Scattered thunderstorms produced wind damage that took down trees, powerlines, and caused power outages.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS CAE wrote it up.
Scattered thunderstorms produced wind damage that took down trees, powerlines, and caused power outages.
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 6, 2:41 PM EST, 1 hour 3 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 341 PM EDT THU AUG 6 2015 .SYNOPSIS... AN UPPER TROUGH AND INCREASING MOISTURE WILL LEAD TO GREATER PRECIPITATION CHANCES TODAY INTO FRIDAY...FOLLOWED BY DRIER AIR RETURNING FOR THE WEEKEND. A FRONT MAY AFFECT THE REGION EARLY NEXT WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM FRIDAY MORNING/... UPDATE...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF THE NORTHERN MIDLANDS...WITH THE LARGER CONCERN BEING THE MORE ORGANIZED LINE MOVING THROUGH EASTERN GA. COORDINATION WITH SPC HAS RESULTED IN ISSUANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 475 THROUGH 10 PM TONIGHT. CURRENTLY EXPECT THE LINE FROM GA TO MOVE INTO THE SOUTHWESTERN MIDLANDS AND NORTHERN CSRA OVER THE HOUR OR TWO THEN THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST AREA THIS EVENING. MAIN SEVERE THREAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE STRONG AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WITH A LOW POTENTIAL FOR HAIL. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...WV LOOP SHOWS ONE S/W MOVING TOWARD THE SC COAST EARL THIS AFTERNOON AND A MORE VIGOROUS S/W TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. 88D REGIONAL COMPOSITE SHOWS ONE BAND OF SHRA/TSRA ASSOCIATED WITH THE FIRST S/W APPROACHING THE COAST AND ADDITIONAL SHRA/TSRA ACTIVITY AHEAD OF THE MAIN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH. CURRENT MESO ANALYSIS SHOWS AT LEAST MODERATE INSTABILITY DEVELOPING ACROSS THE MIDLANDS THIS AFTERNOON WITH CAPES APPROACHING 3000 J/KG...PW VALUES AROUND 2 INCHES AND AREA IN MID/UPPER DIFFLUENT FLOW. EXPECT TO SEE ADDITIONAL SHRA/TSRA TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO TONIGHT AHEAD OF THE MAIN S/W. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND EVEN THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME HAIL WITH COLD POOL/STEEPING LAPSE RATES APPROACHING WITH TROUGH. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD ALSO PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. FLASH FLOOD THREAT WOULD BE A CONCERN IF STORMS TRAINED OVER THE SAME AREA...OTHERWISE STORM MOTION OF 20 TO 25 MPH WILL KEEP STORMS MOVING LIMITING THREAT FROM FLOODING FROM A SINGLE STORM. UPPER TROUGH...CURRENTLY WORKING EAST THROUGH THE OH/TN VALLEY REGION THIS AFTERNOON...WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK EAST TO THE APPALACHIANS BY LATE TONIGHT...WITH INCREASING ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE STREAMING INTO OUR REGION AHEAD OF IT...WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES PROGGED TO INCREASE TO NEAR OR JUST ABOVE 2 INCHES. SOME HIGH RESOLUTION MODEL OUTPUT INDICATING CONVECTION COULD PERSIST THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. HAVE INCREASED POPS SLIGHTLY INTO THE LOW LIKELY RANGE FOR THIS AFTERNOON/TONIGHT. THOUGH SOME STABILIZATION EXPECTED TONIGHT DUE TO RAIN COOLING COULD REDUCE AREAL COVERAGE OF CONVECTION...THINK UPPER LIFT AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING UPPER TROUGH AND LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE SURFACE BOUNDARY COMBINED WITH HIGH MOISTURE IN PLACE WILL PROVIDE A CONTINUED THREAT OF PRECIPITATION TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY NORTH. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/... STRONG SHORT WAVE TROUGH MOVING THROUGH THE REGION DURING THE MORNING. SURFACE FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVING SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON. POPS HIGH IN THE MORNING THEN DECREASING IN THE AFTERNOON AS STRONGEST LIFT MOVES EAST OF THE AREA. DRIER ATMOSPHERE FOR SATURDAY. WEAK COOL ADVECTION BEHIND THE FRONT AND DEPARTING LOW EXPECTED TO KEEP TEMPS DOWN TO NEAR CLIMATOLOGY SATURDAY. && .LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... MODELS INDICATE UPPER RIDGE WILL SHIFT BACK TO THE WEST SOME...WITH UPPER TROUGH DEEPENING OVER THE E CONUS...EARLY TO MID NEXT WEEK. THIS ALONG WITH SOME EXPECTED INCREASE IN MOISTURE AND INDICATIONS OF A POSSIBLE FRONT SUGGESTS TREND TOWARDS INCREASING POPS. GENERALLY ACCEPTED BLEND OF GUIDANCE. && .AVIATION /20Z THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... GENERALLY EXPECTING VFR CONDITIONS TO PREVAIL THROUGH THE PERIOD EXCEPT NEAR OR IN THUNDERSTORMS. CURRENT ANALYSIS SHOWS THE CENTRAL MIDLANDS BECOMING MODERATELY UNSTABLE WITH MOISTURE CONVERGENCE AND PW VALUES AROUND 2 INCHES OR HIGHER. WV LOOP SHOWS ONE S/W MOVING CROSS THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE STATE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WITH A MORE SIGNIFICANT S/W TO APPROACH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STRONG DIURNAL HEATING THIS AFTERNOON WITH TEMPERATURES PUSHING INTO THE LOWER/MIDDLE 90S SHOULD SUPPORT THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. 88D REGIONAL COMPOSITE SHOWS CONVECT AHEAD OF FIRST S/WW ACROSS THE COASTAL PLAIN AND ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT WEST OF THE CWA ACROSS GA. HAVE INCLUDED TSRA IN THE FORECAST IN A COUPLE OF TEMPO GROUPS FOR THIS AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING. WILL CONTINUE TO ADJUST AS CONDITIONS DEVELOP THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. EXPECT CHANCES FOR SHRA/TSRA WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND GRADUALLY DIMINISH ON FRIDAY FROM WEST TO EAST AS S/W MOVES TOWARD THE COAST. EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...A SURFACE TROUGH AND UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH WILL HELP SUPPORT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS AND ASSOCIATED RESTRICTIONS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. OTHERWISE... MVFR OR IFR CONDITIONS POSSIBLE IN LATE NIGHT AND EARLY MORNING FOG. && .CAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SC...NONE. GA...NONE. && 99
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 330 PM EDT THU AUG 6 2015 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-071930- LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY- FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON-RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN- SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON-BAMBERG- 330 PM EDT THU AUG 6 2015 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 475 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MIDLANDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. SCZ015-016-071930- LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD- 330 PM EDT THU AUG 6 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MIDLANDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. 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
131 PM EDT THU AUG 6 2015
SCZ015-020-021-061830-
NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-LANCASTER-
131 PM EDT THU AUG 6 2015
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN FAIRFIELD...
LANCASTER AND NORTHERN NEWBERRY COUNTIES...
AT 128 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST NEWBERRY CHESTER
AND NORTHERN FAIRFIELD COUNTIES WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NEWBERRY...LANCASTER...WAXHAW...WHITMIRE...ELGIN...HEATH SPRINGS...
IRWIN...BLACKSTOCK...FISHING CREEK RESERVOIR AND LANCASTER MILL.
LAT...LON 3507 8090 3493 8078 3482 8080 3482 8061
3464 8045 3422 8178 3443 8174 3453 8164
3449 8149 3450 8142 3457 8142 3455 8087
3465 8089 3470 8086 3483 8090 3484 8087
3493 8086 3501 8091
TIME...MOT...LOC 1728Z 240DEG 49KT 3449 8157SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
300 PM EDT THU AUG 6 2015
SCZ015-016-021-022-028-062000-
RICHLAND-FAIRFIELD-CHESTERFIELD-LANCASTER-KERSHAW-
300 PM EDT THU AUG 6 2015
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CENTRAL FAIRFIELD...
SOUTHERN LANCASTER...NORTHERN KERSHAW...NORTH CENTRAL RICHLAND AND
NORTHERN CHESTERFIELD COUNTIES...
AT 259 PM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR CHESTERFIELD TO 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HEATH
SPRINGS...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CHERAW...WINNSBORO...PAGELAND...KERSHAW...CHESTERFIELD...ELGIN...
HEATH SPRINGS...JEFFERSON...RUBY...RIDGEWAY...MOUNT CROGHAN AND
WINNSBORO MILLS.
LAT...LON 3420 8111 3449 8123 3456 8106 3454 8088
3462 8089 3482 8037 3480 7993 3477 7993
3474 7989 3469 7987
TIME...MOT...LOC 1859Z 260DEG 15KT 3478 8009 3447 8077PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
306 PM EDT THU AUG 6 2015
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0256 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 WNW WINNSBORO MILLS 34.36N 81.09W
08/06/2015 FAIRFIELD SC DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
DOT REPORTED TREES DOWN ON 9TH STREET IN
WINNSBORO.
&&
WRSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
340 PM EDT THU AUG 6 2015
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0312 PM TSTM WND DMG 12 NW NEWBERRY 34.38N 81.78W
08/06/2015 NEWBERRY SC UTILITY COMPANY
NEWBERRY ELECTRIC COOP REPORTED POWER
OUTAGES IN THE KINARDS AREA.
&&
WRSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
444 PM EDT THU AUG 6 2015
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0420 PM TSTM WND DMG 6 SW BLYTHEWOOD 34.15N 81.04W
08/06/2015 RICHLAND SC LAW ENFORCEMENT
HIGHWAY PATROL REPORTED TREES DOWN AT
WINNSBORO RD. AND LORICK RD.
&&
WRSThe Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 116 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:46 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Utility company and public reported large branches and power lines down south of Dearing near the county line. Power was out for about 3 hours.
Public reported trees down along the Lincolnton Highway and Fish Dam Road.
Dispatch reported a tree down in the Sardis area.
SKYWARN spotter reported trees down at a parking lot located at 5010 Steiner Way.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Georgia in 2015Every state in 2015This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, August 2015
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: 585671, 585677, 585717, 585674.