A weak boundary located along the Savannah River was the focus for scattered severe pulse type thunderstorms.
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A weak boundary located along the Savannah River was the focus for scattered severe pulse type thunderstorms.
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 3, 12:41 PM EST, 13 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 141 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012 .SYNOPSIS... STRONG HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUES MOVING WESTWARD AS A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURES SAGS SOUTHEAST INTO THE GREAT LAKES. TEMPS WILL STILL REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL BUT SHOULD REMAIN IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S. WIDELY SCATTERED LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK ARE EXPECTED. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/... MORNING VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWING LESS CONVECTIVE DEBRIS CLOUDS COMPARED TO MONDAY. 12Z CHS RAOB INDICATES MORE INSTABILITY TODAY AND DEWPOINTS HAVE RECOVERED BACK TO THE LOWER 70S THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL INSTABILITY...PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES CLOSE TO 1.75 INCHES AND MORE SUNSHINE EXPECTED SHOULD PROVIDE INCREASED CHANCES OF CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON. WILL CONTINUE TO MENTION SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING THUNDERSTORMS. STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL HAVE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE WITH MODERATE TO STRONG INSTABILITY ALTHOUGH RELATIVELY WEAK SHEAR WOULD INDICATE A MORE ISOLATED AND LESS ORGANIZED THREAT. WILL LIKELY RAISE TEMPERATURES A COUPLE OF DEGREES AS THICKNESS VALUES SUPPORT TEMPERATURES AROUND 100 DEGREES WITH PLENTY OF SUNSHINE EXPECTED AND TEMPERATURES ALREADY PUSHING INTO THE MID 80S. && .SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/... WEAKENING HIGH PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE WILL ALLOW DIURNAL AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP OVER THE AREA AS LOW AND MID LEVEL MOISTURE GRADUALLY INCREASES. HIGH TEMPERATURES SHOULD REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL WITH HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S AND LOWS IN THE 70S. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... MEDIUM AND LONG RANGE MODELS SHOW THE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE DOMINATING OUR WEATHER PATTERN RETROGRADING WEST TO THE ROCKIES AND AMPLIFYING. THIS WILL ALLOW A DEEP TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE TO SETTLE OVER THE EASTERN U.S BEGINNING ON SUNDAY AND CONTINUING INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. TEMPS WILL REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL BUT SHOULD COOL A BIT BY MID NEXT WEEK. PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES DURING THIS PERIOD WILL BE INCREASING FROM AROUND 1.75 INCHES TO AROUND OR EXCEEDING 2 INCHES BY SUNDAY INTO TUESDAY. WITH INCREASED MOISTURE AND SOME UPPER SUPPORT PLAN TO CONTINUE A DIURNAL TREND OF POPS. && .AVIATION /18Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED TODAY. CHANCE TO SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON/EVENING THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE TODAY. IT APPEARS BETTER MOISTURE WILL EXIST TO THE WEST...FAVORING BETTER CHANCES FOR CONVECTION AT AGS/DNL...BUT CONFIDENCE OF TSRA NOT SUFFICIENT ENOUGH TO INCLUDE IN THE TAFS AT THIS TIME. GENERALLY A SOUTHERLY WIND DEVELOPING AROUND 5 TO 7 KNOTS. EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...EXPECT SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS...AND AREAS OF LATE NIGHT AND EARLY MORNING FOG POSSIBLE...THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .CAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SC...NONE. GA...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...02 NEAR TERM... SHORT TERM... LONG TERM...02 AVIATION...
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 614 AM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-041015- LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD- MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON- RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON- BAMBERG- 614 AM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012 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...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 114 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:56 UTC.
5 thunderstorm wind, 1 tropical depression. Local standard time, as filed.
Sheriff reported trees down along Highway 80W near the Burke County Jefferson County Line.
Public reported nickel size hail and power outages from lines down along William Tinley Road southwest of St. Clair.
WRDW reported trees and powerlines down at the intersection of Morgan Road and Green Forest Drive.
Sheriff Dispatch reported trees down along River Road.
Sheriff Dispatch reported trees down on Vine Road near Girard.
Sheriff Dispatch reported trees down along Munnerlyn Alexander Road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Georgia in 2012Every state in 2012This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, July 2012The 2012 hurricane season
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: 380956, 380955, 380973, 380957, 380958, 380959.