A few isolated severe thunderstorms produced some wind damage in the lower and southeast Midlands, mainly taking down trees.
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The episode as NWS CAE wrote it up.
A few isolated severe thunderstorms produced some wind damage in the lower and southeast Midlands, mainly taking down trees.
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 Aug 22, 3:05 PM EST, 1 hour 4 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 405 PM EDT MON AUG 22 2011 .SYNOPSIS... A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SLOWLY ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. DRIER AIR WILL FILTER IN BEHIND THE FRONT THROUGH TUESDAY. TROPICAL SYSTEM IRENE COULD BEGIN TO AFFECT THE REGION BY THE END OF THE WORKWEEK. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM TUESDAY MORNING/... WEAK COLD FRONT CURRENTLY MOVING ACROSS THE WESTERN MIDLANDS...DRIER AIR BEHIND THE FRONT IN THE PIEDMONT WILL BE SHIFTING SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. AIR MASS HAS BECOME MODERATELY UNSTABLE ACROSS THE CENTRAL MIDLANDS...STRONGLY UNSTABLE EAST MIDLANDS. LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE ACROSS THE LOW COUNTRY INTO THE SOUTHEAST MIDLANDS ASSOCIATED WITH PRE-FRONTAL TROUGH. EXPECT MOST OF THE AFTERNOON/EVENING CONVECTION IN THE SOUTHEAST MIDLANDS AND LOW POPS LOOKS GOOD. WITH DRIER AIR OVERNIGHT AND LIGHT WINDS/MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES...STAYED CLOSE TO COOLER MOS CONSENSUS. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/... HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE NORTH OF THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT WITH THE STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY REMAINING JUST OFFSHORE. ON WEDNESDAY THE HIGH PRESSURE WILL PUSH NORTHEASTWARD AND AWAY FORM THE REGION AS HURRICANE IRENE CROSSES THE BAHAMAS. THIS WILL PUSH THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY BACK TOWARD THE COAST AND WITH INCREASED EASTERLY WINDS WILL SEE AN INCREASE IN THUNDERSTORM CHANCES. MODEL SOUNDINGS ALSO INDICATE PWAT VALUES AROUND 1.75 INCHES WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WITH MODERATE INSTABILITY...HOWEVER WITH THE LACK OF A TRIGGER MECHANISM FEEL CHANCE POPS APPROPRIATE. TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE SHORT TERM WILL BE IN THE UPPER 80S FOR DAYTIME HIGHS WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS AROUND 70. && .LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH THE LONG TERM...HOWEVER THE FORECAST TRACK OF HURRICANE IRENE WILL BE THE MAIN FOCUS. MODELS CONTINUE MARCHING IRENE OUT OF THE BAHAMAS THURSDAY NIGHT AND TOWARD THE SC COAST FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. MAIN ISSUE WITH IRENE WILL BE THE TRACK...AS MODELS ARE INDICATING A TRACK SLIGHTLY EAST OF PREVIOUS MODEL RUNS. NHC HAS ALSO SHOWN THIS WITH THE LATEST UPDATE. AS SUCH WILL KEEP CONSIDERABLE CLOUDINESS OVER THE REGION WITH CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY AND CHANCES DIMINISHING SUNDAY. HAVE ALSO UPDATED WINDS IN RESPONSE TO THE FORECAST TRACK BEING MOVED SLIGHTLY EASTWARD. TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE LONG TERM WILL BE SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL DUE TO THE EXPECTED EXTENSIVE CLOUD COVER. && .AVIATION /19Z MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... PRE-FRONTAL TROUGH EAST OF OGB THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT MOST CONVECTION TO DEVELOP CLOSER TO THE COAST. EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...MVFR OR IFR CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR IN EARLY MORNING FOG/STRATUS AS WELL AS IN AFTERNOON AND EVENING CONVECTION TUESDAY AND AGAIN BY FRIDAY. CONFIDENCE MODERATE FOR NO SIGNIFICANT FOG FORMATION TONIGHT...SOME MIXING EXPECTED AND DRIER AIR FILTERING IN FROM THE NORTHWEST. BUT LAMP HAS BRIEF MVFR AT OGB/AGS AROUND 12Z. VFR FORECAST FOR NOW. EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...MVFR OR IFR CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR IN EARLY MORNING FOG/STRATUS AS WELL AS IN AFTERNOON AND EVENING CONVECTION TUESDAY AND AGAIN BY FRIDAY. && .CAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SC...NONE. GA...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 505 AM EDT MON AUG 22 2011 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-230915- LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD- MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON- RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON- BAMBERG- 505 AM EDT MON AUG 22 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AREA EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ONCE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS EAST-CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND EASTERN GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE MAIN ISSUE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. HURRICANE IRENE IS FORECAST TO MOVE TO THE WEST-NORTHWEST FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. THE STORM COULD HAVE AN IMPACT ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES BY THIS WEEKEND. ALTHOUGH IT IS STILL TOO SOON TO DETERMINE IF IRENE WILL DIRECTLY IMPACT THE REGION...PEOPLE ACROSS CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND EASTERN GEORGIA SHOULD CONTINUE TO CAREFULLY MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS STORM THROUGHOUT THE WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
432 PM EDT MON AUG 22 2011
SCZ036-041-222130-
BAMBERG-ORANGEBURG-
432 PM EDT MON AUG 22 2011
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF BAMBERG AND
ORANGEBURG COUNTIES THROUGH 530 PM EDT...
AT 424 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM...NEAR NORWAY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
BAMBERG...BRANCHVILLE AND DENMARK...
PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS...
GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...
PEA SIZE HAIL...
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 3336 8117 3348 8119 3354 8112 3358 8101
3328 8060 3305 8104
TIME...MOT...LOC 2032Z 322DEG 20KT 3346 8103The Columbia radar (KCAE), 67 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:10 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Highway Patrol reported a tree in the roadway at Snake Swamp road and Hwy 301.
The public reported several large limbs down along Old Buckhead road.
The public reported dime size hail along Old Buckhead Road.
County DOT reported a couple of trees down in the Snelling area.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in South Carolina in 2011Every state in 2011This day in weather historyWarnings in South Carolina, August 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: 325045, 325044, 325043, 325047.