A strong line of severe thunderstorms moved through the CSRA and produced a lot of wind damage, mainly trees being uprooted or snapped off and powerlines being taken down.
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The episode as NWS CAE wrote it up.
A strong line of severe thunderstorms moved through the CSRA and produced a lot of wind damage, mainly trees being uprooted or snapped off and powerlines being taken down.
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 15, 6:46 PM EST, 54 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 746 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2011 .SYNOPSIS... HIGH PRESSURE WILL RIDGE INTO THE REGION FROM THE NORTH TODAY. A STATIONARY FRONT SOUTH OF AREA WILL LIFT NORTH ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA THURSDAY AND STALL FOR THE WEEKEND. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM THURSDAY MORNING/... UPDATE...LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE UPSTATE AND NORTH GEORGIA...WITH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER...MOVING SE INTO OUR FA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...UPPER RIDGE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. DEWPOINTS IN THE MID TO UPPER 50S. MOISTURE SHOULD INCREASE DURING THE AFTERNOON BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THE PRECIPITATION WILL PROBABLY BE DELAYED UNTIL THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. WITH A FEW BOUNDARIES AND POSSIBLY A SEA BREEZE...CANNOT RULE OUT ISOLATED CONVECTION DOWN IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF THE FORECAST AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON. A FRONTAL BOUNDARY TO THE SOUTH IS FORECAST TO LIFT NORTHWARD ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT. MODELS ALSO INDICATING A SHORT WAVE CROSSING THE AREA. AIRMASS IS FORECAST TO BECOME MODERATELY UNSTABLE. SO WILL HAVE POPS INCREASING FROM 20 PERCENT EARLY TO AROUND 60 PERCENT AFTER MIDNIGHT. MOISTURE...INSTABILITY AND LIFT SHOULD BE PRESENT. A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/... COLD FRONT ENTERS REGION FROM THE WEST BY THE AFTERNOON. FAIRLY HIGH POPS 40-60 PERCENT THURSDAY MORNING DECREASE TO 20-30 PERCENT DURING THE AFTERNOON. AIRMASS UNSTABLE ENOUGH FOR THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF THE FRONT. AFTERNOON HIGHS IN THE LOWER 90S THURSDAY. CONVECTIVE TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 80S. A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE AND SPC HAS AREA IN SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS. 12 KM NAM 0-3 KM SHEAR STRONG AT 200-300 M2/S2 OVER THE AREA THURSDAY. SOME SHOWERS AND A FEW STORMS LINGER INTO THURSDAY EVENING BUT CONDITIONS DRY OUT NEAR MIDNIGHT. LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... MEDIUM RANGE MODELS INDICATE UPPER TROUGHS OVER THE EASTERN AND WESTERN PART OF THE COUNTRY WITH RIDGING THROUGH THE CENTRAL U.S. A STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY LOOKS TO LINGER THROUGH THE WEEKEND PROVIDING A CHANCE OF AFTERNOON/EVENING THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. AS THE RIDGE SHIFTS EASTWARD INTO NEXT WEEK EXPECT TEMPERATURES TO CONTINUE IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S. && .AVIATION /00Z THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... UPDATE...MAIN STORY IN THE NEAR TERM IS THE BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO OUR FA FROM THE UPSTATE EARLY TONIGHT. SOME OF THESE COULD BE SEVERE. SECONDARY BATCH OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY ACROSS TENN...MAY HOLD TOGETHER AND MOVE IN LATE TONIGHT. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY SHOULD MOVE NORTH EARLY TONIGHT WITH AN INFLUX OF MOISTURE TO THE REGION. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST LATE TONIGHT AND ENTER THE FORECAST AREA BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. INITIAL VFR CONDITIONS TONIGHT BUT AS MORE MOISTURE BECOMES AVAILABLE...MVFR CIGS 2-3 KT EXPECTED AND ALSO SOME VSBYS 4-5 MILES IN SHOWERS. BRIEF IFR CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR IN HEAVIER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...DIURNALLY CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY WITH DAYTIME HEATING AS IMPULSES MOVING ACROSS THE REGION IN THE NORTHWEST FLOW INTO NEXT TUESDAY WILL PRODUCE BRIEF PERIODS OF IFR/MVFR CONDITIONS IN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. && .CAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SC...NONE. GA...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 737 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2011 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-162345- LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD- MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON- RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON- BAMBERG- 737 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2011 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 481 IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...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...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION NEEDED THIS EVENING AND EARLY TONIGHT...AND MAY BE NEEDED THURSDAY.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
701 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0643 PM TSTM WND GST GREENEVILLE 36.17N 82.82W
06/15/2011 E0 MPH GREENE TN AMATEUR RADIO
WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH REPORTED NEAR AIRPORT AND JORDAN
ROAD.
0648 PM HAIL GREER 34.94N 82.23W
06/15/2011 E1.00 INCH GREENVILLE SC AMATEUR RADIO
1 INCH HAIL REPORTED NEAR GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG AIRPORT
ALONG WITH FLYING DEBRIS
&&
AWPPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
706 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0648 PM HAIL GREER 34.94N 82.23W
06/15/2011 E1.00 INCH GREENVILLE SC AMATEUR RADIO
QUARTER SIZED HAIL REPORTED NEAR DOPPLER DRIVE
0648 PM TSTM WND GST GREER 34.94N 82.23W
06/15/2011 M60 MPH GREENVILLE SC ASOS
WIND GUST TO 60 MPH REPORTED BY ASOS AT
GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG AIRPORT
&&
AWPPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
712 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0652 PM TSTM WND DMG GREER 34.94N 82.23W
06/15/2011 GREENVILLE SC AMATEUR RADIO
8 INCH LIMBS DOWN ON SC 357 NEAR STEWARTS ESTATE
&&
AWPPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
754 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0753 PM TSTM WND DMG WHITMIRE 34.50N 81.62W
06/15/2011 NEWBERRY SC FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
TREE LIMBS AND POWERLINES DOWN IN WHITMIRE
&&
KILMERPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
810 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0803 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 NW NEWBERRY 34.30N 81.64W
06/15/2011 NEWBERRY SC EMERGENCY MNGR
NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN AND TREES ON CARS
NEWBERRY TO WHITMIRE
&&
KILMERPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
835 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0823 PM TSTM WND DMG 10 W WINNSBORO 34.38N 81.27W
06/15/2011 FAIRFIELD SC EMERGENCY MNGR
MANY TREES DOWN WESTERN PART OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY.
0830 PM TSTM WND DMG SALUDA 34.00N 81.77W
06/15/2011 SALUDA SC EMERGENCY MNGR
MULTIPLE TREES DOWN REPORTED COUNTY WIDE.
&&
KILMERThe Greer radar (KGSP), 124 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:40 UTC.
8 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Sheriff reported trees and powerlines down from the north end of the county to in and around Lincolnton.
Public reported trees down in the Martinez and Evans areas and over towards Grovetown.
Sheriff reported trees down near Soap Creek Bridge and Indian Roan along Hwy 220.
Sheriff reported trees and powerlines down county wide.
Wind gust of 58 knots...or 67 mph...measured at Augusta Bush Field.
Sheriff reported trees and powerlines down around the Augusta area. About 24 soldiers at Ft. Gordon were injured from debris crashing into their tents and were taken to the Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center for treatment.
Sheriff reported trees down along Hwys 23 and 80 east of Waynesboro.
Sheriff reported trees down along the Thompson Bridge road area.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Georgia in 2011Every state in 2011This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, June 2011
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: 299910, 299911, 299912, 299913, 299917, 299914, 299915, 299916.