Some widely scattered thunderstorms produced some hail and strong winds in the Pee Dee region.
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Some widely scattered thunderstorms produced some hail and strong winds in the Pee Dee region.
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 19, 12:20 PM EST, 3 hours 53 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 120 PM EDT MON MAR 19 2012 .SYNOPSIS... HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE AREA THROUGH MIDWEEK WHICH WILL RESULT IN ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE SOUTHEAST WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD ACROSS THE AREA. SHORT WAVE TROUGH ROTATING AROUND RIDGE TRIGGERING CONVECTION ACROSS EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. THESE SHOWERS SHOULD REMAIN EAST OF THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. TRIGGER APPEARS TO BE LACKING FOR CONVECTION. LATEST LAPS SOUNDING INDICATES AIR MASS BECOMING MODERATELY UNSTABLE BUT MOISTURE APPEARS LIMITED. CAN'T RULE OUT AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM ESPECIALLY IN THE PEE DEE BUT POP LESS THAN 20 PERCENT. MOSTLY CLEAR OVERNIGHT WITH SOME HIGH CLOUDS AT TIMES. NAM SUGGESTING A LOW-LEVEL JET MAY INHIBIT FOG FORMATION...HOWEVER SREF AND LAMP INDICATING INCREASED FOG THREAT EAST MIDLANDS. && .SHORT TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/... HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN IN CONTROL OF THE SURFACE WITH A HIGHLY AMPLIFIED UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE EASTERN US. SITUATION WILL CHANGE SLIGHTLY TUESDAY NIGHT AS A WEAK DISTURBANCE SLIDES SOUTHWARD ALONG THE COAST. EXPECT THIS TO INCREASE CLOUDINESS SLIGHTLY TUESDAY NIGHT WITH A SLIGHT INCREASE IN THUNDERSTORM CHANCES ON WEDNESDAY. WEDNESDAY NIGHT THE DISTURBANCE BEGINS TO WEAKEN AND PUSH OFFSHORE AS A DEEP UPPER LEVEL LOW MOVES INTO CENTRAL TX. TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE SHORT TERM WILL BE IN THE UPPER 70S TO MIDDLE 80S WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE MIDDLE 50S TO AROUND 60. && .LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... MODELS HAVE COME INTO BETTER AGREEMENT OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF RUNS...ESPECIALLY IN REGARD TO THE HANDLING OF THE UPPER LEVEL LOW WHICH ENTERS THE REGION THIS WEEKEND. OVERALL CONFIDENCE REMAINS ON THE LOW SIDE CONCERNING THE UPPER LOW AS MODELS CONTINUE TO ADJUST THE TRACK AND TIMING. UPPER LEVEL PATTERN WILL BE VERY SLOW TO PROGRESS EASTWARD AS A REX BLOCK OVER WESTERN EUROPE AND NEARLY AN OMEGA BLOCK OVER THE CENTRAL US INTO THE WESTERN ATLANTIC BASIN. THIS WILL KEEP THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE EASTERN US THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT WHEN THE RIDGE WILL BEGIN TO BREAK DOWN AS THE BLOCKING PATTERN BEGINS TO RELEASE. THIS WILL RESULT IN THE WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE CONTINUING TO SLIDE SOUTHWARD ALONG THE ATLANTIC SEABOARD ON THURSDAY WITH THE UPPER LOW AND ASSOCIATED SURFACE LOW AND COLD FRONT SLOWLY MOVING THROUGH THE GULF STATES. UPPER LOW WILL MOVE INTO THE FORECAST AREA SATURDAY NIGHT/SUNDAY AND MOVE OFFSHORE MONDAY AS THE UPPER LOW REMAINS CUT OFF FROM THE MAIN UPPER LEVEL PATTERN. WITH MODEL AGREEMENT IMPROVING HAVE ADJUSTED POPS AND CLOUDS UPWARD SLIGHTLY SURROUNDING THE PASSAGE OF THE UPPER LOW. TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE LONG TERM WILL BE ABOVE NORMAL FOR THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY AND THEN RETURN TO NEAR NORMAL FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY AS THE UPPER LOW COVERS THE REGION. && .AVIATION /17Z MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PATCHY FOG MAY DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT WITH PERIODS OF MVFR/IFR POSSIBLE TOWARD 12Z. EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...MVFR OR IFR CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR IN LATE NIGHT/MORNING FOG THROUGH EARLY WEEK. && .CAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SC...NONE. GA...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 858 AM EDT MON MAR 19 2012 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-201258- AIKEN-BAMBERG-BARNWELL-BURKE-CALHOUN-CHESTERFIELD-CLARENDON-COLUMBIA- EDGEFIELD-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-LANCASTER-LEE-LEXINGTON-LINCOLN-MCCORMICK- MCDUFFIE-NEWBERRY-ORANGEBURG-RICHLAND-RICHMOND-SALUDA-SUMTER- 858 AM EDT MON MAR 19 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MIDLANDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 95 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:14 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail covered the ground near the intersection of Cypress and Cypress Cemetary roads. Lots of nickel to dime size hail with some pieces up to the size of a quarter.
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