A few strong storms moved across the CSRA ahead of an approaching cold front.
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The episode as NWS CAE wrote it up.
A few strong storms moved across the CSRA ahead of an approaching cold front.
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 12, 1:13 PM EST, 3 hours 8 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 213 PM EDT FRI JUN 12 2009 .SYNOPSIS... A COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY MOVE TOWARDS THE REGION OVERNIGHT BEFORE STALLING OUT OVER THE AREA DURING THE WEEKEND. HIGH PRESSURE IS STILL FORECAST TO BUILD IN FROM THE NORTH EARLY. THIS WILL PUSH THE FRONT FARTHER SOUTH. SCATTERED SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE EACH AFTERNOON. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... LEE SIDE TROUGH TRYING TO GET BETTER DEVELOPED THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF A SLOWLY APPROACHING COLD FRONT. WATER VAPOR LOOPS INDICATE ONE S/W MOVING EAST OF THE STATE AT THIS TIME...WITH ANOTHER ONE MOVING THROUGH NORTH-CENTRAL ALABAMA. VISIBLE SATELLITE SHOWING SOME TOWERING CU FIELDS DEVELOPING. LAPS SHOWING WEAK MID LEVEL INVERSION EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...BUT THIS SHOULD BECOME A NON FACTOR IN LATE AFTERNOON SHOWER/STORM DEVELOPMENT. SURFACE LI VALUES RUNNING -6 MOST AREAS. REGIONAL RADARS DO SHOW SOME CONVECTION FORMING IN THE UPSTATE...AND WOULD EXPECT TO SEE SOME ADDITIONAL SCATTERED STORM DEVELOPMENT OVER OUR AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS AS ALABAMA S/W MOVES EASTWARD. SPC DOES HAVE REGION IN SLIGHT RISK TODAY AND TONIGHT. SHOULD SEE ANY CONVECTION SETTLE DOWN BY MIDNIGHT. ONE FLY IN THE OVERNIGHT OINTMENT MENTIONED BY SPC COULD BE LATE NIGHT MCS FROM ANY UPSTREAM CONVECTION MOVING IN VERY LATE TONIGHT. FOR NOW GOING WITH DRY AFTER MIDNIGHT...AND LATER SHIFTS CAN RE- EVALUATE IF MCS DOES DEVELOP UPSTREAM. && .SHORT TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... SURFACE FRONT EXPECTED TO STALL OUT OVER THE REGION THROUGH THE WEEKEND. MODELS CONTINUE TO HAVE WEAK UPPER LEVEL TROUGHING...WITH A FEW S/W MOVING THROUGH THE FLOW. MAIN UPPER RIDGE NOW BEING FORECAST TO REMAIN JUST OFF TO THE WEST OF THE AREA INTO NEXT WEEK. SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING CONVECTION WILL REMAIN ALONG THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY INTO MONDAY. TEMPS IN THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S FOR HIGHS...WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS AROUND 70. && .LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/... GFS...ECMWF...AND NAM ALL KEEP UPPER RIDGE OFF TO THE WEST EARLY IN THE WEEK. RIDGE THEN TRIES TO PUSH IN EASTWARD OVER THE AREA BY MID-WEEK. EVEN SO...CENTER OF THE UPPER RIDGE STILL REMAINS WEST. WILL CONTINUE WITH SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING CONVECTION THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. LITTLE CHANGE MADE TO THE TEMPS...WITH HIGHS REMAINING IN THE LOWER 90S AND LOWS UPPER 60S. && .AVIATION /18Z FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... SATELLITE SHOWS DEVELOPING CU ALONG WITH SOME SHRA/TSRA...ESPECIALLY ACRS THE UPSTATE/NRN GA. WITH WARM UNSTABLE AIRMASS IN PLACE AND APPROACHING COLD FRONT...EXPECT ANOTHER ROUND OF MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. SPC HAS AREA OUTLOOKED FOR A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE. EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS FOR MOST OF THE FORECAST PERIOD AT MOST TAF SITES...BUT MAY NEED TO INCLUDE MORE THAN CB AS ACTIVITY CONTINUES TO DEVELOP THROUGH THE DAY. OVERNIGHT...LOW LEVEL MOISTURE APPEARS TO BE LESS THAN PREVIOUS NIGHTS AS COLD FRONT SAGS THROUGH/SOUTH OF THE AREA. WINDS OVERNIGHT WILL ALSO BE CALM/VERY LIGHT. WILL MENTION SOME LIGHT FOG...MVFR CONDITIONS AT BOTH AGS/OGB AS THESE AREAS TEND TO BE MORE FOG PRONE. THERE COULD BE SOME ISOLATED LOCATIONS OF FOG DUE TO RAINFALL THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING. ON SAT...COLD FRONT NEAR THE AREA AND EXPECT SOME CU TO DEVELOP WITH DAYTIME HEATING...BUT VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH 18Z. EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH DAY. && .CAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SC...NONE. GA...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 507 AM EDT FRI JUN 12 2009 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-130915- LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD- MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON- RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON- BAMBERG- 507 AM EDT FRI JUN 12 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 AREA TODAY AS A WEAK COLD FRONT SLOWLY APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST LATE TODAY INTO TONIGHT. SCATTTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH A FEW STORMS POSSIBLY REACHING SEVERE LIMITS. DAMAGING WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY 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 311 PM EDT FRI JUN 12 2009 SCZ028-037-122015- CALHOUN-RICHLAND- 311 PM EDT FRI JUN 12 2009 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING CALHOUN AND RICHLAND COUNTIES... AT 309 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 TO 15 MILES WEST OF EASTOVER...MOVING EAST AND SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 30 TO 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
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
429 PM EDT FRI JUN 12 2009
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..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0346 PM TSTM WND DMG 6 SSE CHAPPELLS 34.11N 81.83W
06/12/2009 SALUDA SC DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
TREES DOWN ON HWY 39...5 MILES SOUTH OF CHAPPELLS.
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DSThe Columbia radar (KCAE), 98 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:20 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
WAGT Meteorologist Jeff Rucker reported damage to several shed and trees down in the vicinity of Laney Walker Rd. and E. Boundary St. on railroad property.
County paper reported many trees and powerlines down. Trees were down on Old Evans and Old Petersburg roads, one fell on a home. Cable and powerlines were down on Dent, Mears, and Padrick Streets.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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