An isolated severe thunderstorm over Fairfield County produced some wind damage.
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The episode as NWS CAE wrote it up.
An isolated severe thunderstorm over Fairfield County produced some wind damage.
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 Aug 3, 6:26 PM EST, 1 hour 49 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 726 PM EDT FRI AUG 3 2012 .SYNOPSIS... A WARM HUMID AIR MASS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE WEEKEND. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AND WILL KEEP A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE AS WE GO THROUGH MUCH OF NEXT WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM SATURDAY MORNING/... BEST INSTABILITY REMAINS ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE STATE. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL FOCUS IN THE SOUTHEAST MIDLANDS THIS EVENING. TONIGHT...ANY SHOWER/STORM ACTIVITY THAT DOES FORM SHOULD DISSIPATE ACROSS THE CWA BY MIDNIGHT. MAY HAVE SOME LINGERING CLOUD COVER OVERNIGHT...ESPECIALLY IF CONVECTIVE DEBRIS CLOUDS FROM CONVECTION ACROSS NORTHERN AL...NW GA...ERN TN CAN MAKE IT INTO THE AREA. WINDS EXPECTED TO BECOME LIGHT OVERNIGHT. LOW TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO FALL ONLY INTO THE MIDDLE 70S FOR MOST AREAS. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/... FRONTAL BOUNDARY TO STAY JUST TO THE NORTH THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH PLENTY OF MOISTURE ADVECTION INTO THE AREA SOUTH OF THE FRONT. EXPECT AFTERNOON/EVENING CONVECTION TO CONTINUE WITH CHANCE POPS. TEMPS WILL BE NEAR NORMAL WITH HIGHS 90-95 AND LOWS 70-75. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... MODELS SETTLE A WEAK TROF OVER THE EASTERN US DURING THE WEEK WITH A SERIES OF SHORT WAVES MOVING THROUGH. DEEP LAYER MOISTURE WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE ALONG WITH THE CHANCE OF RAIN INTO MID WEEK. EXPECT TEMPS TO REMAIN NEAR NORMAL WITH HIGHS MAINLY IN THE LOWER 90S AND LOWS IN THE LOW TO MID 70S. && .AVIATION /00Z SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... GENERALLY VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING AND INTO THE EARLY PORTIONS OF THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD. SCTD CONVECTION OVER THE AREA EARLY THIS EVENING SHOULD DISSIPATE BY AROUND 02Z. MAINLY CONVECTIVE DEBRIS CLOUDS AFTER 02Z. NAM BUFKIT PROFILE INDICATING A 30 KT LOW-LEVEL JET EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THERE MAY BE ENOUGH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE TO LOWER VISIBILITIES AT MOST SITES INTO THE UPPER END OF THE MVFR CATEGORY THROUGH SUNRISE WITH MOSTLY STRATUS AND SOME PATCHY FOG. AFTER SUNRISE EXPECT A RETURN TO VFR CONDITIONS. EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...RESTRICTIONS POSSIBLE IN EARLY MORNING FOG/STRATUS...AS WELL AS SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .CAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SC...NONE. GA...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 415 AM EDT FRI AUG 3 2012 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-040815- LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD- MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON- RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON- BAMBERG- 415 AM EDT FRI AUG 3 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. ISOLATED STRONG STORMS MAY APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. 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
548 PM EDT FRI AUG 3 2012
SCZ035-041-032245-
BAMBERG-BARNWELL-
548 PM EDT FRI AUG 3 2012
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF BAMBERG AND BARNWELL
COUNTIES THROUGH 645 PM EDT...
AT 543 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM...NEAR BLACKVILLE ... NEARLY STATIONARY.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
BARNWELL...BLACKVILLE AND DENMARK...
PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS...
GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 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 3323 8146 3347 8130 3345 8126 3344 8125
3344 8122 3343 8120 3341 8119 3341 8116
3337 8108 3315 8114
TIME...MOT...LOC 2148Z 027DEG 2KT 3334 8122The Columbia radar (KCAE), 59 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:16 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
EM reported trees down on River Road at Taylor Creek Bridge.
County dispatch reported numerous trees down in Winnsboro and a tree on a home.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in South Carolina in 2012Every state in 2012This day in weather historyWarnings in South Carolina, August 2012
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: 388538, 388539.