SCZ027-028-037-112145- CALHOUN-LEXINGTON-RICHLAND- 450 PM EDT THU JUN 11 2009 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING CALHOUN...LEXINGTON AND RICHLAND COUNTIES... AT 450 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR PINE RIDGE...OR NEAR SPRINGDALE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES. 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. AWP
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 102 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:54 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Police dept. reported a few trees down on hwy 56.
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