An isolated severe thunderstorm produced large hail in western Burke county.
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The episode as NWS CAE wrote it up.
An isolated severe thunderstorm produced large hail in western Burke 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 Oct 25, 6:09 AM EST, 4 hours 36 minutes earlier.
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</html>SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 917 AM EDT MON OCT 25 2010 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ018-025-026-030-035-251430- AIKEN-BARNWELL-BURKE-COLUMBIA-EDGEFIELD-LINCOLN-MCCORMICK-MCDUFFIE- RICHMOND-SALUDA- 917 AM EDT MON OCT 25 2010 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA... AT 915 AM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA FROM THE WEST. THE STORMS SHOULD REACH MUCH OF THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA BETWEEN 1000 AM AND NOON. THE LAKE THURMOND AREA WILL LIKELY BE AFFECTED AROUND 1000 AM...AND THE AUGUSTA AREA BETWEEN 1100 AM AND NOON. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY CONTAIN FREQUENT LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS COULD POSSIBLY OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 1012 AM EDT MON OCT 25 2010 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ018-025-030-035-251545- AIKEN-BARNWELL-BURKE-COLUMBIA-EDGEFIELD-LINCOLN-MCCORMICK-MCDUFFIE- RICHMOND- 1012 AM EDT MON OCT 25 2010 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO PARTS OF THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA... AT 1000 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA FROM THE WEST. THE STORMS SHOULD REACH MUCH OF THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA BEFORE 100 PM. THE LAKE THURMOND AREA WILL LIKELY BE AFFECTED BY 1100 AM...AND THE AUGUSTA BEGINNING AROUND NOON. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY CONTAIN FREQUENT LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS COULD POSSIBLY OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 1047 AM EDT MON OCT 25 2010 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ018-025-030-035-251600- AIKEN-BARNWELL-BURKE-COLUMBIA-EDGEFIELD-LINCOLN-MCCORMICK-MCDUFFIE- RICHMOND- 1047 AM EDT MON OCT 25 2010 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA... AT 1040 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM THE LAKE THURMOND AREA SOUTHWESTWARD THROUGH SPARTA. MOVEMENT WAS EASTWARD AND THESE STORMS WILL OVERSPREAD ALL OF THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA. THE STORMS WILL LIKELY REACH THE THOMSON AREAS AROUND 1130 AM... AND THE AUGUSTA AND WAYNESBORO AREAS AROUND NOON. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY CONTAIN FREQUENT LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS COULD POSSIBLY OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 94 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:43 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Augusta Chronicle reported large limbs down in the downtown area.
Burke fire station number 6 in Gough reported quarter size hail in the Gough and St. Clair area.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Georgia in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, October 2010
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: 266435, 258303.