A few isolated strong to severe storms developed across the Central Savannah River Area.
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The episode as NWS CAE wrote it up.
A few isolated strong to severe storms developed across the Central Savannah River Area.
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 5, 1:32 PM EST, 4 hours 43 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 232 PM EDT SAT JUN 5 2010 .SYNOPSIS... UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER THE WESTERN GULF COAST WILL SLOWLY WEAKEN AND THEN EJECT TO THE NORTHEAST DURING THE DAY SUNDAY. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE REGION LATE SUNDAY WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FOR THE FIRST PART OF THE WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... AT PRESENT CONVECTION FORMING ALONG A MOISTURE AXIS THAT EXTENDS THROUGH THE MIDLANDS...AND JUST EAST OF THE CSRA. SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE NORTHEASTWARD FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING. SMALL CHANCE POPS STILL LOOK REASONABLE. ANOTHER BATCH OF SHOWERS ACROSS SOUTHERN GEORGIA COULD AFFECT THE FORECAST AREA BEFORE SUNSET. WILL GO WITH SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FOR THIS EVENING. && .SHORT TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/... SITUATION IS SLOW TO CHANGE THROUGH THE DAY SUNDAY AS THE UPPER LOW/TROUGH FROM THE GULF COAST FINALLY EJECTS TO THE NORTHEAST DURING THE DAY SUNDAY. SUNDAY NIGHT A WEAK COLD FRONT CROSSES THE REGION ALONG WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. PRECIPITATION CHANCES AGAIN APPEAR LIMITED AS SURFACE AND LOW LEVEL WINDS WILL BE PRIMARILY WEST...ALLOWING FOR A BIT OF DOWNSLOPING AND DRYING. SREF PLUME DIAGRAMS SUGGEST PRECIPITATION WITH FROPA...HOWEVER FEEL QPF AMOUNTS WILL BE VERY LIGHT DUE TO WESTERLY FLOW LIMITING MOISTURE ADVECTION. MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION ALONG WITH SLIGHTLY COOLER AND DRIER AIR. HIGH TEMPERATURES MONDAY EXPECTED IN THE UPPER 80S/AROUND 90 WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS BY MONDAY NIGHT IN THE LOW TO MID 60S. MODEL GUIDANCE HINTING AT SFC WINDS APPROACHING LAKE WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT BUT WILL NOT ISSUE A LWA AT THIS TIME. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... MODELS REMAIN IN GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH THE LONG TERM WITH SOME TIMING AND INTENSITY DIFFERENCES FOR THE WEEKEND. REGION WILL COME UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF A BUILDING UPPER LEVEL RIDGE FOR THE LATTER HALF OF THE WEEK AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OFFSHORE. THIS WILL RETURN THE AREA TO CHANCES OF MAINLY DIURNAL THUNDERSTORMS FOR WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. TEMPERATURES WARMING AS THE UPPER RIDGE BUILDS WITH LOWER TO MIDDLE 90S EXPECTED WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. && .AVIATION /18Z SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN MOISTURE AXIS THAT EXTENDS THROUGH THE MIDLANDS...GENERALLY FROM KOGB TO KCAE THEN INTO THE WESTERN UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTHERN GEORGIA. AS THIS LINE OF BROKEN SHOWERS MOVES THROUGH...CAE/CUB/OGB COULD HAVE A SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM AFFECT THEIR SITES. HAVE THUS INCLUDED VCTS AND A TEMPO GROUP FOR TSRA THROUGH 19Z AS THE LINE CONTINUES TO DEVELOP AND MOVE THROUGH. OTHERWISE...MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED...WITH CLOUD HEIGHTS OF 4.5 KFT. ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS OR STORMS COULD AFFECT THE REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON. MODELS SHOWING CONVECTION CURRENTLY ACROSS SOUTHERN GEORGIA MOVING NORTHEASTWARD...AND AFFECTING CSRA AND MIDLANDS BY 00Z. DUE TO POTENTIAL FOR SCATTERED AFTERNOON SHOWERS THROUGH THE REGION...AND DUE TO THE MODELS INDICATING POTENTIAL LATE THIS EVENING...WILL CONTINUE WITH MENTION OF CB AT ALL SITES THROUGH 03Z. CONVECTION SHOULD BE DIMINISHING AFTER 03Z. OVERNIGHT...VFR FORECAST AT THIS TIME...ALTHOUGH THERE COULD STILL BE PATCHY FOG DURING THE MORNING HOURS. EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...A PERIOD OF WIDESPREAD MVFR OR IFR CONDITIONS IN THUNDERSTORMS MAY OCCUR SUNDAY EVENING ASSOCIATED WITH A COLD FRONT. DRY WEATHER FOR THE BEGINNING OF THE WEEK...THEN MORE RAIN ACTIVITY BY THE END OF THE WEEK. && .CAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SC...NONE. GA...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 432 AM EDT SAT JUN 5 2010 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- 432 AM EDT SAT JUN 5 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. 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 420 PM EDT SAT JUN 5 2010 SCZ020-021-026>028-052115- FAIRFIELD-LEXINGTON-NEWBERRY-RICHLAND-SALUDA- 420 PM EDT SAT JUN 5 2010 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING FAIRFIELD...LEXINGTON... NEWBERRY...RICHLAND AND SALUDA COUNTIES... AT 420 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR PROSPERITY...OR 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NEWBERRY...MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THUNDERSTORMS POSE A VARIETY OF THREATS TO BOATERS ON LAKE MURRAY. 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 TOLL FREE AT 1 877 6 3 3...6 7 7 2. LCV
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 421 PM EDT SAT JUN 5 2010 SCZ029-031-036-038-052115- CLARENDON-LEE-ORANGEBURG-SUMTER- 421 PM EDT SAT JUN 5 2010 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE AFFECTING CLARENDON...LEE...ORANGEBURG AND SUMTER COUNTIES... AT 420 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM OAKLAND TO EADYTOWN...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF SUMTER TO 18 MILES WEST OF SAINT STEPHEN...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. 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. LM
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 615 PM EDT SAT JUN 5 2010 SCZ029-031-052300- LEE-SUMTER- 615 PM EDT SAT JUN 5 2010 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING LEE AND SUMTER COUNTIES... AT 615 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR OAKLAND...JUST WEST OF SUMTER...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. WINDS AROUND 40 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. LCV
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 100 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:15 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Public reported a few large limbs down in the vicinity of Kelly Plantation Road. Pea size hail was also observed.
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