An isolated severe thunderstorms took down some trees in Burke County.
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An isolated severe thunderstorms took down some trees in Burke County.
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 Jun 26, 12:30 PM EST, 2 hours 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 130 PM EDT WED JUN 26 2013 .SYNOPSIS... A DEEPENING UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN US...ALONG WITH ABUNDANT ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE...WILL PROVIDE ABOVE NORMAL CHANCES OF MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... THIS AFTERNOON...LITTLE CHANGE IN AIR MASS EXPECTED. REGION WILL BECOME MODERATELY UNSTABLE AND PRECIPITABLE WATER REMAINS ABOVE 1.5 INCHES. WEAK SURFACE CONVERGENCE ACROSS THE REGION ASSOCIATED WITH SURFACE TROUGH. UPSTREAM SHORT WAVE TROUGH WILL MOVE OVER SOUTH CAROLINA AND TRIGGER THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH RESOLUTION MODELS SHOW CONVECTION MOVING ACROSS THE REGION INTO EVENING...SO FORECAST IN THE SCATTERED CATEGORY. PREFER TEMPERATURES AROUND 90. MAIN THREAT FROM THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL GIVEN MOIST SOUNDINGS. TONIGHT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT ARE ACTIVE EARLY THIS EVENING SHOULD DIMINISH IN COVERAGE BY MIDNIGHT. CAN NOT RULE OUT ISOLATED ACTIVITY FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT...BUT CONFIDENCE IN COVERAGE NOT HIGH ENOUGH TO PLACE IN FORECAST AFTER THE MIDNIGHT TIMEFRAME. OVERNIGHT LOWS CLOSE TO PERSISTENCE...WHICH GIVES READINGS IN THE LOWER 70S. PATCHY FOG MAY BE POSSIBLE TOWARDS SUNRISE. && .SHORT TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/... UPPER HIGH WILL CONTINUE BUILDING OVER THE SW US...WHILE UPPER ENERGY SHIFTS CUTS OFF OVER THE E GREAT LAKES...RESULTING IN A DEEPENING UPPER TROUGH OVER THE SE CONUS. IT APPEARS A SERIES OF UPPER IMPULSES AND SURFACE TROUGHS WILL COME THROUGH. STRONGER UPPER ENERGY WILL COME THROUGH THU AFTN/EVE. HIGH LEVELS OF ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY...WITH GENERALLY DIURNAL LIKELY POPS THU AFTN...WITH PREMISE FOR SOME DRIER AIR ENTERING THE REGION EARLY FRI. MODELS HINTING AT ANOTHER SYSTEM AFFECTING US LATE FRI. SOME RUN TO RUN MODEL INCONSISTENCY NOTED FOR SATURDAY...WITH SOME INDICATIONS NOW THAT SOME DRIER AIR COULD AFFECT AT LEAST THE NORTHERN FA SATURDAY. DUE TO UNCERTAINTY...WILL NOT TRY TO GET TOO DETAILED WITH POP TIMING...AND GENERALLY MAINTAIN CONSERVATIVE POPS FRI/SAT. && .LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... WET PATTERN EXPECTED. MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE UPPER LOW RETROGRADING WEST ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES/UPPER MISS VALLEY REGION WITH DEEPENING UPPER TROUGH TO OUR WEST...WITH STRONG UPPER RIDGE CONTINUES OVER THE W CONUS. THIS APPEARS TO PROVIDE A PROLONGED PERIOD OF A DEEP S TO SW FLOW AND A VERY MOIST ATMOSPHERE OVER OUR REGION...PROVIDING ABOVE NORMAL POPS/RAINFALL AND POTENTIALLY LEADING TO A FLOODING THREAT. A BLEND OF ONGOING FORECAST...ALONG WITH MOS AND HPC GUIDANCE GENERALLY PROVIDING LIKELY POPS AND ARE DIURNALLY FAVORED...WHICH CONTINUES TO LOOK GOOD. && .AVIATION /18Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF THE PERIOD...WITH RESTRICTIONS POSSIBLE IN AFTERNOON AND EVENING CONVECTION. ANOTHER ROUND OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION. REGIONAL RADARS SHOWING ISOLATED TO SCATTERED CONVECTION BEGINNING TO FORM AT THIS TIME. CONFIDENCE IN TIMING AT ANY TAF SITE REMAINS LOW...AND WILL AMEND AS NECESSARY AS ACTIVITY NEARS SITES. NEXT CONCERN WILL BE POTENTIAL FOR FOG AND STRATUS LATER TONIGHT. MODELS INDICATE LOW LEVEL JET OF 25 TO 30 KNOTS OVER THE AREA WHICH INDICATES MORE POTENTIAL FOR STRATUS. MUCH OF THIS WILL DEPEND ON LOCATION OF AFTERNOON RAINFALL. HAVE INCLUDED MVFR FOG AND SCATTERED LOW CLOUDS AFTER 08Z AND WILL ADJUST AS NEEDED. WINDS THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD WILL BE SOUTHWEST AT 8 KNOTS OR LESS. EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...CIG/VSBY RESTRICTIONS POSSIBLE EACH DAY IN MAINLY AFTERNOON/EVENING 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 505 AM EDT WED JUN 26 2013 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-270915- LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD- MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON- RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON- BAMBERG- 505 AM EDT WED JUN 26 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SOME THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN...AND FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND OTHER LOW LYING FLOOD PRONE AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. 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
256 PM EDT WED JUN 26 2013
GAZ065-077-SCZ025-030-035-262000-
AIKEN-BARNWELL-BURKE-EDGEFIELD-RICHMOND-
256 PM EDT WED JUN 26 2013
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF RICHMOND...BURKE...
EDGEFIELD...AIKEN AND BARNWELL COUNTIES THROUGH 400 PM EDT...
AT 252 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM...NEAR HEPHZIBAH...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
GLOVERVILLE...AIKEN...BELVEDERE...CLEARWATER...JACKSON...NEW
ELLENTON...NORTH AUGUSTA...AUGUSTA...FORT GORDON...HEPHZIBAH...
WAYNESBORO AND SAVANNAH RIVER SITE...
PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS...
GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...
DIME SIZE HAIL...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REPORT LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS OR FLOODING TO YOUR COUNTY
SHERIFF...OR USE
WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.COLUMBIA.GOV TO RELAY
SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS. &&
LAT...LON 3315 8226 3350 8210 3354 8203 3357 8207
3364 8203 3344 8143 3297 8166 3296 8167
TIME...MOT...LOC 1856Z 287DEG 19KT 3334 8205PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
412 PM EDT WED JUN 26 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0318 PM TSTM WND DMG MURPHYS ESTATES 33.60N 81.94W
06/26/2013 EDGEFIELD SC LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES ON THE ROADWAY ON SHORT CUT RD. AT
EDGEFIELD RD.
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HCThe Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 76 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:24 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Sheriff reported several trees down on Giles Street and Hwy 23 in Sardis.
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, June 2013
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