Scattered severe thunderstorms produced some wind damage around the county warning area. Heavy rains if Fairfield county also sent some streams over their banks causing minor flooding of low lying areas.
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The episode as NWS CAE wrote it up.
Scattered severe thunderstorms produced some wind damage around the county warning area. Heavy rains if Fairfield county also sent some streams over their banks causing minor flooding of low lying areas.
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 Aug 6, 12:15 PM EST, 1 hour 31 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
115 PM EDT FRI AUG 6 2010
.SYNOPSIS...
AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA TONIGHT AND STALL
THROUGH SUNDAY. HIGH PRESSURE AND HOT TEMPERATURES WILL RETURN
MONDAY.
&&
.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/...
VERY UNSTABLE OVER THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND SPC IS LEANING
TOWARD A WATCH. EXPECT VERY HEAVY LOCAL RAINS WITH PW VALUES AROUND
2.2 OFF SPC MESOANALYSIS PAGE. BUFKIT ALSO FAVORS STRONG WET
MICROBURSTS WITH COLLAPSING STORMS SO EXPECT WIND DAMAGE AS WELL.
AFTERNOON TEMPS IN THE MID 90S WITH HEAT INDICIES IN THE 102 TO
108 RANGE.
&&
.SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY/...
SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL AROUND 10PM.
TEMPS LOWERING INTO THE LOWER 80S IN PRECIP WITH VERY HUMID
CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT. UPPER LEVEL TROUGH LINGERS OVER THE EASTERN
THIRD OF THE NATION. SO...CHANCE OF SHOWERS/TSTMS CONTINUE IN A
MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS. CLOUDS AND PRECIP SHOULD KEEP DAYTIME
HIGHS IN THE LOW/MID 90S WITH LOWS IN THE MID 70S.
&&
.LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...
NOT MUCH CHANGE TO EXTENDED MODELS. THE EAST COAST TROUGH WEAKENS
AND UPPER RIDGE TO THE WEST BEGINS TO BUILD TOWARD THE REGION
MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 90S MONDAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY. UPPER RIDGE WEAKENS A BIT THURSDAY AS SHORT WAVE IN THE
NORTHERN STREAM BEGINS TO MOVE EAST. BUT STILL HOT THURSDAY WITH
HIGHS IN THE UPPER 90S. DRIER IN THE EXTENDED PERIOD WITH FRONT
THAT MOVED SOUTH BUT WILL INCLUDE AT LEAST A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS IN MAINLY THE SOUTHERN
LOCATIONS CLOSER TO WHERE OLD FRONT WOULD HAVE DIED OUT. DRIER
NORTHERN PART OF CWA MONDAY AND TUESDAY AS HEAT BUILDS ONCE AGAIN.
WITH MORE MOISTURE OVER REGION WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY WILL GO
SLIGHT CHANCE AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACTIVITY EVERYWHERE. STILL
WARM AT NIGHTS WITH LOWS MAINLY IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 70S.
&&
.AVIATION /17Z FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
CONVECTIVE DEBRIS CLOUDS LINGERING OVER MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA
THIS MORNING. COLD FRONT NEAR THE OH VALLEY WILL SLOWLY MOVE TOWARDS
OUR AREA LATER TODAY. SCTD STRONG STORMS POSSIBLE DURING THE
AFTERNOON HOURS SO HAVE MENTIONED CB AT ALL TAF SITES FROM AROUND
18Z THIS AFTERNOON TO 03Z SATURDAY. MORE DEBRIS CLOUDS POSSIBLE
DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WITH PATCHY MVFR FOG AT AGS AND OGB
DURING THE PREDAWN HOURS SATURDAY MORNING.
EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED
SATURDAY.
&&
.CAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SC...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR SCZ030-035>037-
041.
GA...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR GAZ065-077.
&&
SYNOPSIS...02
NEAR TERM...02
SHORT TERM...02
LONG TERM...02
AVIATION...23<!doctype html>
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</html>The Columbia radar (KCAE), 59 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:46 UTC.
8 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Black River Electric reported trees and powerlines down from Rembert to Dalzell with many outages.
Sumter DOT reported a couple of trees down in Pinewood blocking South Hampton road.
Sheriff reported trees and powerlines down in Manning and signs down on Hwy 261. Some of the utility poles were broken off at the base.
Sheriff reported a couple of trees down in the Turbeville area.
Fairfield Electric reported power outages on Hwy 213 from trees down on powerlines.
Sheriff reported trees down near Lonestar and Creston at Hwy 33 and Hwy 6.
Sheriff reported a couple of trees down on Springfield road and Buffalo Pond road near Capital Hwy.
Sheriff reported a couple of trees down on Bamberg Hwy just southwest of Orangeburg.
Storm survey by spotters from the Branchville Fire Dept. found a weak EF0 tornado intermittently touched down taking tops out of a few trees near the intersections of Prospect and School House roads and near the intersection of Banburry and School House roads. Trees were also uprooted on School House road between Prospect and Banburry roads and a couple of other trees were down on Hwy 78 southeast of Branchville near the county line.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in South Carolina in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for South Carolina, 2010Warnings in South Carolina, August 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 238936, 238940, 238937, 238938, 238939, 238934, 238932, 238933, 238961.