Scattered severe thunderstorms produced some large hail and damaging winds over portions of the CSRA.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS CAE wrote it up.
Scattered severe thunderstorms produced some large hail and damaging winds over portions of the CSRA.
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 17, 3:53 PM EST, 17 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 453 PM EDT WED JUL 17 2013 .SYNOPSIS... HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE ACROSS THE MIDWEST WILL DOMINATE THE WEATHER ACROSS THE REGION FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /TONIGHT/... CONVECTION CONTINUES IN A STRONGLY UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT. SHEAR IS NOT VERY STRONG AND EXPECT STORMS TO BECOME OUTFLOW DOMINATED WHILE SOME ORGANIZATION IS POSSIBLE ASSOCIATED WITH A WEAK SHORTWAVE ROTATING AROUND THE UPPER RIDGE. MENTION OF WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS OVER MUCH OF THE AREA. AFTER MIDNIGHT...AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM CANNOT BE RULED OUT. CONVECTION SHOULD WANE AFTER SUNSET WITH THE LOSS OF HEATING WHILE DEBRIS CLOUDS COULD LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF COOLING EARLY IN THE NIGHT. SOME DRIER AIR ALOFT NOTED ON THE WATER VAPOR IMAGERY COULD SET UP THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME EARLY MORNING FOG...MAYBE DENSE...BUT TOO MUCH UNCERTAINTY TO FORECAST WITH CONFIDENCE AT THIS POINT. OVERNIGHT LOWS GENERALLY IN THE LOWER 70S. && .SHORT TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/... UPPER RIDGE IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN BY THURSDAY NIGHT AS HEIGHTS FALL ACROSS THE REGION. ALTHOUGH AIRMASS WILL BECOME MODERATELY/STRONGLY UNSTABLE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...MODELS NOT SHOWING MUCH IN THE WAY OF DISTURBANCES MOVING ACROSS THE REGION. AT THE SURFACE...MODELS DO SHOW A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH. MODELS SHOW UPPER TROUGH DEVELOPING ACROSS THE REGION BY FRIDAY NIGHT. PWAT VALUES A BIT LOWER THAN PREVIOUS DAYS AROUND 1.7-1.8 INCHES. BUT STILL HIGH ENOUGH TO GO 20-30 PERCENT CHANCE DIURNAL CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY. DECIDED TO LIMIT MAINLY DURING AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS WITH NOT MUCH AFTER MIDNIGHT. ATMOSPHERE SHOULD BECOME UNSTABLE WITH STRONG SURFACE HEATING IN THE AFTERNOON HOURS. NAM LIS -5 IN THE AFTERNOON EACH DAY. CAPES OVER 2500 J/KG THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND OVER 3000 J/KG FRIDAY AFTERNOON. STRONG LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES MAY SUPPORT AFTERNOON/EVENING CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY. SPC HAS REGION IN GENERAL THUNDERSTORM AREA THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. IN ADDITION... MODELS INDICATE AN INCREASE IN SURFACE BOUNDARIES FROM CONVECTIVE OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES TO LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE TO POSSIBLE SEA BREEZE INTERACTIONS THAT MAY LEAD TO AN INCREASE IN POPS. WITH MORE SUN THAN CLOUDS...WILL SHOW A BIT OF AN INCREASE IN HIGH TEMPERATURES...LOWER 90S THURSDAY AND MIDDLE 90S FRIDAY. OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 70S. && .LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... MEDIUM RANGE MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT. BOTH GFS AND ECMWF SHOW UPPER TROUGH DISPLACING UPPER RIDGE IN EASTERN CONUS SATURDAY AND CONTINUING THROUGH TUESDAY. THEN...UPPER TROUGH STRENGTHENS SOME BY WEDNESDAY. THIS WEATHER PATTERN IS EXPECTED TO PULL A COLD FRONT IN THE GREAT LAKES AREA SATURDAY TO THE CAROLINAS MONDAY AND TUESDAY. THE FRONT SHOULD STALL IN THE VICINITY OF THE REGION BY WEDNESDAY. THE WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO BE UNSETTLED AS THE UPPER TROUGH PICKS UP SOME TROPICAL MOISTURE FROM THE SOUTH BY SUNDAY WITH PWATS RUNNING AROUND 2 INCHES OR JUST ABOVE THROUGH TUESDAY. THEN...WEDNESDAY IS A BIT DRIER WITH PWATS AROUND 1.8 INCHES. GENERALLY LIKED MOS GUIDANCE POPS. DECIDED TO TREND POPS IN A DIURNAL NATURE WITH 40-60 PERCENT DAYTIME AND EARLY EVENING POPS SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. WILL LOWER TO 20-30 PERCENT OVERNIGHT. WEDNESDAY SHOULD BE A BIT DRIER AND MORE SUMMER-LIKE WITH 20-30 DAY AND NIGHT-TIME POPS. AGREE WITH MOS TEMPERATURE GUIDANCE...HIGHS AROUND 90 SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT...AND HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NIGHT-TIME LOWS IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 70S SATURDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHTS...THEN MAINLY THE LOWER 70S MONDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHTS. && .AVIATION /21Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... IFR VSBYS POSSIBLE IN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 21Z-02Z ACROSS THE REGION. GENERALLY NORTHWEST TO NORTHERLY ENVIRONMENTAL WINDS THROUGH 06Z BEFORE WINDS BECOME CALM TO LIGHT AND VARIABLE. SOME DRIER AIR IS MOVING OVER THE AREA ALOFT AND MAY SET UP A SCENARIO FOR FOG DEVELOPMENT LATE TONIGHT. WILL FORECAST MVFR VISIBILITIES AFTER 10Z BUT NOT GOING AS LOW AS LAMP GUIDANCE SUGGESTS...THOUGH THE POSSIBILITY OF DENSE FOG DOES EXIST WITH ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND DRIER AIR ALOFT. EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...RESTRICTIONS POSSIBLE EACH DAY IN MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AS WELL AS LATE NIGHT/EARLY MORNING FOG/STRATUS. && .CAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SC...NONE. GA...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 331 PM EDT WED JUL 17 2013 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-181945- LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD- MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON- RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON- BAMBERG- 331 PM EDT WED JUL 17 2013 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 417 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. RIVER FLOODING...PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV FOR MORE INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. RIVER FLOODING. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV FOR MORE INFORMATION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
402 PM EDT WED JUL 17 2013
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0346 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 W LUGOFF 34.23N 80.73W
07/17/2013 KERSHAW SC LAW ENFORCEMENT
SC HIGHWAY PATROL REPORTING TREES DOWN ON SC
34 AT 25 MILE CREEK RD
&&
HCPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
402 PM EDT WED JUL 17 2013
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0346 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 W LUGOFF 34.23N 80.73W
07/17/2013 KERSHAW SC LAW ENFORCEMENT
SC HIGHWAY PATROL REPORTING TREES DOWN ON SC
34 AT 25 MILE CREEK
&&PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
424 PM EDT WED JUL 17 2013
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0349 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 SE ELGIN 34.15N 80.76W
07/17/2013 KERSHAW SC LAW ENFORCEMENT
SC HIGHWAY PATROL REPORTED TREES DOWN ON
LARRY JEFFERS ROAD.
&&
WLRPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
454 PM EDT WED JUL 17 2013
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0435 PM HAIL 3 SSE ELKO 33.34N 81.35W
07/17/2013 E1.00 INCH BARNWELL SC LAW ENFORCEMENT
DISPATCH REPORTED 1 INCH HAIL AND TREES DOWN
&&
HC/BCPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
501 PM EDT WED JUL 17 2013
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0442 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 NE NEW ELLENTON 33.44N 81.66W
07/17/2013 AIKEN SC LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN NEAR NEW ELLENTON
&&
HC/BCPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
507 PM EDT WED JUL 17 2013
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0505 PM TSTM WND GST 1 S SPRINGDALE 33.94N 81.11W
07/17/2013 56 MPH LEXINGTON SC ASOS
CAE ASOS REPORTED A 56 MPH WIND GUST AT 4:46
PM.
&&
HCThe Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 106 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:10 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Dispatch reported a couple of trees down on Hwy 56 North near the Richmond County Line.
Sheriff reported numerous trees and powerlines down around the county.
Sheriff reported trees and powerlines down along Hobbs Mill Road in Dearing.
Sheriff reported trees down along Quail Farm Road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Georgia in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, July 2013
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: 453734, 453735, 453736, 453737.