An isolated severe thunderstorm took down some trees in Lincoln County.
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An isolated severe thunderstorm took down some trees in Lincoln 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 Jul 11, 1:46 PM EST, 1 hour 26 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 246 PM EDT SUN JUL 11 2010 .SYNOPSIS... A STALLED WEAK COLD FRONT WILL PROVIDE A FOCUS FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE AREA. THE FRONT WILL LIFT NORTH ON MONDAY BUT A SERIES OF UPPER WAVES WILL BRING CONTINUED CHANCES OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MID WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY SHOWS UP WELL ON VISIBLE IMAGERY AS A LINE OF ENHANCED CUMULUS WITH THUNDERSTORMS BEGINNING TO FORM WITHIN THIS LINE. A SURFACE TROUGH IS POSITIONED NEAR THE SAVANNAH RIVER AND HAS BECOME A FOCUS FOR SCATTERED CONVECTION AS WELL. SPC JUST ISSUED A WATCH FOR THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA...MAINLY SOUTH OF A NEWBERRY TO COLUMBIA TO SUMTER LINE. MESOANALYSIS SHOWS PLENTY OF INSTABILITY WITH LI VALUES EXCEEDING -6C AND WITH BETTER SHEAR VALUES TODAY AROUND 30-40 KTS...THE POSSIBILITY OF BETTER ORGANIZED CONVECTION WITH ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS APPEARS LIKELY. 700MB ANALYSIS INDICATED A SIGNIFICANT DROP IN MOISTURE NORTH OF THE WATCH AREA...WHICH PROBABLY HELPED DELINEATE THE NORTHERN EDGE OF THE WATCH. WILL CARRY HIGHEST POPS...HIGH CHANCE...IN THE CSRA THROUGH LATE EVENING WITH LOWER CHANCE POPS INTO THE CENTRAL MIDLANDS AND SLIGHT CHANCE NORTHERN MIDLANDS WHERE MOISTURE IS NOT QUITE AS ABUNDANT. WILL MENTION POSSIBLE DAMAGING WIND THREAT IN ZONE FORECAST IN THE WATCH AREA...AS SOME DRIER AIR ALOFT COULD HELP ENHANCE DOWNDRAFTS...SUPPORTED BY CONTINUALLY INCREASING VALUES OF DCAPE ON SPC MESOANALYSIS PAGE. EXPECT ANOTHER MILD NIGHT WITH LOWS ONLY DROPPING INTO THE MID 70S. && .SHORT TERM /MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/... A SERIES OF SHORTWAVES WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS INTO THE MID ATLANTIC COAST DURING THE PERIOD AS A WEAKLY AMPLIFIED TROUGH TRANSLATES EASTWARD ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 500MB HEIGHTS OVER THE FORECAST AREA BACK TO A MORE SOUTHWESTERLY DIRECTION MONDAY AND TUESDAY WHICH WILL ALLOW ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE TO INCREASE WITH AN INCREASE IN PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES OVER 2 INCHES. THE ABUNDANT MOISTURE COMBINED WITH THE SHORTWAVE ENERGY AND PEAK HEATING SHOULD LEAD TO AN INCREASED THUNDERSTORM THREAT. HAVE INCREASED POPS TO HIGH CHANCE ACROSS THE NORTHERN MIDLANDS FOR LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WHILE KEEPING CHANCE POPS ELSEWHERE. THINK CONVECTION WILL LINGER LONGER INTO THE EVENING HOURS WITH INCREASED MID LEVEL FLOW AND UPPER SUPPORT BOTH MONDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO RUN SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL IN THE MID 90S FOR HIGHS AND MID 70S FOR LOWS. && .LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... THE EXTENDED FORECAST FEATURES A TYPICAL SUMMER-LIKE PATTERN FOR THE FORECAST AREA WITH A MEAN ZONAL FLOW ACROSS THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTRY AND A STRONG UPPER RIDGE CENTERED OVER THE DESERT SOUTHWEST...EXTENDING INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. ANOTHER AREA OF UPPER RIDGING WILL BE POSITIONED JUST OFF THE SOUTHEAST COAST WITH A WEAKNESS IN BETWEEN THE TWO UPPER RIDGES OVER THE SOUTHEAST STATES INTO THE MID ATLANTIC EARLY IN THE PERIOD. BY SUNDAY...THE UPPER RIDGING OVER THE DESERT SOUTHWEST BECOMES DOMINANT AND AMPLIFIES...ALLOWING FOR SOME HEIGHT FALLS EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. THIS PATTERN WILL RESULT IN NEAR CLIMATOLOGICAL TEMPERATURES WITH HIGHS IN THE LOWER TO MID 90S AND OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE LOW TO MID 70S. EXPECT DIURNALLY DRIVEN SCATTERED TO WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...AND WILL CARRY LOW CHANCE POPS TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS. && .AVIATION /19Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY OVER REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING WILL DISSIPATE OVERNIGHT. MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS DURING THE PERIOD BUT WIDELY SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MAINLY TO THE SOUTH AND WEST OF CAE. BRIEF IFR-MVFR CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR IN CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY. PATCHY MORNING GROUND FOG MAY GIVE TEMPORARY MVFR VSBYS AT AGS AND OGB NEAR SUNRISE MONDAY BUT SOLAR HEATING WILL END RESTRICTIONS BY 12Z. EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED. && .CAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SC...NONE. GA...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...HC NEAR TERM...HC SHORT TERM...HC LONG TERM...HC AVIATION...TTH
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 337 PM EDT SUN JUL 11 2010 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ018-020-025>028-030-035>037-041-121945- LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY- EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON-RICHLAND-AIKEN-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG- CALHOUN-BAMBERG- 337 PM EDT SUN JUL 11 2010 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 452 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR TODAY AND TONIGHT. A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD POSSIBLY CONTAIN DAMAGING WIND 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. SCZ015-016-021-022-029-031-038-121945- LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-LEE-SUMTER-CLARENDON- 337 PM EDT SUN JUL 11 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR TODAY AND TONIGHT. A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD POSSIBLY CONTAIN DAMAGING WIND 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.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 136 PM EDT SUN JUL 11 2010 GAZ077-111830- BURKE- 136 PM EDT SUN JUL 11 2010 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING BURKE COUNTY... AT 130 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF WAYNESBORO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... WAYNESBORO BY 155 PM EDT. SMALL HAIL...AND 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 TOLL FREE AT 1 877 6 3 3...6 7 7 2. TTH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 229 PM EDT SUN JUL 11 2010 GAZ065-077-111930- BURKE-RICHMOND- 229 PM EDT SUN JUL 11 2010 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WERE AFFECTING BURKE AND RICHMOND COUNTIES... AT 221 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN BOTH BURKE AND RICHMOND COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 15 MILES AN HOUR AND MAY AFFECT THE FORT GORDON AREA AND THE CITY OF AUGUSTA WITHIN THE NEXT 20 TO 30 MINUTES. SMALL HAIL...AND 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 TOLL FREE AT 1 877 6 3 3...6 7 7 2. TTH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 329 PM EDT SUN JUL 11 2010 SCZ027-028-112030- LEXINGTON-RICHLAND- 329 PM EDT SUN JUL 11 2010 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE AFFECTING LEXINGTON AND RICHLAND COUNTIES... AT 322 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHERN RICHLAND COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH AND MAY MOVE OVER THE CITIES OF COLUMBIA AND WEST COLUMBIA WITHIN THE NEXT 20 TO 30 MINUTES. SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS. REPORT LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS OR FLOODING TO YOUR COUNTY SHERIFF...OR CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 877 6 3 3...6 7 7 2. TTH
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
410 PM EDT SUN JUL 11 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0357 PM HAIL 9 SW BISHOPVILLE 34.12N 80.35W
07/11/2010 E1.25 INCH LEE SC PUBLIC
OFF OF HWY 441 BETWEEN MANVILLE AND WOODROW RDS
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KILMERPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
411 PM EDT SUN JUL 11 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0357 PM HAIL 9 SW BISHOPVILLE 34.12N 80.35W
07/11/2010 E1.25 INCH LEE SC PUBLIC
OFF OF HWY 441 BETWEEN THE TOWNS OF MANVILLE AND WOODROW
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KILMERThe Greer radar (KGSP), 125 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:11 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Sheriff reported several trees down in Lincolnton from a microburst.
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