An isolated severe storm over McDuffie county downed trees and produce nickel size hail.
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An isolated severe storm over McDuffie county downed trees and produce nickel size hail.
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 28, 2:39 AM EST, 2 hours 51 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 339 AM EDT TUE JUN 28 2011 .SYNOPSIS... A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE REGION TODAY AND MOVE SLOWLY SOUTH OF THE AREA BY WEDNESDAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AHEAD OF THE FRONT. && .NEAR TERM /TODAY/... EARLY THIS MORNING...ONLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST AREA ARE OVER THE NORTHERN CSRA. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS COULD DEVELOP LATER THIS MORNING IF OUTFLOWS CAN GET ANYTHING GOING. UPDATE HAS ADJUSTED POPS...CLOUDS AND TEMPERATURES TO CURRENT SCENARIO. TODAY...UNSTABLE AIR MASS WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA TODAY AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST. UPPER-LEVEL IMPULSES WILL HELP PROVIDE A TRIGGER FOR MAINLY LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. A FEW STORMS MAY APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS. CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY SHOULD CONTINUE WELL INTO THE EVENING HOURS. CHANCE POPS LOOK REASONABLE. MAX TEMPS TODAY SHOULD RISE INTO THE MIDDLE 90S BEFORE CONVECTION FIRES BY LATE AFTERNOON. && .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT/... CONTINUED SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY EARLY TUESDAY NIGHT WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA. ACTIVITY SHOULD DIMINISH BY MIDNIGHT. OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 70S. LATEST INFORMATION HAS THE FRONT PUSHING SLOWLY THROUGH OUR REGION OVERNIGHT. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... WILL KEEP SMALL CHANCE POPS MAINLY FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN COUNTIES INTO WEDNESDAY AS THE FRONT SLOWLY MOVES THROUGH. OUR REGION WILL REMAIN IN AN UPPER TROUGH THURSDAY WITH SOME INDICATIONS OF AN UPPER HIGH BUILDING EAST INTO OUR AREA BY LATE WEEK. THE FRONT APPEARS WILL PUSH TO OUR SOUTH OR STALL JUST TO OUR SOUTH THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. DRIER AIR NORTH OF THE FRONT ALONG WITH BUILDING UPPER RIDGE SHOULD PRECLUDE POPS FOR MOST OF THE FA THURSDAY INTO SATURDAY. STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY AS TO FRONTAL POSITION AND EXTENT OF ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE OVER THE SOUTHERN MIDLANDS AND CSRA AT THAT TIME. LATEST GFS RUN INDICATING UPPER HIGH WEAKENING A BIT BY EARLY NEXT WEEK ALLOWING AN UPPER TROUGH TO REDEVELOP OVER THE EAST COAST. WILL MENTION SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FROM SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN A FEW DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD. && .AVIATION /08Z TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS TO DOMINATE THE PERIOD. FOG CONCERN REMAINS LOW OVERNIGHT AS THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS MIXED AND IT WILL TAKE TIME TO RE-STABILIZE AROUND AGS/OGB. WITH LOW CONFIDENCE IN FOG WILL LEAVE OUT OF TAFS AND HANDLE WITH TEMPO GROUP IF NEEDED. OTHER ISSUE IN THE IMMEDIATE NEAR TERM IS NEAR AGS/DNL...WHERE AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE JUST TO THE NORTH OF THE TAF SITES. AT THIS TIME ACTIVITY SHOULD REMAIN NORTH OF THOSE SITES...WITH DISTANT LIGHTNING BEING OBSERVED. DURING THE DAY ON TUESDAY...AFTER 18Z WILL EXPECT ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP. WILL CURRENTLY HANDLE WITH MENTION OF CB FROM AROUND 18Z THROUGH 03Z. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT AND VARIABLE OVERNIGHT THROUGH 15Z...THEN BECOME SOUTHWESTERLY AT 10 KNOTS OR LESS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD. EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...MVFR CONDITIONS POSSIBLE IN SCATTERED AFTERNOON/EVENING CONVECTION THROUGH SATURDAY. && .CAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SC...NONE. GA...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 418 AM EDT TUE JUN 28 2011 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-290830- LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD- MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON- RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON- BAMBERG- 418 AM EDT TUE JUN 28 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT. SOME THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE...WITH THE MAIN THREATS BEING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED AT SOME POINT TODAY OR TONIGHT.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
255 AM EDT TUE JUN 28 2011
GAZ040-064-SCZ018-025-280745-
COLUMBIA-EDGEFIELD-LINCOLN-MCCORMICK-
255 AM EDT TUE JUN 28 2011
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF
LINCOLN...COLUMBIA...EDGEFIELD AND LINCOLN COUNTIES THROUGH 345 AM
EDT...
AT 253 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM PLUM BRANCH TO 13
MILES SOUTHWEST OF PARKSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...LAKE THURMOND...PLUM
BRANCH...PARKSVILLE.
PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS...
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...
PEA 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.
INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY
AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF
POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID
USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.
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 3390 8231 3389 8193 3361 8219 3362 8243
3363 8245 3366 8244 3364 8247 3364 8249
3368 8251
TIME...MOT...LOC 0653Z 271DEG 8KT 3383 8227 3369 8239The Columbia radar (KCAE), 100 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 10:29 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Sheriff reported powerlines down along Doug Barnard Parkway.
Sheriff reported a tree blocking Wire road. A few others were down along the side of the road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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