Scattered thunderstorms produced some large hail and wind damage across the entire CWA. Trees and powerlines were down and quarter size hail was reported in some locations.
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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.
Scattered thunderstorms produced some large hail and wind damage across the entire CWA. Trees and powerlines were down and quarter size hail was reported in some locations.
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 Aug 5, 11:59 AM EST, 11 minutes earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 444 AM EDT WED AUG 5 2009 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-060845- LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD- MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON- RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON- BAMBERG- 444 AM EDT WED AUG 5 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A COLD FRONT AND AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL APPROACH THE AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST LATER TODAY. ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS WITH THE THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY 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 1232 PM EDT WED AUG 5 2009 GAZ040-SCZ018-051730- LINCOLN-MCCORMICK- 1232 PM EDT WED AUG 5 2009 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING LINCOLN AND MCCORMICK COUNTIES... AT 1228 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF TIGNALL...OR NEAR THE GILLS POINT AREA OF LAKE THURMOND...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT AT 10 MPH. WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THUNDERSTORMS POSE A VARIETY OF THREATS TO BOATERS ON LAKE THURMOND...ESPECIALLY LIGHTNING. YOUR BEST COURSE OF ACTION DURING A THUNDERSTORM IS TO SEEK SAFE HARBOR. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE OPEN LAKE WATERS...STAY BELOW DECK...AND IF POSSIBLE...AWAY FROM UNGROUNDED METAL OBJECTS. 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
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 71 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:10 UTC.
15 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Penny size hail reported along Lucknow Road near Stokes Road. Tree limbs also reported down along the highway.
Public reported 3/4 inch hail at residence.
Public reported nickel to quarter size hail.
Army Corp of Engineers reported several trees down at Mt. Carmel Corp Campground.
Post Office reported several trees down on hwy 81.
Several large limbs down across Holly Hill Country Club.
Savannah River Site reported a measured wind gust to 73 mph with numerous trees down on site.
DOT and public reported many trees down on hwy 215, at the Oak Hills Golf Course, and Koon Store road.
Winds blew over an 80 pound sign at the Country Gas Mart. Hail was also reported but the size was unknown.
BP gas station reported penny size hail.
DOT reported trees down in the Blythewood area around Fulmer road, McNutty road, and Oak Hills road.
MIC reported trees down and skirting blow off a mobile home on Calvary Church Road.
Public reported nickel size hail at Harrison road and Two Notch road.
Fire Dept. reported penny size hail.
Public reported 1 inch hail at Beltline and Trenholm road.
Media reported trees down on Trenholm road near Forest Acres. One tree fell on a vehicle and 3 people were injured.
Public reported large limbs down along hwy 21 north of Sandy Run.
DOT reported trees down on River Road.
DOT reported trees down on Sawmill road off of hwy 521.
Rabbits Quickstop reported large limbs down on Georgetown Road.
Public reported large limbs down at Bethel Hill Church with some siding torn off.
Public reported a tree down in a yard on Mill Pond Road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in South Carolina in 2009Every state in 2009This day in weather historyWarnings in South Carolina, August 2009
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 177450, 177447, 177452, 177455, 177451, 177449, 177448, 177465, 177441, 177445, 177507, 177461, 177442, 177443, 177444, 177446, 177453, 177457, 177456, 177458, 177459, 177460.