Microbursts from isolated severe thunderstorms produced wind damage in the northern CSRA.
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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.
Microbursts from isolated severe thunderstorms produced wind damage in the northern CSRA.
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 29, 1:45 PM EST, 3 hours 11 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 245 PM EDT TUE JUN 29 2010 .SYNOPSIS... SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED. A FRONT WILL SLOWLY ENTER OUR REGION WEDNESDAY...INCREASING PRECIPITATION CHANCES. THE FRONT WILL SLOWLY MOVE THROUGH LATE THURSDAY...THEN DRIER AND COOLER AIR IS EXPECTED TO ENTER OUR REGION BEHIND THE FRONT FOR FRIDAY THROUGH THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... WARM UNSTABLE AIRMASS LINGERS OVER THE FORECAST AREA AGAIN TODAY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS ALREADY BEEN ISSUED MAINLY FOR THE NORTHERN COUNTIES UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING. A SURFACE TROUGH LINGERS OVER THE PIEDMONT OF THE CAROLINAS WITH A COLD FRONT APPROACHING THE TN VALLEY. DIURNAL HEATING WITH PLENTIFUL ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE EXPECTED TO RESULT IN SCATTERED MAINLY DIURNAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. MODERATE INSTABILITIES WILL LEAD TO A THREAT THAT A FEW OF THE STRONGER STORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS. WILL KEEP HIGH CHANCE/LIKELY POPS INTO THE EVENING...AND WILL KEEP A SMALL POP OVERNIGHT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA AS THE AIRMASS REMAINS SOMEWHAT UNSTABLE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS AND WITH THE COLD FRONT JUST NORTH OF THE AREA. && .SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/... MODELS SLOWLY BRING FRONTAL BOUNDARY INTO OUR REGION WEDNESDAY. WITH BOUNDARY IN VICINITY...AND COPIOUS ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE AVAILABLE (PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES OVER 2 INCHES)... WILL RAISE POPS TO LIKELY CATEGORY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. SLOWER MOVEMENT OF STORMS PLUS ABUNDANT MOISTURE COULD LEAD TO A LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND URBAN/LOCALIZED FLOODING THREAT FOR WEDNESDAY. MODELS SLOWLY SHIFT THE FRONT TOWARDS THE SOUTHERN FA LATE DAY THURSDAY...WITH SOME DRIER AIR ENTERING THE NORTHERN PART OF OUR FA. WILL HAVE CHANCE POPS AND TREND POPS FROM NORTH TO SOUTH...THOUGH THERE ARE INHERENT UNCERTAINTIES WITH EXACT TIMING AND POSITION OF FRONT. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE AREA THROUGH THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. FOR NOW WILL KEEP THE FORECAST AREA DRY THROUGH THE ENTIRE PERIOD. TEMPERATURES CLOSE TO NORMAL. && .AVIATION /18Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... AIR MASS MODERATELY UNSTABLE. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING...ESPECIALLY TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF KCAE/KAGS. COVERAGE SHOULD INCREASE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. VCTS/CB IN TAFS THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. IMPROVING CONDITIONS FORECAST BY MID TO LATE EVENING. BULK OF CONVECTION EXPECTED TO BE DIURNAL. EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...A COLD FRONT...NOW NORTH OF THE AREA...WILL SLOWLY MOVE SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE TAF SITES WEDNESDAY INTO EARLY THURSDAY. CONVECTION COULD PRODUCE PERIODS OF MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS. DRIER AIR COULD FILTER IN FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. && .CAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SC...NONE. GA...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 331 PM EDT TUE JUN 29 2010 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ018-025-026-030-035>038-041-301945- LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-MCCORMICK-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA- AIKEN-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON-BAMBERG- 331 PM EDT TUE JUN 29 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE SOME LOCAL GUSTY WINDS FROM DOWNBURSTS WHICH MAY BRING SOME TREES DOWN AND DO SOME DAMAGE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. SCZ015-016-020>022-027>029-031-301945- LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-LEXINGTON-RICHLAND- LEE-SUMTER- 331 PM EDT TUE JUN 29 2010 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 428 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR 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. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
423 PM EDT TUE JUN 29 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0402 PM TSTM WND DMG LANCASTER 34.75N 80.72W
06/29/2010 LANCASTER SC PUBLIC
MULTIPLE REPORTS OF LARGE LIMBS DOWN IN THE LANCASTER
AREA.
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NNNNPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
512 PM EDT TUE JUN 29 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0446 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 ENE DENTSVILLE 34.11N 80.86W
06/29/2010 RICHLAND SC PUBLIC
LARGE LIMBS DOWN NORTHEAST OF DENTSVILLE
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NNNNPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
522 PM EDT TUE JUN 29 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0500 PM HAIL 3 S LUGOFF 34.19N 80.69W
06/29/2010 E0.50 INCH KERSHAW SC EMERGENCY MNGR
REPORTED HALF INCH HAIL AT THE INTERSECTION OF HWY 601
AND INTERSTATE 20.
0500 PM TSTM WND GST 3 S LUGOFF 34.19N 80.69W
06/29/2010 E60 MPH KERSHAW SC EMERGENCY MNGR
ESTIMATED WINDS BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH AT THE INTERSECTION
OF HWY 601 AND INTERSTATE 20.
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VAUGHANPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
525 PM EDT TUE JUN 29 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0436 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 WNW CHAPIN 34.17N 81.36W
06/29/2010 LEXINGTON SC LAW ENFORCEMENT
COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORT POWERLINES DOWN ON CHAPIN
ROAD
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SMITHSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 541 PM EDT TUE JUN 29 2010 GAZ040-063-064-292230- COLUMBIA-LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE- 541 PM EDT TUE JUN 29 2010 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING COLUMBIA...LINCOLN AND MCDUFFIE COUNTIES... AT 540 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTH OF LINCOLNTON...OR 15 MILES NORTH OF THOMSON...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. PEA SIZE 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.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
549 PM EDT TUE JUN 29 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0522 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 ENE CHESTERFIELD 34.76N 80.00W
06/29/2010 CHESTERFIELD SC FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
CHERAW FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED NUMEROUS LARGE LIMBS
DOWN...TREES DOWN...POWER LINES DOWN AND A ROOF TORE OFF
A CHICKEN HOUSE IN THE BROCKS MILL COMMUNITY.
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VAUGHANThe Columbia radar (KCAE), 125 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:54 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Public reported trees down at the intersection of Hwy 220 and Hwy 601.
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