An upper level weather disturbance moved across the area late at night and began producing strong to severe thunderstorms across the Central Savannah River Area of South Carolina and continued northward.
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An upper level weather disturbance moved across the area late at night and began producing strong to severe thunderstorms across the Central Savannah River Area of South Carolina and continued northward.
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 10, 9:50 PM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 1050 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2014 .SYNOPSIS... AN APPROACHING UPPER-LEVEL LOW WILL CAUSE AN INCREASE IN RAIN CHANCES WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DEVELOP EACH DAY INTO THE WEEKEND AS A SERIES OF LOWS MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING/... HAVE INCREASED POPS IN THE CSRA. RADAR SHOWS THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING FROM THE SOUTH. RADAR ALSO INDICATES THE SEA-BREEZE BOUNDARY AND OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM CONVECTION TO THE WEST WILL BE INTERSECTING IN THIS AREA. THE 1000 PM ANALYSIS SHOWED A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH IN THE WEST PART OF THE FORECAST AREA. CONVERGENCE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FEATURE MAY SUPPORT ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT. ALSO...THE H5 MID-LEVEL SHORTWAVE RIDGE THAT LIKELY HELPED LIMIT CONVECTION EARLIER WILL BE SHIFTING FARTHER NORTHEASTWARD. THE RAP INDICATED SOME H5 COOLING FROM THE WEST. THE 16Z HRRR KEEPS MOST OF THE CONVECTION WEST OF THE FORECAST AREA OVERNIGHT CLOSER TO COOLER TEMPERATURES ALOFT AND DEEPER MOISTURE. STILL EXPECT LITTLE COVERAGE DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS BECAUSE OF NOCTURNAL COOLING AND THE WEAK SURFACE FEATURE THAT THE RAP SHOWS DISSIPATING. THE TEMPERATURE FORECAST WAS CONSISTENT WITH LOWS NEAR 70. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/... MAIN UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH CONTINUES TO TREK EASTWARD THROUGH THE SHORT-TERM PERIOD. THIS TROUGH DOES TRY TO CLOSE OFF THURSDAY AS IT MOVES THROUGH THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. THE CAROLINAS REMAIN IN A SOUTHERLY FLOW REGIME THROUGH THE PERIOD. EXPECT AIR MASS TO REMAIN MOIST. WITH THE CENTER OF THE LOW NEARING THE CWA THROUGH THE PERIOD...EXPECT AT LEAST SCATTERED AFTERNOON SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE THROUGH THE DAYTIME AND EARLY EVENING HOURS EACH DAY. WITH ADDITIONAL CLOUD COVER POSSIBLE...TEMPERATURES WILL REACH THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S DURING THE DAY. OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... NOT MUCH CHANGE IN THE OVERALL LONGER TERM FORECAST. THE CURRENT LOW WILL OPEN UP AND TRACK TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE REGION FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL BE REPLACED BY ANOTHER LOW OFF TO THE WEST OF THE REGION THROUGH THE WEEKEND. GFS AND ECMWF DO SHOW SOME DIFFERENCES IN THE STRENGTH AND TIMING OF THE WEEKEND LOW...BUT IN GENERAL STILL EXPECT UNSETTLED WEATHER WITH AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. MONDAY AND TUESDAY MAY BEGIN TO SEE THE OVERALL UPPER PATTERN FLATTEN BRIEFLY ACROSS THE REGION. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN GENERALLY IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 90S FOR DAYTIME HIGHS...WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S. && .AVIATION /03Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... OUTFLOWS FROM THUNDERSTORMS TO THE WEST AND THE SEA BREEZE HAVE COMBINED TO GENERATE ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS SOUTH OF AGS/DNL. THESE CELLS ARE MOVING NORTHWARD AND WILL MOVE INTO AGS/DNL OVER THE NEXT HOUR ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN. WITH ADDITIONAL OUTFLOWS AND INSTABILITY REMAINING MODERATE EXPECT THE CELLS TO CONTINUE MOVING TOWARD THE CAE/CUB/OGB SITES OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. HAVE BROUGHT THUNDERSTORMS INTO AGS/DNL BEGINNING AT 0330Z AND THE CAE/CUB/OGB SITES BETWEEN 04Z AND 0430Z. WITH THE RAINFALL FOG POTENTIAL FOR AGS/OGB IS ALSO INCREASING...HOWEVER THIS COULD BE OFFSET BY THUNDERSTORMS WINDS SO WILL NOT INCLUDE FOG ATTM. FORECAST FOR 08Z ONWARD REMAINS UNCHANGED. EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY MAY CAUSE BRIEF MVFR CIGS/VSBYS. && .CAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SC...NONE. GA...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 941 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2014 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-120145- LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD- MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON- RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON- BAMBERG- 941 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .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
1039 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2014
GAZ077-110330-
BURKE-
1039 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2014
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PARTS OF BURKE COUNTY...
AT 1037 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING BURKE COUNTY FROM THE SOUTH. THESE
STORMS WILL AFFECT MUCH OF THE COUNTY DURING THE 1100 PM TO 100 AM
TIME FRAME.
THE STORMS WILL LIKELY CONTAIN WIND GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH...FREQUENT
LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS. SMALL HAIL MAY OCCUR.
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 3283 8232 3293 8228 3308 8230 3312 8228
3309 8160 3306 8157 3301 8159 3291 8176
3294 8182 3294 8188 3292 8196 3291 8209
3288 8212 3282 8214 3281 8216 3280 8222
TIME...MOT...LOC 0237Z 184DEG 27KT 3289 8198SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
1129 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2014
GAZ063>065-077-SCZ030-110430-
AIKEN-BURKE-COLUMBIA-MCDUFFIE-RICHMOND-
1129 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2014
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF RICHMOND...
MCDUFFIE...BURKE...COLUMBIA AND AIKEN COUNTIES THROUGH 100 AM EDT...
AT 1127 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER
AREA FROM THE SOUTH. THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH
1230 AM.
EXPECT WIND GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY
DOWNPOURS. PONDING OF WATER WILL OCCUR IN POOR-DRAINAGE AREAS.
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 3360 8210 3353 8201 3359 8194 3357 8128
3318 8177 3315 8227 3322 8224 3326 8226
3331 8234 3335 8255 3341 8255 3360 8265
TIME...MOT...LOC 0327Z 187DEG 22KT 3347 8194The Columbia radar (KCAE), 87 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:59 UTC.
12 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
SC Highway Patrol reports tree down on Lakeview Drive at Clearwater Road.
Reported trees down and power lines and poles down at Lily Avenue and Cherokee Drive.
Reported Trees and power lines down at Belvedere-Clearwater Road and Irene Street in Clearwater.
Reported trees down on train tracks near Main Street and Highway 421 in Graniteville. Train stuck on tracks as a result.
Reported trees down at Piper Road and Mt. Calvary Road.
Sheriff Dispatch reported multiple trees down in the Ridge Spring area.
Sheriff Dispatch reported trees down in Saluda near Highway 194.
Sheriff Dispatch reported a tree fell on a vehicle on Highway 178 at Mt. Willing Road. No injuries were reported.
Sheriff Dispatch reported trees down on Highway 178 at White Acre Road.
Reported trees down between Leesville and Summit near Sandpit Road and Broad Street.
Trees down on Old Dutch Road.
Trees down on Wheeland Road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in South Carolina in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in South Carolina, June 2014
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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 511856, 511858, 511859, 511860, 511861, 511863, 511862, 511864, 511865, 511857, 511866, 511867.