A few thunderstorms produced some damaging winds taking down trees and taking a roof off of an outbuilding.
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A few thunderstorms produced some damaging winds taking down trees and taking a roof off of an outbuilding.
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 3, 1:32 PM EST, 44 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 232 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2014 .SYNOPSIS... THE CENTER OF HURRICANE ARTHUR WILL BE OFF THE SOUTH CAROLINA COAST THIS AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE MOVING NE TOWARDS THE OUTER BANKS OF NORTH CAROLINA TONIGHT. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST ADVISORY FROM THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER. DRIER AIR WILL ENTER OUR REGION BEHIND THE SYSTEM...AND PROVIDE FAIR WEATHER FRIDAY THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... HURRICANE ARTHUR WILL CONTINUE MOVING NORTHEASTWARD OFF THE SOUTH CAROLINA COAST THIS AFTERNOON. THE BULK OF THE MOISTURE AND WIND WILL REMAIN EAST OF THE FORECAST AREA. HOWEVER...BANDS OF SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS AFFECT THE EXTREME EASTERN MIDLANDS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. A SURFACE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE EXTENDED FROM THE MOUNTAINS INTO THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF THIS TROUGH WILL CROSS THE CSRA AND MIDLANDS THROUGH THE EVENING. GIVEN MODERATE INSTABILITY AND DRY AIR ALOFT...A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE. HAVE INDICATED POPS IN THE 30 TO 50 PERCENT RANGE...DIMINISHING DURING THE EVENING. EXPECT DRY WEATHER AND CLEARING SKIES AFTER MIDNIGHT. AFTERNOON HIGHS WILL RANGE FROM NEAR 90 EAST TO THE UPPER 90S WEST. THE SURFACE TROUGH SHOULD MOVE THROUGH THE AREA LATE TONIGHT. EXPECT OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S WEST TO LOWER 70S EAST AS DRIER AIR FILTERS INTO THE REGION. && .SHORT TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/... DRIER AIR WILL ENTER OUR REGION BEHIND ARTHUR AND THE UPPER AND SURFACE TROUGH....REINFORCED BY ANOTHER DRY SURFACE TROUGH COMING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. MODELS INDICATE QUITE DRY AIR TO FILTER IN...WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES FALLING TO 0.75 TO 1 INCH...AND SURFACE DEWPOINTS MIXING DOWN INTO THE 50S IN THE AFTERNOON. FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATE A DRY AND CAPPED ATMOSPHERE THROUGH SATURDAY. && .LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... MODELS SUGGEST A WEAK UPPER TROUGH OVER OUR REGION...WITH GRADUAL ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE INCREASE...PROVIDING SLIGHT CHANCE POPS AT BEST OVER THE SOUTH FA SUNDAY AFTERNOON...AND REMAINDER OF THE FA MONDAY AFTERNOON. BY MID WEEK...THE E CONUS UPPER TROUGH MAY DIG SOME WHILE A SURFACE FRONT OR TROUGH APPROACHES FROM THE WEST AND MAY PROVIDE A SLIGHT INCREASE IN POPS INTO THE CHANCE CATEGORY. && .AVIATION /18Z THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD. HURRICANE ARTHUR WILL CONTINUE MOVING NORTHEAST AWAY FROM THE SOUTH CAROLINA COAST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. A SURFACE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE EXTENDING FROM THE SOUTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS WILL CROSS THE TAF SITES THROUGH THE EVENING WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HAVE INCLUDED VCTS FOR AGS/DNL. CONVECTION MAY BE MORE ISOLATED ACROSS THE MIDLANDS. EXPECT CONVECTION TO DIMINISH DURING THE EVENING. EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...NOT SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO AVIATION EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY. && .CAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SC...NONE. GA...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 316 AM EDT THU JUL 3 2014 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-040930- LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD- MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON- RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON- BAMBERG- 316 AM EDT THU JUL 3 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 117 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:16 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Dispatch reported power lines down on Augusta Hwy. Emergency also reported a few trees down in the same area and a utility shed had its roof taken off.
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