A severe thunderstorm moved through central Lancaster county in the early morning hours and took a few trees down east of Lancaster.
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A severe thunderstorm moved through central Lancaster county in the early morning hours and took a few trees down east of Lancaster.
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 Nov 23, 12:54 AM EST, 31 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 1254 AM EST WED NOV 23 2011 .SYNOPSIS... A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE TOWARD THE AREA OVERNIGHT WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SPREADING ACROSS THE REGION. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG WINDS. THE FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH BY LATE MORNING ON WEDNESDAY AND THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL COME TO AN END. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY BEFORE ANOTHER WEATHER SYSTEM APPROACHES BY SUNDAY. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM THIS MORNING/... UPDATE 03Z...CONVECTION MOVING INTO UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA AND CSRA. EXCEPT FOR ONE STORM EAST OF ATHENS...SATELLITE AND RADAR SUGGEST CONVECTIVE LINE WEAKENING. MODELS SHOW INCREASING INSTABILITY OVERNIGHT BUT SHORT WAVE LIFTING NORTH OF REGION. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE REGION FROM THE WEST. THIS WILL SPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS. SPC HAS A SLIGHT RISK AREA MOVING IN FROM THE WEST AND COVERS THE WESTERN PART OF THE MIDLANDS AND THE CSRA. A SEVERE WEATHER WATCH IS POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT. THE WORST CONDITIONS APPEAR TO BE BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 6 AM WITH THE CURRENT TIMING TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT. TONIGHT SHOULD BE A WARM NIGHT WITH LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S AND THIS MAY HELP TO FUEL STRONG STORMS. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM THIS MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/... THE PROGRESSIVE WEATHER PATTERN CONTINUES. COLD FRONT SHOULD MOVE THROUGH QUICKLY WEDNESDAY MORNING AND IS EXPECTED TO CLEAR EVEN THE EASTERN COUNTIES AROUND NOON OR IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON. WEST WINDS BECOME NORTHWEST AND A BIT GUSTY BUT DECIDED TO HOLD OFF ON ANY LAKE WIND ADVISORIES AFTER COORDINATING WITH NEIGHBORING OFFICES. EVENT APPEARS TO BE MARGINAL AT THIS TIME. COOLER AIR BEHIND THE FRONT SHOULD HOLD AFTERNOON HIGHS INTO THE LOWER 70S FOR WEDNESDAY. COLDER AIR WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S. DRY COOL HIGH PRESSURE FOR THANKSGIVING DAY WITH HIGHS LOWER AND MIDDLE 60S. A CHILLY NIGHT FOR THURSDAY NIGHT WITH LOWS MOSTLY IN THE MIDDLE 30S. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT. HIGH PRESSURE FRIDAY MOVES EAST SATURDAY AS ANOTHER WEATHER SYSTEM AND COLD FRONT APPROACH SUNDAY. WILL INTRODUCE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS SUNDAY. SYSTEM BEGINS TO MOVE AWAY BY MONDAY BUT WILL HOLD ONTO A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. SYSTEM GONE BY TUESDAY WITH DRY HIGH PRESSURE AGAIN. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE BELOW NORMAL. HIGHS IN THE 60S FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AND IN THE 50S MONDAY AND NEAR 60 TUESDAY. LOWS IN THE 30S AND 40S EXCEPT IN THE LOWER 50S AHEAD OF THE NEXT COLD FRONT SATURDAY NIGHT. && .AVIATION /06Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE AREA CREATING MVFR TO IFR CONDITIONS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO MARCH TOWARD THE TAF SITES WITH SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY MOVING INTO CAE/AGS AREAS. RAIN HAS ALREADY BEGUN IN AGS/DNL...ABOUT TO BEGIN IN CAE/CUB AND WILL MOVE INTO OGB AROUND 07Z. SOME WIND GUSTS AROUND 25 KNOTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CROSS THE TAF SITES OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS WITH WITH RAIN EXITING THE AREA BY 13Z. WINDS WILL BE A CONCERN AFTER 13Z AS WINDS VEER TO NORTHWESTERLY WITH GUSTS AROUND 20 KNOTS THROUGH THE DAY. WINDS WILL DIMINISH BY 24/00Z AS AN INVERSION DEVELOPS. EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO AVIATION EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. && .CAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SC...NONE. GA...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 1256 AM EST WED NOV 23 2011 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-231230- LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD- MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON- RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON- BAMBERG- 1256 AM EST WED NOV 23 2011 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. LAKE WIND ADVISORY. A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO CROSS THE TONIGHT AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. AN ISOLATED TORNADO THREAT WILL ALSO EXIST. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 93 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:25 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
DOT reported a few trees down east of Lancaster on secondary roads.
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