Isolated severe thunderstorms produced some wind damage in the eastern Midlands and upper Pee Dee taking down some trees and powerlines.
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The episode as NWS CAE wrote it up.
Isolated severe thunderstorms produced some wind damage in the eastern Midlands and upper Pee Dee taking down some trees and 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 May 15, 12:54 PM EST, 2 hours 34 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 154 PM EDT THU MAY 15 2014 .SYNOPSIS... LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY TODAY WHILE A COLD FRONT PUSHES ACROSS THE AREA FROM THE WEST THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STRONG MOISTURE TRANSPORT AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD SHOWERS WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. DRY WEATHER AND BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL RETURN FRIDAY AS THE FRONT EXITS THE COAST. COOL HIGH PRESSURE WILL HOLD FOR THE WEEKEND. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... UPPER TROUGH OVER THE MIDDLE OF THE COUNTRY TAKING ON A NEGATIVE TILT AS IT MOVES THROUGH THE MS RIVER VALLEY THROUGH TONIGHT. LEAD SHORTWAVE CROSSING CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA WILL MOVE EAST OF THE MIDLANDS BY EARLY EVENING. MESO-ANALYSIS INDICATED STRONGEST MOISTURE TRANSPORT OVER EASTERN SC WITH PWAT 1.80 TO 2.0 INCHES. BEST INSTABILITY...AND STRONGEST STORMS...WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE EASTERN CAROLINAS...MORE TOWARD THE PEE REGION BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. THE THREAT OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES. A COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM WESTERN NC THROUGH CENTRAL GA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WILL REACH THE CENTRAL MIDLANDS EARLY THIS EVENING AND MOVE TO THE COAST BY MIDNIGHT. CATEGORICAL POPS FOR SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. DECREASING POPS LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH MIDNIGHT FROM WEST TO EAST AS THE FRONT CROSSES THE REGION. MID 70S WEST TO AROUND 80 EAST IN STRONG WARM ADVECTION THIS AFTERNOON IN SPITE OF CLOUDS AND SHOWERS. CONDITIONS IMPROVE TONIGHT AS THE COLD FRONT PUSHES EAST OF THE FORECAST AREA AND SKIES CLEAR. COLD ADVECTION WILL PUSH TEMPERATURES DOWN INTO THE 50S WITH SOME UPPER 40S IN THE CSRA AND PARTS OF THE WESTERN MIDLANDS. && .SHORT TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/... COOLER AND DRIER AIR EXPECTED TO ARRIVE BEHIND THE FRONT ON FRIDAY WITH MUCH LOWER HUMIDITIES. THE UPPER TROUGH WILL LIFT NORTHEAST ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES/OHIO VALLEY THROUGH SATURDAY. SHORTWAVE ENERGY ROTATING THROUGH THE BASE OF THE TROUGH WILL APPROACH THE FORECAST AREA ON SATURDAY BUT WESTERLY DOWNSLOPING FLOW SHOULD PREVENT PRECIPITATION FROM REACHING THE FORECAST AREA. INCREASED CLOUDINESS HOWEVER IN THE AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT PERIOD. BREEZY CONDITIONS ALSO LIKELY ON FRIDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE REGION. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN BELOW NORMAL DURING THIS PERIOD. && .LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... A WEAK BACKDOOR COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA LATE SUNDAY. A FEW VERY LIGHT SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE ASSOCIATED WITH FRONTAL PASSAGE. MOISTURE LIKELY LIMITED. UPPER FLOW BECOMES NORTHWESTERLY THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT WEEK WHILE THE BACKDOOR FRONT LIFTS BACK NORTH AS A WARM FRONT BY TUESDAY. BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES CONTINUE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY THEN WARM BACK TO NEAR OR ABOVE NORMAL TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AS AN UPPER RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE SOUTHEAST AND GULF COAST. && .AVIATION /17Z THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... CONDITIONS CONTINUE TO FLUCTUATE THIS AFTERNOON BETWEEN IFR/MVFR/VFR AS SHOWERS AND ISOLATE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE NORTHWARD ACROSS THE CWA AHEAD OF A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT. CURRENT REGIONAL RADAR SHOWS BAND OF SHOWERS/ISOLATED THUNDER MOVING NORTHWARD ACROSS THE CWA. THE BACK EDGE OF THE PRECIPITATION IS CLOSELY ALIGNED WITH THE CLOUD SHIELD AND COLD FRONT. WILL CONTINUE WITH A COMBINATION OF VFR CONDITIONS WITH A TEMPO GROUP FOR IFR/MVFR WITH AREAS OF PRECIPITATION. GUIDANCE/SATELLITE TRENDS INDICATE THAT THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE CSRA/WRN AND CNTRL MIDLANDS AROUND 00Z AND THEN EAST OF THE CWA AROUND 03Z. EXPECT GRADUAL CLEARING BEHIND THE FRONT TONIGHT WITH A RETURN TO VFR CONDITIONS AND WINDS COMING AROUND TO THE NORTHWEST. ON FRIDAY...EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS WITH PARTLY/MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES. THE WINDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE WITH A TIGHTER PRESSURE GRADIENT BEHIND THE FRONT AND EXPECT NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 10 TO 12 KNOTS WITH GUSTS ARND 20 KTS AFTER 14Z. SOME OF THE GUIDANCE IS HINTING AT THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME LOW CLOUDS/FOG AT AGS/DNL AFTER MIDNIGHT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. AT THIS TIME HAVE NOT INCLUDED IN TAFS AS LOW LEVEL WINDS AROUND 25 KTS AND DRIER AIR MOVING INTO THE REGION SHOULD PREVENT FOG FORMATION. .EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO AVIATION EXPECTED. && .CAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SC...NONE. GA...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 433 AM EDT THU MAY 15 2014 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-160845- LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD- MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON- RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON- BAMBERG- 433 AM EDT THU MAY 15 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING AS A COLD FRONT CROSSES THE REGION. HEAVY RAINFALL AND URBAN FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
352 PM EDT THU MAY 15 2014
SCZ022-152045-
KERSHAW-
352 PM EDT THU MAY 15 2014
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF KERSHAW COUNTY
THROUGH 445 PM EDT...
AT 350 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM THAT LIKELY CONTAINED STRONG WIND THAT WILL
AFFECT PARTS OF NORTHEAST KERSHAW COUNTY. THIS IS THE CASSATT TO
BETHUNE AREA. EXPECT WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ALONG WITH
VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS. PONDING OF WATER WILL OCCUR IN POOR-DRAINAGE
AREAS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REPORT DAMAGING WINDS OR FLOODING TO YOUR COUNTY
SHERIFF...OR USE
WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.COLUMBIA.GOV TO RELAY
SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS. &&
LAT...LON 3434 8033 3434 8037 3430 8036 3431 8038
3428 8044 3423 8043 3419 8050 3436 8069
3450 8059 3449 8058 3451 8052 3455 8055
3458 8051 3441 8030 3438 8028
TIME...MOT...LOC 1950Z 212DEG 34KT 3437 8050The Columbia radar (KCAE), 99 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:28 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
DOT reported trees down near the Kershaw and Chesterfield county line.
DOT reported trees down in the Shiloh Community.
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, May 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: 507046, 507047.