A severe storm in extreme southeast Richmond county produced golf ball size hail about 7 miles east northeast of Mc Bean.
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A severe storm in extreme southeast Richmond county produced golf ball size hail about 7 miles east northeast of Mc Bean.
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 Sep 17, 1:16 PM EST, 1 hour 38 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 216 PM EDT WED SEP 17 2014 .SYNOPSIS... WEAK FRONT ACROSS THE EASTERN MIDLANDS WILL PUSH TO THE COASTAL PLAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND OFF THE COAST THURSDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING DRY WEATHER AND BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES TO THE AREA FOR THURSDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL BRING A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY NEXT WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... UPPER TROUGH OVER THE E CONUS...WITH A SERIES OF IMPULSES EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH. LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS SUGGESTS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS STRETCHED ACROSS THE NORTHERN FORECAST AREA (FA)...WITH A POSSIBLE WEAK SURFACE TROUGH NEAR THE SOUTHERN FA/CSRA. WEAK IN SITU WEDGE/PERSISTENT LOW CLOUDS STILL AFFECTING MUCH OF THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE FA. THESE BOUNDARIES IN ADDITION TO A POSSIBLE SEA BREEZE COULD RESULT IN SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING CONVECTION...FAVORING CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN AREAS WHERE BEST HEATING AND INSTABILITY EXPECTED. MODEL GUIDANCE STILL INDICATING MIXED RESULTS WITH RESPECT TO PLACEMENT AND EXTENT OF CONVECTION...BUT THINK SLIGHT CHANCE POPS NORTH TO CHANCE POPS CENTRAL AND SOUTH ARE IN ORDER. DRY AIR ALOFT NOTED IN WATER VAPOR IMAGERY COULD PROVIDE A THREAT OF AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A STRONG WIND GUST. ANY CONVECTION EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE BY LATE EVENING...THEN FAIR WEATHER OVERNIGHT. LOW CLOUDINESS AND POSSIBLY FOG EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT. && .SHORT TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/... THE UPPER TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN CONUS IS FORECAST TO DEEPEN WITH A CUT OFF LOW DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHEAST GA ON FRIDAY. H5 TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST AS LOW AS MINUS 11C. WEAK INSTABILITY IS FORECAST FOR THE MIDLANDS AND CSRA WITH MODERATE INSTABILITY FARTHER SOUTH BENEATH THE UPPER LOW. A LARGE AREA OF SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE CROSSING SOUTHERN CANADA AND THE GREAT LAKES WILL MOVE EAST TO THE NORTH ATLANTIC COAST. ALL MODELS FORECAST THE HIGH PRESSURE TO RIDGE INTO OUR AREA BRINGING NORTHERLY WINDS AND COLD AIR ADVECTION THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. EXPECT SEVERAL HARD TO TIME WEAK SHORT WAVES TO CROSS THE ARE IN NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT. MOISTURE APPEARS TO BE SHALLOW...SO KEPT THE FORECAST DRY...BUT INCREASED CLOUD COVER. THE 12Z MODELS HAVE BEGUN TO INCREASE POPS ACROSS THE AREA BOTH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. GIVEN SHALLOW MOISTURE AND LACK OF OMEGA...WILL NOT FOLLOW. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 60S. && .LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... BOTH THE GFS AND ECMWF INDICATE WEAK CYCLONIC UPPER FLOW ACROSS THE NORTHERN TIER STATES SATURDAY WITH A WITH CUTOFF LOW OFF THE SOUTHEAST COAST. THE TROUGH IS PROGGED TO DEEPEN OVER THE EASTERN CONUS THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. WEDGE CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA SATURDAY AND SUNDAY WITH THE NEXT COLD FRONT EJECTING THE WEDGE AS IT MOVES INTO THE REGION MONDAY. THIS WILL KEEP DRY CONDITIONS OVER THE REGION THROUGH SUNDAY WITH LOW CHANCE POPS MONDAY AND TUESDAY AS THE FRONT CROSSES THE FORECAST AREA. GIVEN MOIST ONSHORE FLOW AND ABOVE AVERAGE POPS SHOWN BY THE GFS ENSEMBLES...WILL KEEP LOW CHANCE POPS FOR WEDNESDAY, ALSO. TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE LONG TERM WILL BE BELOW NORMAL. && .AVIATION /18Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... SATELLITE AND SURFACE OBS INDICATE PERSISTENT CLOUDINESS REMAINS OVER MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA (FA). IT APPEARS MVFR CIGS WILL CONTINUE AT THE TERMINALS IN THE NEAR TERM...GRADUALLY BECOMING VFR BY MID AFTERNOON. SURFACE BOUNDARIES AND DIURNAL HEATING EXPECTED TO PROVIDE POSSIBILITY OF SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. CHANCES NOT SUFFICIENT TO WARRANT INCLUSION IN THE TAFS AT THIS TIME. WILL INCLUDE IN LATER ISSUANCES IF/WHEN CONFIDENCE WARRANTS. LINGERING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE PLUS DRY AIR ALOFT AND LIGHT SURFACE WINDS WILL PROVIDE THREAT OF FOG/STRATUS LATE TONIGHT/EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. LATEST GUIDANCE SUGGESTING LOW CIGS THE MAIN THREAT...WITH SOME VSBY RESTRICTIONS. A SLOW RETURN TO VFR EXPECTED BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...LATE NIGHT AND MORNING FOG/STRATUS POSSIBLE THROUGH SATURDAY. && .CAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SC...NONE. GA...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 522 AM EDT WED SEP 17 2014 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-180930- LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD- MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON- RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON- BAMBERG- 522 AM EDT WED SEP 17 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...MAINLY ACROSS THE EASTERN MIDLANDS AND SOUTHERN CSRA. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. .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
329 PM EDT WED SEP 17 2014
GAZ065-077-SCZ030-172030-
AIKEN-BURKE-RICHMOND-
329 PM EDT WED SEP 17 2014
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF RICHMOND...BURKE AND
AIKEN COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM EDT...
AT 327 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM...NEAR AUGUSTA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
GLOVERVILLE...BELVEDERE...CLEARWATER...JACKSON...NORTH AUGUSTA AND
AUGUSTA...
PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS...
GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...
SMALL HAIL...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REPORT LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS OR FLOODING TO YOUR COUNTY
SHERIFF...OR USE WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/NWSCOLUMBIA AND EMAIL
CAEWX@NOAA.GOV TO RELAY SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS.
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LAT...LON 3347 8211 3363 8184 3331 8161 3320 8176
3316 8177 3311 8185
TIME...MOT...LOC 1930Z 323DEG 12KT 3345 8195
HCPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
353 PM EDT WED SEP 17 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0327 PM HAIL NORTH AUGUSTA 33.52N 81.96W
09/17/2014 M0.88 INCH AIKEN SC PUBLIC
REPORT OF NICKEL-SIZE HAIL IN NORTH AUGUSTA
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CHERRYThe Columbia radar (KCAE), 102 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:53 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Public reported golf ball size hail at hunt club about 7 miles east northeast of Mc Bean.
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