Scattered severe thunderstorms in the CSRA produced some large hail and wind damage.
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Scattered severe thunderstorms in the CSRA produced some large hail and wind damage.
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 3, 3:30 PM EST, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 430 PM EDT FRI JUN 3 2011 .SYNOPSIS... THE COMBINATION OF A SLOWLY DISSIPATING COLD FRONT...WEAK UPPER LEVEL ENERGY...AND MODERATE INSTABILITY WILL SUPPORT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EARLY THIS EVENING MAINLY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN MIDLANDS AND CSRA. TEMPERATURES SHOULD REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL FOR MUCH OF THE FORECASTING PERIOD. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM SATURDAY MORNING/... LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS INDICATES WEAK FRONT ACROSS THE NORTHERN MIDLANDS WITH WEAK TO MODERATE INSTABILITY ACROSS THE REGION. MODELS SUGGEST THIS FRONT WILL SLOWLY MOVE SOUTH DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE STRONGEST INSTABILITY AND LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE WILL BE SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH ACROSS THE CSRA AND SOUTH MIDLANDS. MID LEVEL SHORT WAVE OVER KENTUCKY THIS MORNING WILL DROP SOUTHEAST AROUND UPPER RIDGE AND MAY BE TRIGGER FOR CONVECTION OVER SOUTH CAROLINA/GEORGIA LATER TODAY/THIS EVENING. WITH FOCUS FOR CONVECTION SHIFTING SOUTH...WILL LOWER POPS NORTH AND CENTRAL MIDLANDS. TEMPERATURES ON TRACK FOR LOW TO MID 90S THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. EXPECT ANY THUNDERSTORMS TO DIMINISH DURING THE EVENING WITH PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE HIGH SIDE OF MOS CONSENSUS FOR MINIMUM TEMPERATURES DUE TO MAV COOL BIAS. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/... 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 AND CONFINED TO THE CSRA WHERE THE BETTER MOISTURE WILL EXIST. THE UPPER HIGH WILL RETREAT A LITTLE TO THE WEST WHILE UPPER ENERGY SHIFTS DOWN THE EAST COAST AND MID ATLANTIC. A SURFACE BOUNDARY WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION LATE SUNDAY AS WELL. ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE WILL BE ON THE INCREASE SUNDAY. WILL INCREASE POPS SOME AND TREND HIGHER TOWARDS THE NE FA SUNDAY AFTN/EVE CLOSER TO THE UPPER ENERGY AND SURFACE BOUNDARY. && .LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... A LITTLE DRIER AIR TO WORK IN MONDAY BUT SOME UPPER ENERGY COULD PROVIDE SLIGHT CHANCE POPS. FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST PERIOD...THE UPPER HIGH WILL BUILD BACK TO THE EAST A LITTLE...BUT REMAINING GENERALLY WEAK...WITH APPEARANCE OF ONLY SUBTLE FEATURES AT THE SURFACE. ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE APPEARS TO REMAIN FAIRLY CONSTANT...AND JUST SUFFICIENT ENOUGH FOR SLIGHT CHANCE DIURNAL POPS THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .AVIATION /21Z FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... AIR MASS WEAK TO MODERATELY UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON. WEAK FRONT MOVING INTO THE CSRA/SOUTH MIDLANDS. BROKEN CUMULUS/ALTO-CUMULUS ACROSS THE CENTRAL MIDLANDS/CSRA...SCATTERED NEAR OGB. SHORT WAVE MOVING SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY/TENNESSEE MAY TRIGGER A FEW THUNDERSTORMS IN THE CSRA/SOUTH MIDLANDS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...AGS/DNL AREAS. OTHERWISE VFR EXPECTED THROUGH MOST OF THE OVERNIGHT. BY DAYBREAK...LAMP GUIDANCE SUGGESTS MVFR FOG POSSIBLE. SOME STRATUS BUT CONFIDENCE LOW FOR CEILINGS BELOW 3000 FT. EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...NO WIDESPREAD RESTRICTIONS TO AVIATION EXPECTED. && .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 408 AM EDT FRI JUN 3 2011 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-040815- LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD- MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON- RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON- BAMBERG- 408 AM EDT FRI JUN 3 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 TODAY AND THIS EVENING. THE MAIN THREATS FROM ANY SEVERE STORMS SHOULD BE STRONG WINDS AND HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED AT SOME POINT THIS AFTERNOON.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 619 PM EDT FRI JUN 3 2011 GAZ077-032300- BURKE- 619 PM EDT FRI JUN 3 2011 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING BURKE COUNTY... AT 609 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 14 MILES WEST OF WAYNESBORO OR NEAR GOUGH AND VIDETTE. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 20 TO 25 MPH. SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. 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.
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 115 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:00 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Sheriff reported trees down on Hwy 305 just north of Gough.
Public reported quarter size hail along with tree limbs down.
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