Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 18, 2011

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 18, 2011
Start: 2011-06-18T18:20
End: 2011-06-18T20:00
Location: Georgia

June 18, 2011 · NWS CAE · 3 events in 3 counties and zones

Clusters of severe thunderstorms produced some wind damage, mostly trees, and some large hail in the CSRA.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $6,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 3

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.

What happened

The episode as NWS CAE wrote it up.

Clusters of severe thunderstorms produced some wind damage, mostly trees, and some large hail in the CSRA.

What forecasters said that day

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 18, 3:04 PM EST, 3 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 3:04 PM EST, 3 hours 16 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
404 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011

.SYNOPSIS...
WEAK SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS OVER THE AREA...BUT AN UPPER
DISTURBANCE WILL HELP TRIGGER AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. CHANCES OF RAIN DECREASE THROUGH THE WEEKEND
INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK AS AN UPPER RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE SOUTHEAST
AND WELL ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES RETURN BY MONDAY.

&&

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM SUNDAY MORNING/...
THE ATMOSPHERE SHOULD BECOME MODERATELY UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON
WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES ABOVE 1.75 INCHES COMPARED TO
AROUND AN INCH THIS TIME YESTERDAY. SPC HAS OUTLOOKED THE ENTIRE
CWA IN A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER...MAINLY DURING THE
EVENING AND POSSIBLY INTO THE OVERNIGHT AS REMNANTS OF OHIO
VALLEY CONVECTION MOVES SOUTHWARD TOWARDS THE AREA. MORE
IMPRESSIVE AREA OF CONVECTION OVER MIDDLE TENNESSEE WILL MOVE ESE
OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS SO WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR. WILL
CONTINUE LOW CHANCE POPS LATE AFTERNOON/EVENING AND INCREASE
EXCEPT NEAR LIKELY POPS NORTHERN COUNTIES INTO THE EVENING HOURS.

LOWS WILL BE IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S.

&&

.SHORT TERM /6 AM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY/...
THE UPPER RIDGE BEGINS TO BUILD BACK OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES
ON SUNDAY AS WEAK HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS IN PLACE AT THE SURFACE.
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO WARM BACK UP INTO THE UPPER 90S BY
SUNDAY AND SOME 100 DEGREE READINGS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON MONDAY AS
THE RIDGE BECOMES MORE ESTABLISHED OVER THE REGION. UPPER RIDGE
CONTINUES TO BUILD BACK OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES EARLY NEXT
WEEK WITH GFS SHOWING SOME SHORT WAVE ACTIVITY APPROACHING THE
AREA IN NW FLOW ALOFT ON MONDAY. AS A RESULT...LOW CHANCE POPS
LOOK REASONABLE. BY TUESDAY THE UPPER RIDGE BUILDS NORTHWARD SO
CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY SHOULD BE MORE SUPPRESSED. MAX TEMPS WILL RISE
TO AROUND 100 DEGREES MONDAY AND TUESDAY. OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE
LOW TO MID 70S.

&&

.LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/...
OVERALL NOT MUCH CHANGE THROUGH THURSDAY. GFS INDICATING THAT UPPER
TROUGH APPROACHING FROM THE UPPER MIDWEST WILL HELP TO BREAK DOWN
THE UPPER RIDGE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. TROPICAL MOISTURE MAY BEGIN TO
STREAM INTO THE AREA FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO BY LATE WEEK AS WELL.
MAINLY LOW CHANCE POPS POPS THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD. MAX TEMPS
AROUND 100 DEGREES WEDNESDAY WILL SLOWLY FALL INTO THE LOWER 90S BY
SATURDAY. OVERNIGHT LOWS REMAIN IN THE LOW TO MID 70S.

&&

.AVIATION /20Z SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF NORTHERN
MIDLANDS THROUGH 00Z SUNDAY...BUT MORE IMPRESSIVE AREA OF STORMS
OVER MIDDLE TN WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA LATER THIS EVENING AND
COULD AFFECT THE AREA INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS INTO EARLY
SUNDAY MORNING. WILL MENTION CB AT ALL TAF SITES INTO THE EARLY
MORNING HOURS. SOME LOW CONFIDENCE IN TIMING OF CONVECTIVE
ACTIVITY AT THIS TIME. SOME CB POSSIBLE AFTER 18Z SUNDAY WITH SOME
AFTERNOON CONVECTION POSSIBLE.

EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...SCATTERED MAINLY DIURNAL THUNDERSTORMS
SUNDAY AND MONDAY.

&&

.CAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SC...NONE.
GA...NONE.
&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 18, 3:10 PM EST, 3 hours 10 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
410 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011

GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-192015-
LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD-
MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON-
RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON-
BAMBERG-
410 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 503 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

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.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THROUGH THE EVENING.
SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS
BEING THE MAIN THREAT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

VERY WARM AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 90S TO AROUND 100
DEGREES COULD COMBINE WITH MODERATE HUMIDITY AND RESULT IN HEAT
INDICES OVER 100 DEGREES...SUNDAY THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 18, 5:18 PM EST, 1 hour 2 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
618 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011

GAZ040-SCZ018-182245-
LINCOLN-MCCORMICK-
618 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF LINCOLN AND
MCCORMICK COUNTIES THROUGH 645 PM EDT...

AT 612 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM...6 MILES NORTHWEST OF LINCOLNTON...MOVING EAST
AT 25 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
MCCORMICK AND LINCOLNTON...

PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS...
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...
DIME SIZE HAIL...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THUNDERSTORMS POSE A VARIETY OF THREATS TO BOATERS ON LAKE THURMOND.
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...8 7
7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2.

&&

LAT...LON 3394 8216 3371 8220 3374 8256 3377 8258
      3382 8260 3387 8258 3387 8261 3392 8263
      3393 8263
TIME...MOT...LOC 2216Z 273DEG 21KT 3384 8253

Local storm report, Jun 18, 5:20 PM EST, 1 hour before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
620 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0521 PM     TSTM WND DMG     6 N CHAPPELLS           34.27N 81.85W
06/18/2011                   NEWBERRY           SC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SC HWY PATROL REPORTS TREE IN ROADWAY NEAR SC HWY 56 AND
            BREHMER ROAD.

&&

SMITH

Local storm report, Jun 18, 5:40 PM EST, 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
640 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0620 PM     TSTM WND DMG     8 S PROSPERITY          34.09N 81.53W
06/18/2011                   NEWBERRY           SC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SC HWY PATROL REPORTS TREE IN ROAD NEAR INTERSECTION OF
            SEAGULL LANE AND OSPREY POINT AT LAKE MURRAY

&&

SMITH

Local storm report, Jun 18, 5:58 PM EST, 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
658 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0624 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 SE IRMO               34.06N 81.13W
06/18/2011                   LEXINGTON          SC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN NEAR MORNINGSIDE DRIVE AND BEATTY RD IN WEST
            COLUMBIA.

0626 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 ESE CHAPIN            34.14N 81.30W
06/18/2011                   RICHLAND           SC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN NEAR US HIGHWAY 76 AND HILLER RD.

&&

CL

Local storm report, Jun 18, 5:59 PM EST, 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
659 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0625 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CHERAW                  34.70N 79.90W
06/18/2011                   CHESTERFIELD       SC   EMERGENCY MNGR

            EM REPORTED TREES DOWN IN CHERAW ON LANEY AND OLD CASH
            ROADS.

&&

SMITH

Local storm report, Jun 18, 6:05 PM EST, 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
705 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0558 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 ENE CHESTERFIELD      34.76N 80.00W
06/18/2011                   CHESTERFIELD       SC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SHERRIFF OFFICE REPORTS TREES DOWN ON BROCKS MILL ROAD.
            TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.

&&

SMITH

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 116 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:20 UTC.

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Event by event

2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Lincoln

When: June 18, 6:20 PM EST to 6:22 PM EST
Where: Lincoln County, 3.44 mi E of Kenna
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 33.850, -82.410

Campers at Elijah Clarke State Park reported quarter size hail.

Thunderstorm Wind, McDuffie

When: June 18, 7:52 PM EST to 7:56 PM EST
Where: McDuffie County, 0.72 mi E of Boneville
Measured: 55 kt (63 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $3,000
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 33.429, -82.438

Public reported trees down on Hwy 78 southeast of Thomson.

Thunderstorm Wind, Burke

When: June 18, 8:00 PM EST
Where: Burke County, Waynesboro
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $3,000
Reported by: Law Enforcement
Coordinates: 33.080, -82.020

Sheriff reported a few trees down across count roadways.

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Georgia in 2011 Every state in 2011 This day in weather history Warnings in Georgia, June 2011

Sources

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: 301204, 301224, 301205.