Widely scattered severe thunderstorms took down a few trees in Columbia county.
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Widely scattered severe thunderstorms took down a few trees in Columbia 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 May 26, 7:52 PM EST, 32 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 852 PM EDT MON MAY 26 2014 .SYNOPSIS... HIGH PRESSURE OFF THE SOUTHEAST COAST WILL CIRCULATE A MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW INTO THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH WEDNESDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH SOUTHWARD AND STALL NEAR THE AREA THURSDAY. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 7 AM TUESDAY MORNING/... WIDELY SCATTERED CONVECTION THIS EVENING NEAR THE CSRA. WILL EXPECT THIS ACTIVITY TO GRADUALLY DISSIPATE LATER TONIGHT. OTHERWISE...EXPECT FAIR WEATHER OVERNIGHT. SATELLITE INDICATES POSSIBILITY OF INCREASING THIN HIGH LEVEL CLOUDINESS LATER THIS EVENING...MAINLY CSRA. && .SHORT TERM /7 AM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/... TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...UPPER LEVEL RIDGING WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION WITH SOUTHERLY LOW LEVEL FLOW CONTINUING TO USHER MOISTURE INTO THE REGION. TUESDAY NIGHT A WEAK SURFACE LOW WILL FORM OFF THE DELMARVA COAST ALONG A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY. THIS WILL KEEP THE AREA UNDER MODERATE TO STRONG INSTABILITY WITH PWAT VALUES RISING TO AROUND 1.7 INCHES DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON. WITH WEAK SHEAR AND WET BULB ZERO HEIGHTS LIMITING THE TORNADO AND HAIL THREATS THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS REMAINS. AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE DUE TO AVAILABLE MOISTURE AND WEAK STEERING FLOW. BEST CHANCES OF CONVECTION WILL BE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...WITH SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LINGERING INTO TUESDAY NIGHT AS REMAINING OUTFLOWS AND BOUNDARIES MERGE CREATING NEW CELLS. TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE UPPER 80S FOR AFTERNOON HIGHS WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S. WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...SITUATION WILL REMAIN STATUS QUO FOR WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS AS THE WEAK LOW OFF DELMARVA MOVES INTO THE ATLANTIC BASIN AND THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY MAKES STEADY PROGRESS SOUTHWARD. WITH AN UPPER LOW OVER THE WESTERN GULF REGION AND SOUTHERLY LOW LEVEL FLOW OVER THE FORECAST AREA THE CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN IN THE FORECAST. INSTABILITY AND AVAILABLE MOISTURE WILL BE SLIGHTLY LESS THAN TUESDAY...HOWEVER WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES REACHING THE LOWER 90S EXPECT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP ONCE AGAIN FROM THE MID AFTERNOON HOURS THROUGH THE EVENING. SEVERE THREAT AGAIN APPEARS LOW...HOWEVER SOME WIND GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE. LOW TEMPERATURES WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL BE IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 60S. && .LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH THE LONG TERM WITH THE UPPER LEVEL CUT OFF LOW REMAINS OVER THE GULF STATES AND THE WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY SLOWLY DROPPING INTO THE AREA FRIDAY. THIS COMBINATION WILL KEEP MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW OVER THE FORECAST AREA AND WITH TEMPERATURES REACHING THE UPPER 80S TO AROUND 90 EXPECT ADDITIONAL AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS TO DEVELOP EACH DAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THE REMAINS OF THE SURFACE FRONT WILL DROP SOUTH OF THE FORECAST AREA SATURDAY NIGHT WITH SLIGHTLY DRIER AIR MOVING IN SUNDAY AND BRINGING AN END TO THE CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY. TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE LONG TERM WILL BE NEAR TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL. && .AVIATION /01Z TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS GENERALLY EXPECTED THROUGH THE 24 HR FORECAST PERIOD. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED IN THE CSRA ASSOCIATED WITH SEA BREEZE/OUTFLOW BOUNDARY MOVING INLAND. EXPECT THESE SHOWERS TO DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET WITH LACK OF STRONG FORCING AND EXPECTED DECREASE IN INSTABILITY. BRIEF MVFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS EVENING AT DNL AND AGS ASSOCIATED WITH THUNDERSTORMS. MVFR FOG IS POSSIBLE OGB/AGS DURING THE 09Z- 12Z TIME FRAME WITH POSSIBLE TEMPORARY IFR VSBYS AT AGS BUT LOW LEVEL JET TOWARD MORNING MAY LIMIT FOG. LIGHT WINDS DEVELOPING AFTER SUNSET. WINDS PICK UP AGAIN AFTER 15Z FROM THE SOUTHWEST AROUND 8 TO 10 MPH. EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...MAINLY DIURNAL CONVECTION MAY CAUSE BRIEF MVFR CONDITIONS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. && .CAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SC...NONE. GA...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 911 AM EDT MON MAY 26 2014 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-271315- LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD- MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON- RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON- BAMBERG- 911 AM EDT MON MAY 26 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...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 101 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:26 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
WAGT TV reported trees down in the Mayo subdivision off Stevens Creek Road.
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