A few severe thunderstorms produced some large hail and wind damage in the CSRA.
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The episode as NWS CAE wrote it up.
A few severe thunderstorms produced some large hail and wind damage in the CSRA.
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 9, 7:25 PM EST, 56 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 825 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011 .SYNOPSIS... UPPER-LEVEL RIDGING AS WELL AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY KEEPING TEMPERATURES ABOVE NORMAL. A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL PUSH THROUGH BY MONDAY...BUT TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN QUITE WARM. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH FRIDAY/... PULSE-TYPE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN SLOWLY DECREASING OVER THE UPSTATE BUT HAVE FLARED UP A BIT OVER PORTIONS OF THE CSRA. EXPECT THIS ACTIVITY TO DIMINISH OVER THE HOUR OR TWO. STORM MOVEMENT HAS BEEN RELATIVELY STATIONARY FOR THE MOST PART. STILL SOME REDUCED REDUCED VISIBILITIES OVER PORTIONS OF THE CWA DUE TO SMOKE. WITH LITTLE WIND FLOW AND MIXING EXPECT THIS TO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY. THE UPPER RIDGE REMAINS THE DOMINANT FEATURE ON FRIDAY WITH YET ANOTHER 90 DEGREE DAY EXPECTED AND MAINLY ISOLATED CHANCES OF CONVECTION. && .SHORT TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/... WEAK UPPER RIDGING REMAINS INTO FRIDAY. WITH ONLY WEAK FORCING ACROSS THE REGION FROM THE LATE AFTERNOON CARRYING INTO THE EVENING HOURS ON FRIDAY NIGHT...WILL CARRY SLIGHT CHANGE ACROSS THE WEST FOR A FEW HOURS...THEN BECOMING A DRY FORECAST FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE FRIDAY NIGHT TIME FRAME. MOVING INTO SATURDAY...RIDGE TRIED TO MOVE EAST AS LOW PRESSURE THAT HAS BEEN IN THE GULF BEGINS TO MOVE NORTH. MOISTURE MAY BE ON THE INCREASE ACROSS THE WESTERN AREAS...SO BEST CHANCE FOR SHOWERS OR STORMS WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE UPSTATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN IN THE LOW TO MID 90S DURING THE AFTERNOONS...WITH LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S TO AROUND 70. && .LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL BEGIN TO BREAK DOWN SOME ON SUNDAY...AND INTO MONDAY...AS TROUGH PATTERN TRIES TO TAKE HOLD ACROSS THE EAST. DO EXPECT A WEAK FRONT TO PUSH THROUGH MONDAY...BRINGING A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR PRECIP ALONG WITH IT. TROUGH PATTERN SHOULD REMAIN THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. IN GENERAL...NOT MUCH CHANGE IN THE TEMPS FOR THE LONG TERM...WITH HIGHS IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 90S FOR DAYTIME HIGHS WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE MIDDLE 60S TO AROUND 70. POPS WILL REMAIN IN THE ISOLATED CATEGORY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS EACH DAY. && .AVIATION /00Z FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... LOW CONFIDENCE FOR MVFR VSBYS CAE/CUB/DNL DUE TO HAZE/FOG THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS INTO FRIDAY. AN ISOLATED STORM IS POSSIBLE BUT HAVE NOT INCLUDED IN FORECAST DUE TO LOW PROBABILITY. GENERALLY LIGHT WINDS WITH SURFACE TROUGH OVER THE AREA. FOG DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE DURING THE PREDAWN HOURS. ONLY CONFIDENT ENOUGH TO FORECAST MVFR VSBYS AT AGS/OGB ATTM. COULD SEE CONVECTIVE DEBRIS CLOUDS MOVE INTO THE AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST THIS EVENING. CLOUD BASES ABOVE 5000 FEET. EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...AREAS OF MVFR OR IFR FOG POSSIBLE DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. && .CAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SC...NONE. GA...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 401 AM EDT THU JUN 9 2011 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-100815- LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD- MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON- RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON- BAMBERG- 401 AM EDT THU JUN 9 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .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.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
838 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011
GAZ063-064-100130-
COLUMBIA-MCDUFFIE-
838 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF WILKES...MCDUFFIE...
LINCOLN AND COLUMBIA COUNTIES THROUGH 930 PM EDT...
AT 829 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM...NEAR THOMSON...THAT WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.
PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS...
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...
PEA SIZE HAIL...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...
HEAVY RAINFALL WITH AMOUNTS UP TO 2 INCHES.
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 3361 8265 3366 8252 3364 8247 3370 8233
3351 8223 3337 8254
TIME...MOT...LOC 0037Z 256DEG 2KT 3354 8248The Columbia radar (KCAE), 101 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:21 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Public reported quarter size hail east of McCormick on Hwy 378 near Christian road.
Sheriff reported several trees down across the SW part of the county. Trees were reported down on Whailey, Old Granitville, Hwy 421, US1, and Sudlo Lake roads.
Public reported a couple of trees down on SR 283 near Upper Miller road.
Public reported quarter size hail in the Gloverville area.
Sheriff reported a few trees and powerlines down in the southern part of the county. Hail of unknown size fell as well.
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, 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: 298027, 298020, 298030, 298018, 298019.