Scattered thunderstorms over central South Carolina and the Savannah River Area produced some wind damage taking down trees and a few powerlines.
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Scattered thunderstorms over central South Carolina and the Savannah River Area produced some wind damage taking down trees and a few 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 Jun 25, 12:06 PM EST, 39 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 106 PM EDT TUE JUN 25 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...HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OFFSHORE WITH A MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW PERSISTING ACROSS THE REGION. CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THREAT REMAINS LOW. WITH PWAT VALUES OF 1.9 INCHES OR GREATER THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN WILL BE THE BIGGEST ISSUE. WITH FLOW ALOFT ALSO REMAINING WEAK THE HEAVY RAINFALL COULD COMBINE WITH SOME SLOW MOVING CELLS TO CREATE HYDRO RELATED ISSUES...ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AREAS AND AREAS WHICH HAVE RECEIVED LARGE AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL IN THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS. TEMPERATURES WILL BE AROUND 90...WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CREATING A WIDE VARIANCE IN TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. TONIGHT...CONVECTION WILL DIMINISH WITH SUNSET AND LOSS OF HEATING...WITH FOG POTENTIAL LATE TONIGHT ONCE AGAIN BEING A CONCERN. WINDS ALOFT WILL BE A BIT STRONGER OVERNIGHT RESULTING IN A POTENTIAL FOR FOG AND STRATUS. HAVE CONTINUED WITH MENTION OF PATCHY FOG IN THE FORECAST. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL AGAIN BE IN THE LOWER 70S. && .SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/... UPPER HIGH WILL BUILD OVER THE SW US...WHILE UPPER ENERGY SHIFTS EAST AND CUTS OFF OVER THE E GREAT LAKES...RESULTING IN A DEEPENING UPPER TROUGH OVER THE SE CONUS. WEAK SURFACE RIDGE AXIS WILL REMAIN GENERALLY JUST TO OUR SOUTH INTO WED...THEN SHIFT TO THE S AND E WED NT/THU AHEAD OF AN UPPER DISTURBANCE AND SURFACE TROUGH THAT WILL MOVE THROUGH LATE THU/THU NT. HIGH LEVELS OF ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. GENERALLY DIURNAL HIGH CHANCE TO LOW LIKELY POPS WED/THU...WITH INDICATIONS OF SOME DRIER AIR ENTERING THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND OUR NORTHERN FA BEHIND THE TROUGH FRIDAY. SO...TRENDED POPS DOWN FRIDAY...ESP NORTH FA. && .LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... GFS/ECMWF INDICATE UPPER ENERGY ROUNDING THE BASE OF THE UPPER TROUGH AND MOVING THROUGH OUR REGION SAT/SUN. CONTINUED VERY HIGH PW VALUES. BY MON INTO MID WEEK...ADDITIONAL UPPER ENERGY WILL DIVE DOWN THE BACK SIDE OF THE NEARLY STATIONARY UPPER LOW OVER THE LAKES...AND DEEPEN THE UPPER TROUGH TO OUR WEST OVER THE MISS VLLY...AS STRONG UPPER RIDGE CONTINUES OVER THE W CONUS. THERE APPEARS TO BE THE POSSIBILITY THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF A DEEP S TO SW FLOW AND A VERY MOIST ATMOSPHERE COULD SET UP OVER OUR REGION...PROVIDING ABOVE NORMAL POPS/RAINFALL...AND POSSIBLE FLOODING. A BLEND OF MOS AND HPC GUIDANCE GENERALLY PROVIDING HIGH CHANCE TO LIKELY POPS...WHICH LOOKS GOOD. && .AVIATION /18Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... MIX OF CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR THROUGH THE PERIOD. CONDITIONS THROUGH THE DAY WILL BE DEPENDENT UPON WHETHER SHOWERS OR STORMS CAN IMPACT A TAF SITE. OUTSIDE OF THE PRECIP...EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS WITH SCATTERED TO BROKEN CLOUDS BETWEEN 3.5KFT AND 5KFT. IF A SITE IS IMPACTED BY RAINFALL...BRIEF PERIODS OF MVFR VISIBILITIES AND CEILINGS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR. CONFIDENCE RIGHT NOW IN REGARDS TO SHOWERS IMPACTING A TAF SITE ARE ABOUT 50 PERCENT...WHICH MATCHES THE SCATTERED NATURE OF THE CONVECTION THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. WILL PROBABLY GO WITH VCSH/VCTS SINCE SHOWERS WILL BE AROUND AND NEAR AIRPORTS...THEN AMEND AS STORMS MOVE INTO TAF LOCATION. WINDS THROUGH THE PERIOD WILL GENERALLY BE SOUTHERLY AT 7 KNOTS OR LESS. MAY SEE A RETURN OF MVFR/IFR FOG OR STRATUS AGAIN WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE REST OF WEDNESDAY SHOULD BE SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAVE SEEN THE PAST FEW DAYS...SKIES BREAKING OUT AROUND 14Z...THEN VFR THROUGH 18Z WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS STARTING AROUND 16Z. 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 402 AM EDT TUE JUN 25 2013 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-260815- LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD- MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON- RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON- BAMBERG- 402 AM EDT TUE JUN 25 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...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. 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
143 PM EDT TUE JUN 25 2013
SCZ016-251815-
CHESTERFIELD-
143 PM EDT TUE JUN 25 2013
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF CHESTERFIELD COUNTY
THROUGH 215 PM EDT...
AT 138 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM...NEAR CHERAW...DRIFTING SLOWLY TO THE EAST.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
CHERAW...
PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS...
GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...
PEA SIZE HAIL...
TORRENTIAL RAIN WHICH MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING...
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 3459 8002 3472 8002 3478 7993 3474 7988
3468 7986 3466 7983 3466 7981 3464 7980
TIME...MOT...LOC 1743Z 265DEG 9KT 3470 7989The Columbia radar (KCAE), 140 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:42 UTC.
5 thunderstorm wind, 2 heavy rain, 1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
COOP Observer at Cheraw Water Plant reported 1.31 inches of rain from a thunderstorms within a half hour.
Public reported 1.34 inches of rain within a half hour.
SC Highway Patrol reported powerlines down on Mill Stream Road at Corley Mill Road.
A social media report had a large tree down completely blocking the Millstream Road half way between Hope Ferry Road and Corley Mill Road.
Columbia Police Dept. reported flooding in areas around Two Notch Road around the 9000 block.
SC Highway Patrol reported trees down on Bookman Road past Kelly Mill Road.
Fairfield Electric COOP reported trees down on Keels Ct. in Elgin.
Savannah River Site measured a 63 MPH wind gust.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in South Carolina in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in South Carolina, June 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 448415, 448417, 448418, 448419, 448414, 448421, 448420, 448422.