A squall line moved through the CSRA and took down some trees and powerlines.
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A squall line moved through the CSRA and took down some trees and powerlines.
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 Mar 3, 3:38 AM EST, 43 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 338 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012 .SYNOPSIS... A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THIS MORNING...BRINGING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SHOWERS WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. DRY HIGH PRESSURE WILL RETURN FOR SUNDAY INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/... WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO CROSS THE MIDLANDS AND CSRA THIS MORNING AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. INSTABILITY AND MOISTURE FLUX INCREASING INCREASING ACROSS THE AREA. DEEP LAYER SHEAR ALSO INCREASING AND THERE IS A THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING. MAIN THREAT WILL BE WIND DAMAGE AND POSSIBLY LARGE HAIL. STILL CANNOT RULE OUT AN ISOLATED TORNADO GIVEN HIGH SHEAR AND LOW CAPE ENVIRONMENT. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH CENTRAL SC BY MIDDAY...THEN DECELERATE ACROSS THE EASTERN MIDLANDS AS A WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT. THE FRONT WILL MOVE TO THE COAST BY EARLY THIS EVENING. MILD AND BREEZY CONDITIONS THIS MORNING. EARLY MORNING TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 60S TO AROUND 70 ARE EXPECTED TO HOLD NEARLY STEADY FOR FALL SLIGHTLY BEHIND THE FRONT. && .SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/... MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT FOR THE SHORT TERM. THE FRONT WILL BE OFF THE COAST THIS EVENING, BUT LINGERING RAINFALL IS LIKELY OVERNIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN THE EAST. STRONG LARGE SCALE FORCING AND UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION WITH THE APPROACH OF AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH. HIGH SUNDAY WILL BE IN THE MID 50S TO LOWER 60S. SLIGHTLY MILDER TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW TO MID 60S ARE EXPECTED MONDAY. OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE 30S WILL OCCUR SUNDAY MORNING...WITH FREEZING TEMPS POSSIBLE MONDAY MORNING. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH MUCH OF THE LONG TERM PERIOD. THIS WILL LEAD TO MORE DRY WEATHER AT LEAST THROUGH THURSDAY. FRIDAY WILL SEE THE HIGH MOVE FAR ENOUGH OFFSHORE AND WINDS ALOFT BECOME MORE SOUTHWESTERLY. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR A POSSIBLE INCREASE IN MOISTURE AND RAIN CHANCES...BUT CONFIDENCE NOT HIGH ENOUGH TO PUT MENTION OF RAIN IN FORECAST AT THIS TIME. AS THE HIGH SETTLES IN EARLY IN THE WEEK...EXPECT TO HAVE STRONG RADIATIONAL COOLING TUESDAY NIGHTS WITH HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE AREA. TEMPERATURES IN THE 30S WILL BE POSSIBLE BOTH TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY MORNINGS. TEMPS WILL BEGIN TO MODERATE BY MIDWEEK WITH THE RETURN OF UPPER LEVEL RIDGING. && .AVIATION /08Z SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... VFR CONDITIONS TO QUICKLY GIVE WAY TO MVFR/IFR FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD. COLD FRONT MARCHING ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN US WILL PUSH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INTO THE TAF SITES AROUND 09Z AGS/DNL AND 10Z CAE/CUB/OGB. CONCERNS FOR THE PERIOD ARE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND WIND SHEAR. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE A HISTORY MOVING ACROSS THE GULF COAST OF STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS AND EXPECT THE POTENTIAL TO CONTINUE AS THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH THE TAF SITES. STRONG WINDS ALOFT HAVE KEPT SURFACE WINDS GUSTY...HOWEVER HAVE KEPT WIND SHEAR IN TAFS AS WINDS ALOFT WILL INCREASE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. COLD FRONT WILL PUSH OFFSHORE DURING THE MORNING WITH LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING ALONG THE COAST. THIS WILL KEEP SHOWERS AND MVFR TO IFR CONDITIONS OVER THE TAF SITES FROM THE AFTERNOON THROUGH THE END OF THE TAF PERIOD. EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...RAIN ALONG WITH MVFR...POSSIBLE IFR...CONDITIONS CONTINUING THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. BREEZY CONDITIONS POSSIBLE SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY. && .CAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SC...NONE. GA...NONE. && SYNOPSIS... NEAR TERM... SHORT TERM... LONG TERM... AVIATION...07
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 344 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-040845- LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD- MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON- RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON- BAMBERG- 344 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE REGION THIS MORNING AS A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE THAT SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL BECOME SEVERE. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN SEVERE THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.
The Greer radar (KGSP), 124 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:22 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Dispatch reported a couple of trees down on Augusta Hwy southeast of Lincolnton.
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