Widely scattered thunderstorms produced some nickel size hail and damaging winds across the CSRA and Pee Dee regions taking down some trees and powerlines.
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Widely scattered thunderstorms produced some nickel size hail and damaging winds across the CSRA and Pee Dee regions taking 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 Jul 9, 1:00 PM EST, 1 hour 44 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 200 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2012 .SYNOPSIS... AN SOUTHWARD MOVING FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL BECOME A FOCUS FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS WEEK. THIS FRONT WILL PUSH INTO THE MIDLANDS BY TUESDAY AND STALL OVER THE AREA THROUGH THE WEEK...BRINGING INCREASED CHANCES OF RAIN TO THE REGION. TEMPERATURES WILL COOL THROUGH THE WEEK PROVIDING NEEDED RELIEF FROM THE RECENT HOT TEMPERATURES. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING/... EXPECT TEMPS TO MAX OUT IN THE LOW 100'S IN THE CENTRAL MIDLANDS AND THE AUGUSTA AREA. THERMAL WIND HAS DEVELOPED AHEAD OF THE FRONT WITH SURFACE GUSTS 15 TO 25 MPH. MOISTURE AXIS ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE STATE WHERE BEST CAPE IS SO EXPECT A LINE OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP ALONG A LINE FROM SPARTANBURG TO DARLINGTON. SOME STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE PRODUCING SURFACE WIND GUSTS OF 60 TO 70 MPH. WITH -20 AT 26KFT IT WILL BE DIFFICULT TO GET 1 INCH HAIL BUT DIME TO NICKEL MAY BE OSBERED. && .SHORT TERM /8 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/... FRONTAL BOUNDARY ON TUESDAY WILL STRETCH FROM SOUTHERN VA THROUGH NORTHERN TN AND WILL SLOWLY PROGRESS SOUTHWARD REACHING CENTRAL NC AND TN TUESDAY NIGHT. BY EARLY WEDNESDAY THE FRONT WILL HAVE STALLED JUST NORTH OF THE FORECAST AREA AND REMAIN DRAPED ACROSS SOUTHERN NC THROUGH NORTHERN ALABAMA THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THERE ARE SEVERAL CONCERNS THROUGH THE SHORT TERM WITH MOST SURROUNDING THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS. WITH PWAT VALUES GENERALLY AROUND TWO INCHES THROUGH THE SHORT TERM AND MODERATE INSTABILITY THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. HOWEVER...WITH INCREASED CLOUDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONT CLOUDS WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES A BIT COOLER WITH DAYTIME HIGHS IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 90S TUESDAY AND UPPER 80S TO AROUND 90 ON WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL GIVE A CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL EDGE TO TUESDAY AS MUCH OF THE AREA WILL SEE SUNSHINE DURING THE MORNING WITH SOME POTENTIAL FOR A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING WIND GUSTS AND LOWER CHANCE OF LARGE HAIL. WILL SEE ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY ON WEDNESDAY ALTHOUGH TEMPERATURES WILL NOT BE AS WARM LIMITING SURFACE BASED INSTABILITY. && .LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... MODELS REMAIN IN GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH THE LONG TERM WITH THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY AND UPPER LEVEL TROUGH REMAINING STALLED ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES. THIS WILL KEEP PLENTY OF MOISTURE ALONG WITH MODERATE INSTABILITY OVER THE REGION ALLOWING FOR CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INTO THE WEEKEND. WITH THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN US...TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO COOL SOMEWHAT AND POSSIBLE BE BELOW NORMAL FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS...ESPECIALLY IF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE ABLE TO DEVELOP DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON. OVERALL THE LONG TERM LOOKS FAIRLY MOIST WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR NORMAL TO SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL FOR DAYTIME HIGHS. && .AVIATION /18Z MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH THE EVENING EXCEPT MVFR CIGS/VSBYS IN THUNDERSTORMS. MAIN FOCUS FOR STORMS THROUGH THE EVENING WILL BE ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE STATE WITH WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ELSEWHERE. SURFACE WINDS HAVE PICKED UP DUE TO A THERMAL WIND DEVELOPING AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT TO THE NORTH. EXPECT GUST OF 15 TO 25 MPH INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS BEFORE SUBSIDING. THUNDERSTORMS NOT INCLUDED IN THE TERMINAL FORECASTS AT THIS TIME BECAUSE OF TIMING UNCERTAINTY. EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR IN MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH FRIDAY. LOW CLOUDINESS AND FOG MAY OCCUR...MAINLY DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. && .CAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SC...NONE. GA...NONE. && SYNOPSIS... NEAR TERM... SHORT TERM... LONG TERM... AVIATION...
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 419 AM EDT MON JUL 9 2012 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-100830- LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD- MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON- RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON- BAMBERG- 419 AM EDT MON JUL 9 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...MAINLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN MIDLANDS. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ARE THE PRIMARY THREAT...WITH LARGE HAIL BEING A SECONDARY THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 106 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:44 UTC.
5 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Van Wick Post Office reported trees down on Van Wyck Road 2 miles north of town.
Highway Patrol reported trees down on Angelus Road at Black Creek Bridge.
Sheriffs office reported trees and powerlines down in the town of Chesterfield.
EM reported nickel size hail in the town of Chesterfield.
DOT reported some trees down on Woodlawn Road.
DOT reported trees and powerlines down on Martintown Road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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