A few severe thunderstorms over the CSRA produced some wind damage to mainly trees.
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A few severe thunderstorms over the CSRA produced some wind damage to mainly 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 Jul 29, 1:09 PM EST, 2 hours 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 209 PM EDT SUN JUL 29 2012 .SYNOPSIS... AN UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH WILL REMAIN OVER THE EASTERN US FOR MUCH OF THE WEEK. A SERIES OF WEAK UPPER IMPULSES ALONG WITH SUFFICIENT ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE WILL PROMOTE SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE PERIOD...WITH GENERALLY NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEGUN TO DEVELOP ALONG THE SURFACE TROUGH OVER THE FORECAST AREA AND WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. EXPECT THE MAJORITY OF CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY TO BE CONFINED TO THE EASTERN MIDLANDS AND SOUTHERN CSRA CLOSER TO THE TROUGH AND MOISTURE FROM WEAK ONSHORE FLOW. TEMPERATURES ARE ON TRACK TO TOP OUT IN THE MIDDLE 90S FOR MOST LOCATIONS...WITH LOCATIONS IN AND AROUND RAINFALL SEEING SOME COOLING. CONVECTION WILL DIMINISH WITH SUNSET AND IS EXPECTED TO CEASE OVER THE EASTERN MIDLANDS DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. DEBRIS CLOUDINESS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE NIGHT WHICH WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE 70S FOR MOST LOCATIONS. && .SHORT TERM /MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/... THE MAIN UPPER TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO BE ACROSS THE EASTERN CONUS INTO MONDAY NIGHT. AIR MASS REMAINS MODERATELY TO STRONGLY UNSTABLE DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. IT WILL STILL BE DIFFICULT TO TIME ANY SHORT WAVE TROUGHS ROTATING AROUND UPPER TROUGH...BUT MODELS SUGGEST SEVERAL WAVES WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION LIKELY ENHANCING THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. FORECAST CHANCE POPS MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY NIGHT...HIGHEST POPS TO THE EAST WHERE MOISTURE AND LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE ENHANCED. MODELS TRENDING TOWARD A STRONGER SHORT WAVE TUESDAY AND DEEPER MOISTURE BY AFTERNOON/EVENING...PRECIPITABLE WATER ABOVE 2.00 INCHES. ALTHOUGH CLOUDINESS MAY LIMIT DEGREE OF INSTABILITY...DEEP LAYER SHEAR STRONGER. EXPECT HIGHER CHANCE SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS. MOS CONSENSUS TEMPERATURES LOOK GOOD. NEAR OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... MODELS CONTINUE WITH KEEPING THE MAIN UPPER LEVEL LONG WAVE TROUGH PATTERN OVER THE EASTERN CONUS THROUGH THE WEEK. REGION CONTINUES TO HAVE SUFFICIENT ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE. A FEW WEAK SURFACE TROUGHS AND A SERIES OF WEAK UPPER IMPULSES WILL PROMOTE SCATTERED MAINLY DIURNAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. GENERALLY SEASONAL TEMPS EXPECTED. CONTINUED WITH A GENERAL BLEND OF GUIDANCE AND ONGOING FORECAST. && .AVIATION /18Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF THE PERIOD...WITH RESTRICTIONS POSSIBLE IN CONVECTION THROUGH THIS EVENING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER THE EASTERN MIDLANDS AND SOUTHERN CSRA. EXPECT SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE TO INCREASE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS WITH ACTIVITY CONTINUING INTO THE EVENING HOURS. CONFIDENCE IN COVERAGE HAS INCREASED SO HAVE INCLUDED MENTION OF CONVECTION IN AGS/DNL/OGB TAFS THROUGH 22Z. CONVECTION WILL DIMINISH WITH SUNSET...HOWEVER SOME WILL PERSIST INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. FOG REMAINS POSSIBLE TOWARD DAYBREAK...HOWEVER MUCH DEPENDS ON RAINFALL. AS SUCH HAVE REMAINED WITHOUT MENTION OF FOG IN TAFS UNTIL CONFIDENCE IN DEVELOPMENT INCREASES. FOG WHICH DEVELOPS WILL QUICKLY MIX OUT WITH SUNRISE AND CUMULUS WILL ONCE AGAIN DEVELOP DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS. EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...BRIEF MVFR RESTRICTIONS POSSIBLE IN MAINLY DIURNAL SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. && .CAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SC...NONE. GA...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 442 AM EDT SUN JUL 29 2012 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-300845- LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD- MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON- RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON- BAMBERG- 442 AM EDT SUN JUL 29 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL POSSIBLE. A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. 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 325 PM EDT SUN JUL 29 2012 GAZ065-077-SCZ030-292000- AIKEN-BURKE-RICHMOND- 325 PM EDT SUN JUL 29 2012 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF RICHMOND...BURKE AND AIKEN COUNTIES THROUGH 400 PM EDT... AT 317 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF HEPHZIBAH TO 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WAYNESBORO...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE... HEPHZIBAH AND WAYNESBORO... PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS... GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 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 3326 8170 3292 8201 3302 8228 3340 8204 TIME...MOT...LOC 1925Z 275DEG 8KT 3334 8197 3301 8222
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 110 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:13 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Dispatch reported several trees down on Hwy 25 north of Waynesboro near the golf course.
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