A few severe thunderstorms in the Midlands of South Carolina produced some damaging winds and large hail.
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The episode as NWS CAE wrote it up.
A few severe thunderstorms in the Midlands of South Carolina produced some damaging winds and large hail.
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 27, 12:12 PM EST, 2 hours 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 112 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012 .SYNOPSIS... GENERALLY TYPICAL SUMMERLIKE WEATHER EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD. AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL REMAIN OVER THE EASTERN US. 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 /UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING/... AN UPPER RIDGE OFF THE ATLANTIC COAST WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST AS AN UPPER TROUGH SHARPENS ACROSS THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES. THIS WILL ALLOW A WEAK COLD FRONT/TROUGH TO APPROACH FROM THE NORTHWEST THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 90S. HEAT INDEX 105 TO 110 OVER MOST OF THE AREA. WEAK SHORT WAVE MOVING NORTH FROM SOUTHWEST GEORGIA MAY TRIGGER CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON ESPECIALLY IN THE CSRA. SHOWERS MAY ALSO FOCUS IN THE NORTHERN MIDLANDS/PIEDMONT WHERE DUE TO SLIGHTLY STRONGER DEEP SHEAR...SLIGHT RISK SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. CHANCE POPS INTO THE EARLY EVENING. && .SHORT TERM /8 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/... UPPER HIGH WILL REMAIN TO OUR SE WHILE UPPER TROUGH REMAINS OVER THE EASTERN CONUS. AHEAD OF THE DEVELOPING UPPER TROUGH...THE SHORT WAVE CURRENTLY OVER CENT GA WILL KICK OUT TO THE NE TONIGHT. WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL SLOWLY ENTER THE REGION TONIGHT AND SATURDAY...AND SLOWLY SHIFT TOWARDS THE COAST SUNDAY. THIS ALONG WITH ABUNDANT ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE AND A SERIES OF UPPER IMPULSES WILL PROMOTE SCATTERED MAINLY DIURNAL CONVECTION. TRENDED POPS A LITTLE HIGHER TOWARDS THE SOUTHERN/EASTERN FA DUE TO EXPECTED FRONTAL POSITION AND AREA OF BEST MOISTURE. GENERALLY ACCEPTED GUIDANCE BLEND. && .LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... MADE FEW CHANGES TO THE FORECAST FOR THIS TIME PERIOD. MODELS AGREE IN KEEPING AN UPPER TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN CONUS THROUGH THE PERIOD. CONTINUED SUFFICIENT ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE ALONG WITH A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH OR TWO AND A SERIES OF WEAK UPPER IMPULSES WILL PROMOTE SCATTERED MAINLY DIURNAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. GENERALLY SEASONAL TEMPS EXPECTED. USED A BLEND OF GUIDANCE AND ONGOING FORECAST. && .AVIATION /18Z FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH THE PERIOD. EXPECT STRONG HEATING...AND AN APPROACHING SURFACE BOUNDARY...TO RESULT IN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DID NOT INCLUDE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST BECAUSE OF TIMING/LOCATION UNCERTAINTY. ANY THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS BECAUSE OF MODERATE TO STRONG INSTABILITY. EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS EXPECTED. && .CAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SC...NONE. GA...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 428 AM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-280830- LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD- MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON- RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON- BAMBERG- 428 AM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP BY LATE AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTH. A FEW STORMS MAY REACH SEVERE LIMITS PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL BE HIGHEST MAINLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM AUGUSTA TO COLUMBIA TO BISHOPVILLE. .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
200 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012
SCZ027-028-030-036-037-271900-
AIKEN-CALHOUN-LEXINGTON-ORANGEBURG-RICHLAND-
200 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF LEXINGTON...
RICHLAND...AIKEN...CALHOUN AND ORANGEBURG COUNTIES THROUGH 300 PM
EDT...
AT 152 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN EASTERN AIKEN COUNTY. THIS
ACTIVITY WAS MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
CAYCE...GASTON...SOUTH CONGAREE... AND ST. MATTHEWS...
PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS...
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...
SMALL 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 3341 8152 3381 8165 3407 8073 3365 8062
3347 8129 3349 8137 3343 8146
TIME...MOT...LOC 1759Z 245DEG 19KT 3369 8134
TTHThe Columbia radar (KCAE), 49 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:31 UTC.
15 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Highway Patrol reported a tree down across the road at the intersection of Camp Rawls Road and Magpie Street.
Highway Patrol reported a tree in the roadway at Kennedy Pond Road and Trotter Road.
Highway Patrol reported trees down along Hwy 178 and Johnson King Road and Mack Edisto Road.
Highway Patrol reported a tree in the roadway at Woodfield Road and Independent Blvd.
The Lancaster News reported several trees fell onto some sheds at a home in the Charlesboro Community crushing them.
Highway Patrol reported a tree down in Windsor.
Highway Patrol reported a tree down along I-26 in the westbound direction at mile marker 61.
Highway Patrol reported powerlines down at Hwy 34 and Kellytown Road.
Sheriff dispatch reported a tree down on a house and powerlines across Cedar Creek Road near Hwy 102.
Sheriff reported a roof blown off a storage building and trees down along Cedar Creek Road.
Public reported a tree uprooted and limbs on powerlines near McBee.
Highway Patrol reported a tree down at Brown Chapel Road and Brown Chapel Drive.
Sheriff Dispatch reported a tree down in the town of Newberry.
Public reported several large limbs down along with some pine trees topped by strong winds along Hollywood Road.
Sheriff dispatch reported trees down on powerlines along Old CHerokee Trail.
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, July 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: 386605, 386606, 386607, 386608, 389367, 386614, 386610, 386609, 386611, 386612, 386616, 386617, 386621, 386619, 386620.