A few isolated severe thunderstorms took down some trees and powerlines in the western CSRA.
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A few isolated severe thunderstorms took down some trees and powerlines in the western CSRA.
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 Aug 30, 1:09 PM EST, 2 hours 37 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 209 PM EDT SUN AUG 30 2015 .SYNOPSIS... MOISTURE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL MOVE IN PLACE THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. THIS...COMBINED WITH A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES AND AFTERNOON HEATING WILL KEEP A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH WEDNESDAY. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... MODELS KEEP DEEP TROF OVER THE MS VALLEY WITH MOISTURE ADVECTING NORTHWARD INTO THE FA. SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL SHORT WAVES WILL TRIGGER PERIODS OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SATPIX SHOW SOME BREAKS IN THE OVERCAST IN CENTRAL GA HEADING INTO THE CSRA SO FOCUS FOR CONVECTION SHOULD BE IN THIS AREA THROUGH THE EVENING. HAVE RAISED AFTERNOON TEMPS DUE TO SOME BREAKS IN THE OVERCAST ADVECTING NORTHWARD. AFTERNOON TEMPS SHOULD RISE TO AROUND 80 IN THE NORTHERN COUNTIES TO THE MID 80S IN THE CSRA. CLOUDS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH MOST OF THE NIGHT BUT SOME EVAPORATIONAL COOLING SHOULD HELP TEMPS DROP INTO THE UPPER 60S IN THE NORTHERN AREAS OF THE FA WITH LOWER 70S ELSEWHERE. && .SHORT TERM /MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... ON MONDAY UPPER RIDGE TO THE SE BUILDS WEST TOWARDS THE COAST AS UPPER ENERGY LIFTS OUT TO THE NORTH. WEAK UPPER TROUGH/CLOSED LOW SHIFTS WEST TOWARDS THE LOWER/MID MS VALLEY/W GULF. REMNANT CIRCULATION FROM FORMER TROP CYCLONE ERIKA EXPECTED TO DRIFT INTO THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO. FOR THE MIDLANDS AND CSRA THERE APPEARS TO BE SUFFICIENT MOISTURE REMAINING IN PLACE GIVEN CONTINUED LOW LEVEL SOUTHERLY MOISTURE TRANSPORT WHICH WOULD RESULT IN SCATTERED MAINLY DIURNAL CONVECTION. HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST A DEGREE OR TWO BELOW NORMAL...IN THE MID TO UPPER 80S. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/... MODELS INDICATE WEAK UPPER TROUGH TO REMAIN TO THE WEST WITH UPPER RIDGE CENTERED TO THE E/SE CONTINUING TO SLOWLY BUILD WESTWARD TOWARDS THE COAST. COMBINATION OF THE UPPER TROUGH AND UPPER RIDGE WILL HELP TO PULL MORE TROPICAL MOISTURE NORTHWARD FOR MUCH OF THE WEEK. EXPECT A CHANCE OF MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY...WITH DIMINISHING CHANCES BY THE WEEKEND. TEMPS GENERALLY CLOSE TO NORMAL. && .AVIATION /18Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... SATPIX CONTINUE TO SHOW DEEP TROF OVER THE MS VALLEY WITH PLENTY OF MOISTURE MOVING NORTH INTO THE AREA. MAINLY VFR CIGS/VSBYS THROUGH 03Z THE EXPECT STRATUS TO DEVELOP OVER MOST OF THE AREA WITH IFR CIGS AND VFR/MVFR VSBYS THROUGH 16Z MONDAY. CONDITIONS GRADUALLY IMPROVING TO VFR MONDAY AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH 06Z...ESPECIALLY IN THE CSRA. EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...RESTRICTIONS POSSIBLE IN MAINLY EARLY MORNING FOG AND STRATUS PLUS AFTERNOON AND EVENING SCATTERED SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS. && .CAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SC...NONE. GA...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 426 AM EDT SUN AUG 30 2015 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-310830- LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD- MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON- RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON- BAMBERG- 426 AM EDT SUN AUG 30 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MIDLANDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 125 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:47 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Sheriff reported trees and powerlines down along Stagecoach Road.
Sheriff reported trees and powerlines down along Hwy 43.
Sheriff reported trees down on Ray Owens Road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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