Scattered thunderstorms moved across the CSRA and Midlands producing wind damage and some large hail.
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The episode as NWS CAE wrote it up.
Scattered thunderstorms moved across the CSRA and Midlands producing wind damage and some large hail.
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 Jul 5, 6:43 PM EST, 1 hour earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 743 PM EDT SUN JUL 5 2009 .SYNOPSIS... COLD FRONT CURRENTLY OFF TO THE NORTH OF THE REGION WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY DRIFT SOUTHWARD OVERNIGHT. THE FRONT WILL SAG SOUTHWARD INTO THE FORECAST AREA ON MONDAY...AND THEN STALL OUT MONDAY NIGHT. MUCH NEEDED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE EARLY THIS WEEK IN THE VICINITY OF THE FRONT. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH MONDAY/... SOUTHERLY WINDS CONTINUE TO BRING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE BACK INTO THE REGION. WEAK SURFACE TROUGH BEING INDICATED ACROSS SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND GEORGIA SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE THE MAIN FOCUS AREA FOR THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE EVENING. SURFACE ANALYSIS INDICATES BEST INSTABILITY OVER OUR AREA ACROSS SOUTHERN AND EASTERN COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON. THOSE AREAS HAVE ALSO EXPERIENCED MORE SUNSHINE FROM LATE IN THE MORNING THROUGH CURRENT TIME. STILL CAN NOT RULE OUT A FEW STRONG STORMS SOUTH AND EAST THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. BUFKIT SOUNDINGS INDICATING INVERTED V SIGNATURE...WHICH WOULD INDICATE MAIN THREAT FROM ACTIVITY SHOULD BE STRONG WINDS. && .SHORT TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/... SURFACE FRONT WILL BE OVER THE AREA MONDAY INTO MONDAY NIGHT BEFORE PUSHING SOUTH ON TUESDAY...AND THEN BEGINNING TO DISSIPATE. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE ENTIRE AREA MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...THEN DECREASE ACROSS THE NORTH FOR TUESDAY. DEPENDING ON CLOUD COVER AND STRENGTH OF COOL AIR ONCE THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH...COULD SEE TEMPS SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL BOTH MONDAY AND TUESDAY. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/... FRONT DISSIPATES SOUTH OF THE REGION BY WEDNESDAY. LONG TERM PATTERN FOR OUR AREA CONTINUES TO SHOW SOUTHEASTERN TROUGH OVER THE REGION...WITH MAIN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE REMAINING ACROSS THE WESTERN US. WEAK SYSTEMS MOVING THROUGH THE UPPER FLOW WILL INTERACT WITH POSSIBLE LEE TROUGH AND SEA BREEZE CONVECTION EACH DAY. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR ISOLATED AFTERNOON CONVECTION TO BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE ENTIRE PERIOD. TEMPS REMAIN CLOSE TO CLIMO FOR THE PERIOD. && .AVIATION /00Z MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... THE FIRST ROUND OF SHOWERS HAS PUSHED THROUGH THE AREA BUT ANOTHER BATCH OF RAIN IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT AGS/DNL/OGB DURING THE 00Z-03Z TIME FRAME...AND THE NORTHERN EDGE MAY CLIP CAE/CUB. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO MVFR DURING THIS RAIN AND CEILINGS MAY DROP TO MVFR AROUND 2000 FT...BUT IT SHOULD NOT LAST MORE THAN A COUPLE OF HOURS. OTHERWISE CLOUDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT AND WINDS SHOULD BE LIGHT AROUND 5 KNOTS OR LESS. A FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS APPROACHING FROM THE NORTH BUT WILL STRUGGLE TO PUSH THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA. AS THE FRONT APPROACHES THERE IS THE CHANCE FOR ADDITIONAL SHOWERS LATER TONIGHT AND SOME MVFR CEILINGS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AT THE TERMINALS DURING THE 10Z- 16Z TIME FRAME. SOME MVFR VISIBILITIES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. WITH THE FRONT IN THE VICINITY ON MONDAY THINK THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF SHOWERS AGAIN BUT TIMING AND LOCATION ARE UNKNOWN SO WILL LEAVE OUT AT THIS TIME BUT EXPECT THEM TO BE DURING THE 18Z-00Z TIME FRAME. EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK... MVFR CONDITIONS POSSIBLE MONDAY EVENING WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE...OTHERWISE NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO AVIATION EXPECTED TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. && .CAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SC...NONE. GA...NONE. && AVIATION...HC
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 408 AM EDT SUN JUL 5 2009 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-060815- LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD- MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON- RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON- BAMBERG- 408 AM EDT SUN JUL 5 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA FROM THE WEST LATER TODAY. A FEW STORMS MAY REACH SEVERE LIMITS ESPECIALLY DURING THE EVENING HOURS AND POSSIBLY CONTINUING INTO THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD. DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 554 PM EDT SUN JUL 5 2009 SCZ036>038-052245- CALHOUN-CLARENDON-ORANGEBURG- 554 PM EDT SUN JUL 5 2009 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING CALHOUN...CLARENDON AND ORANGEBURG COUNTIES... AT 554 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ELLOREE...OR 19 MILES EAST OF BROOKDALE... MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. WINDS 40 TO 50 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. AWP
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 833 PM EDT SUN JUL 5 2009 GAZ065-SCZ030-035-060130- AIKEN-BARNWELL-RICHMOND- 833 PM EDT SUN JUL 5 2009 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING AIKEN...BARNWELL AND RICHMOND COUNTIES... AT 832 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR AUGUSTA...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. WINDS 40 TO 50 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.
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 86 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:43 UTC.
5 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
SKYWARN spotter and Sheriff reported numerous trees and powerlines down in Bath, Langley, and Clearwater.
Sheriff reported many trees and powerlines down.
Sheriff reported large tree limbs down on US 78 near Reynolds road.
Sheriff reported trees down in Bamberg.
Public reported numerous trees down in and around New Ellenton.
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, July 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 169450, 169446, 169444, 169445, 169447.