An isolated severe thunderstorms took down several trees south of Waynesboro.
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An isolated severe thunderstorms took down several trees south of Waynesboro.
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 2, 9:17 PM EST, 2 hours 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 1017 PM EDT THU JUN 2 2011 .SYNOPSIS... AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION...KEEPING ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE AREA. A WEAK COLD FRONT ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING WILL MOVE SLOWLY SOUTH THROUGH FRIDAY. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM FRIDAY MORNING/... AIRMASS BECAME VERY UNSTABLE OVER THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. LAPS BSCAPES WERE AROUND 4500 J/KG AND LAPS LIS -9/-10. LARGE DEVELOPING MCS COMPLEX MOVING SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST INTO FORECAST AREA. GSP HAD SEVERAL SVR WARNINGS TO THE NORTH AND CAE ISSUED SOME AS WELL. SEVERAL BOUNDARIES...OUTFLOWS FROM STORMS...A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY AND POSSIBLY A SEA BREEZE SERVED AS FOCUS MECHANISMS FOR STORM DEVELOPMENT DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. UPPED POPS TO 40-50 PERCENT IN SOME PARTS OF THE FORECAST AREA BUT ACTIVITY HAS DECREASED OVER PAST HOUR. SO 20-30 PERCENT CHANCE UNTIL 12AM-1AM SHOULD HOLD MOST LOCATIONS. WITH RAINFALL...DECIDED TO INCLUDE SOME PATCHY FOG AROUND SUNRISE FRIDAY. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/... FRONT WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY NEAR THE NORTHERN PART OF OUR FA FRIDAY...OR PERHAPS PUSH SOUTH A LITTLE. MODELS INDICATE UPPER HIGH CENTERED TO OUR WEST...WITH SIGNIFICANT SHORTWAVE ENERGY ROTATING SOUTH INTO OUR REGION FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. COMBINATION OF FRONT AND SEA BREEZE BOUNDARIES...SUFFICIENT ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE...DAYTIME HEATING...AND UPPER LIFT WILL LEAD TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. UPPER ENERGY WILL PUSH TO OUR SOUTH SATURDAY...AND UPPER HIGH WILL BUILD TO THE EAST SOME. ATMOSPHERE ALSO APPEARS WILL BE A LITTLE DRIER. SO POPS WILL BE REDUCED TO SLIGHT CHANCE SATURDAY. && .LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY...THE UPPER HIGH WILL RETREAT A LITTLE TO THE WEST WHILE UPPER ENERGY SHIFTS DOWN THE EAST COAST AND MID ATLANTIC...STAYING MAINLY TO OUR N/NE. ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE APPEARS TO GRADUALLY PICK BACK UP A TAD...THOUGH FORECAST SOUNDINGS STILL INDICATE FAIRLY HIGH CONVECTIVE TEMPS AND LFCS. THINK SLIGHT CHANCE POPS LOOKS OK. BY MID WEEK...UPPER HIGH BUILDS BACK TO THE EAST A LITTLE...BUT REMAINING GENERALLY WEAK...IN BETWEEN CLOSED LOWS OVER THE NW ATLANTIC AND NORTHERN ROCKIES. APPEARANCE OF ONLY SUBTLE FEATURES AT THE SURFACE THROUGH THE PERIOD. ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE APPEARS TO REMAIN FAIRLY CONSTANT...AND SUFFICIENT ENOUGH FOR SLIGHT CHANCE POPS THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .AVIATION /02Z FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS MAINLY MOVED TO THE SOUTH NOW. WITH RAINFALL EXPECT SOME MVFR VSBYS IN FOG AROUND SUNRISE POSSIBLE NEAR SUNRISE AND MAYBE SOME IFR VSBYS IN FOG AT NORMALLY LOWER LOCATIONS LIKE AGS AND OGB. ALSO SOME SCATTERED TO BROKEN STRATUS IS POSSIBLE NEAR 1 KFT AS NOCTURNAL JET MAY ADVECT SOME STRATUS IN OVER THE REGION. AFTER 13Z FRIDAY...MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS BUT AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN WITH BRIEF IFR-MVFR CONDITIONS. EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...SOME MVFR FOG POSSIBLE EARLY MORNING. && .CAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SC...NONE. GA...NONE. && SYNOPSIS... NEAR TERM...07 SHORT TERM... LONG TERM... AVIATION...07
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 434 AM EDT THU JUN 2 2011 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-030845- LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD- MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON- RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON- BAMBERG- 434 AM EDT THU JUN 2 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY STALLS OVER THE REGION. HEAT INDICES WILL APPROACH 100 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
1033 PM EDT THU JUN 02 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0932 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 WNW ST. MATTHEWS 33.68N 80.84W
06/02/2011 CALHOUN SC LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES IN ROADWAY NEAR SC 6 AND US 176 REPORTED BY HWY
PATROL.
0942 PM TSTM WND DMG NEESES 33.54N 81.13W
06/02/2011 ORANGEBURG SC LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES IN ROADWAY ON US 321 NEAR NEESES REPORTED BY HWY
PATROL
0840 PM TSTM WND DMG 6 E BLYTHEWOOD 34.22N 80.88W
06/02/2011 RICHLAND SC LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES IN ROADWAY NEAR HINES RD AND SMYRNA RD REPORTED BY
HWY PATROL
0949 PM TSTM WND DMG 8 NW BROOKDALE 33.61N 80.92W
06/02/2011 CALHOUN SC LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES IN ROADWAY REPORTED BY HWY PATRAL NEAR BURKE ROAD
AND KINLEY
0925 PM TSTM WND DMG ORANGEBURG 33.49N 80.87W
06/02/2011 ORANGEBURG SC LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES IN ROADWAY NEAR PRESIDENTIAL DRIVE AND MAGNOLIA
REPORTED BY HWY PATROL
0915 PM TSTM WND DMG SALLEY 33.57N 81.30W
06/02/2011 AIKEN SC LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES IN ROADWAY ON BONNET RD REPORTED BY HWY PATROL
&&
KILMERPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
1043 PM EDT THU JUN 02 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0854 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 E NORTH 33.62N 81.06W
06/02/2011 ORANGEBURG SC LAW ENFORCEMENT
COUNTY SHERIFF DISPATCH REPORTED TREES DOWN AT NORTH ROAD
AND SLAB LANDING ROAD.
0900 PM TSTM WND DMG 8 NW ORANGEBURG 33.57N 80.97W
06/02/2011 ORANGEBURG SC LAW ENFORCEMENT
SHERIFF DISPATCH REPORTED TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN AT
FAIRVIEW ROAD AND BENEDICT ROAD.
0916 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 WSW NEESES 33.51N 81.20W
06/02/2011 ORANGEBURG SC LAW ENFORCEMENT
SHERIFF DISPATCH REPORTED TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN AT
KEISER BROWN ROAD AND NEESES HWY.
0924 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 S NORWAY 33.42N 81.13W
06/02/2011 ORANGEBURG SC LAW ENFORCEMENT
SHERIFF DISPATCH REPORTED TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN AT
SAVANNAH HWY AND WILLOW SWAMP RD.
0933 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 WNW COPE 33.39N 81.04W
06/02/2011 ORANGEBURG SC LAW ENFORCEMENT
SHERIFF DISPATCH REPORTED TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN AT
BINNICKER BRIDGE ROAD AND COPE ROAD.
&&
VAUGHANPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
1059 PM EDT THU JUN 02 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0920 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 SW SOUTH SUMTER 33.83N 80.39W
06/02/2011 SUMTER SC LAW ENFORCEMENT
HIGHWAY PATROL REPORTED TREE DOWN AT BETHEL CHURCH AT
BETHEL CHURCH ROAD.
&&
VAUGHANPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
1105 PM EDT THU JUN 02 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0930 PM TSTM WND GST 4 ENE ELLOREE 33.55N 80.50W
06/02/2011 M37 MPH CALHOUN SC OFFICIAL NWS OBS
NWS EQUIPMENT AT SANTEE STATE PARK ON LAKE MARION
REPORTED A WIND GUST OF 37 MPH.
&&
VAUGHANPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
1207 AM EDT FRI JUN 03 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0825 PM TSTM WND DMG COLUMBIA 34.00N 81.04W
06/02/2011 RICHLAND SC PUBLIC
TREES DOWN AT THE GOVERNORS MANSION. TREE FELL ON AND
CRUSHED THE FIRST GENTLEMANS VEHICLE.
&&
CALSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
1241 AM EDT FRI JUN 3 2011
SCZ027-030530-
LEXINGTON-
1241 AM EDT FRI JUN 3 2011
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF LEXINGTON...
RICHLAND...AIKEN...CALHOUN AND ORANGEBURG COUNTIES THROUGH 130 AM
EDT...
AT 1239 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM...NEAR SOUTH CONGAREE...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
CAYCE...GASTON...OAK GROVE...PINE RIDGE...RED BANK...SOUTH CONGAREE
AND SPRINGDALE...
PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS...
GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...
DIME SIZE HAIL...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 3368 8125 3371 8133 3401 8123 3398 8104
3393 8102 3382 8103 3375 8105 3374 8103
3371 8104 3367 8115
TIME...MOT...LOC 0441Z 018DEG 5KT 3391 8114The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 96 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:43 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Burke County dispatch reported several trees down south of Waynesboro on Porter Carswell and Rosier roads.
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: 295973.