An isolated severe thunderstorms in Burke county produced large hail and some wind damage.
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An isolated severe thunderstorms in Burke county produced large hail and some wind damage.
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 2, 1:44 PM EST, 4 hours 28 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 244 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 2015 .SYNOPSIS... A FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL REMAIN NEAR THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH THE WEEK AND BRING UNSETTLED WEATHER. MOISTURE WILL BE ESPECIALLY HIGH THROUGH WEDNESDAY. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING/... CONVERGENCE ALONG THE STALLED FRONT AND COLD MID-LEVEL TEMPERATURES ASSOCIATED WITH THE APPROACHING UPPER LOW SHOULD RESULT IN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE HIGH-RESOLUTION MODELS GENERALLY DISPLAY SCATTERED COVERAGE. EXPECT THE GREATEST COVERAGE WILL BE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING BECAUSE OF HEATING. THE WATER VAPOR IMAGERY INDICATES A TROPICAL CONNECTION TO THE MOISTURE. PRECIPITABLE WATER HAS RISEN TO NEAR 1.7 OF AN INCH. EXPECT HEAVY DOWNPOURS WITH SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS. RADAR TRENDS INDICATE A STORM MOTION NEAR 20 KNOTS LIMITING THE FLOOD THREAT UNLESS TRAINING HAPPENS TO OCCUR. DESPITE CONSIDERABLE CLOUDINESS THE COLD MID-LEVEL TEMPERATURES SHOULD RESULT IN MODERATE INSTABILITY. EARLY AFTERNOON SURFACE-BASED LI/S HAVE LOWERED TO ABOUT -5 WITH ADDITIONAL DESTABILIZATION EXPECTED BEFORE THE END OF THE DAY. THIS INSTABILITY AND HEAVY PRECIPITATION LOADING MAY LEAD TO SEVERE WIND GUSTS WITH A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS. THE COLD AIR ALOFT ALSO INDICATES A HAIL THREAT. THE PATTERN SUPPORTS THE HIGHER POP GUIDANCE. USED THE CONSENSUS FOR THE TEMPERATURE FORECAST. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY/... THE MODELS KEEP THE SURFACE FRONT AND ASSOCIATED CONVERGENCE NEAR THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH THURSDAY...ALTHOUGH THE FEATURE APPEARS TO BECOME MORE DIFFUSE. THE CORE OF THE H5 COLD POOL WILL BE CLOSE TO THE FORECAST AREA WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. THERE WILL BE A CONTINUED RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WIND BECAUSE OF MODERATE INSTABILITY AND HEAVY PRECIPITATION LOADING. THE COLD MID-LEVEL TEMPERATURES ALSO INDICATE A POSSIBILITY OF LARGE HAIL. THE GUIDANCE POPS MAY BE TOO LOW WEDNESDAY BECAUSE OF CONTINUED LOW-LEVEL CONVERGENCE INTO THE FRONT AND COLD TEMPERATURES ALOFT. LEANED TOWARD THE COOLER HIGH TEMPERATURE GUIDANCE BECAUSE OF CLOUDINESS. USED THE GUIDANCE CONSENSUS FOR THE LOW TEMPERATURE FORECAST. && .LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/... THE GFS AND ECMWF DISPLAY THE DIFFUSE FRONT AND ASSOCIATED MOISTURE LINGERING IN THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH MUCH OF THE MEDIUM-RANGE PERIOD. THE MODELS SHOW UPPER-LEVEL TROUGHING LINGERING ACROSS THE REGION OVER THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. THE GFS AND ECMWF MOS POPS RANGE FROM 30 TO 60 PERCENT THURSDAY WITH A GRADUAL DECREASE THROUGH THE PERIOD. HOWEVER...MAINLY RANGING BETWEEN 30 AND 40 PERCENT SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THE MODELS INDICATE THE DAY LEAST LIKELY FOR THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE FRIDAY AS THE TROUGH AXIS SHIFTS JUST EAST OF THE AREA. DIFFERENCES EXIST BETWEEN THE GFS AND ECMWF TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE PERIOD AND HAVE STAYED CLOSER TO THE COOLER ECMWF TEMPERATURES AND CLIMATOLOGY THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO NEXT WEEK. && .AVIATION /19Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... MAIN NEAR TERM CONCERN WILL BE SCATTERED...TO POSSIBLY NUMEROUS AT TIMES...THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DIURNAL HEATING EXPECTED TO RESULT IN AN INCREASE IN SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE ACROSS OUR FORECAST AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON. FOR NOW...WILL HANDLE WITH VCTS AND CB CLOUD GROUP. DUE TO COLD TEMPS ALOFT NEAR THE CLOSED LOW TO OUR NW AND SOME DRY AIR ALOFT PUSHING EASTWARD INTO THE WESTERN PIEDMONT AND CSRA...SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE STRONG WIND GUSTS AND HAIL ACROSS THOSE AREAS. OTHERWISE...MAIN THREAT ELSEWHERE WILL BE POSSIBILITY OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IF ANY TRAINING EFFECT ECHOES DEVELOP. WILL CONCENTRATE ON THE SHORT TERM AND UPGRADE MENTION OF TSRA IN LATER TAF AMENDMENTS IF/WHEN CONFIDENCE OF SUCH AFFECTING THE TERMINALS WARRANTS. LIGHT WINDS OVERNIGHT...AND PREMISE FOR SOME DRIER MID LEVEL AIR TO ENTER PORTIONS OF THE REGION FROM THE WEST COULD PROVIDE A FOG THREAT IF SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL OCCURS AT OR NEAR THE TERMINALS LATER TODAY...DEPENDING ON THE EXTENT OF ANY LINGERING CONVECTIVE DEBRIS CLOUD COVER LATE TONIGHT. DUE TO UNCERTAINTIES...WILL INCLUDE MAINLY A MVFR MENTION FOR NOW. EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS. LATE NIGHT/EARLY MORNING STRATUS AND FOG POSSIBLE. && .CAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SC...NONE. GA...NONE. && 99
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 417 AM EDT TUE JUN 2 2015 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041- 030830- LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD- MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON- RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON- BAMBERG- 417 AM EDT TUE JUN 2 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. A FEW STORMS COULD CONTAIN DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
513 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 2015
SCZ036-037-022200-
CALHOUN-ORANGEBURG-
513 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 2015
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN CALHOUN...
SOUTHEASTERN LEXINGTON AND NORTHWESTERN ORANGEBURG COUNTIES...
AT 513 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF
ORANGEBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH AND DIME SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ORANGEBURG...ST. MATTHEWS...NORTH...NEESES...NORWAY...WOODFORD...
LIVINGSTON AND EDISTO.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY CAUSE
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3352 8126 3370 8107 3370 8105 3373 8099
3373 8096 3376 8093 3379 8087 3367 8071
3338 8103
TIME...MOT...LOC 2113Z 223DEG 8KT 3360 8102SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
514 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 2015
SCZ036-037-022200-
CALHOUN-ORANGEBURG-
514 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 2015
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN CALHOUN AND
NORTHWESTERN ORANGEBURG COUNTIES...
AT 513 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF
ORANGEBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH AND DIME SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ORANGEBURG...ST. MATTHEWS...NORTH...NEESES...NORWAY...WOODFORD...
LIVINGSTON AND EDISTO.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY CAUSE
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3352 8126 3370 8107 3370 8105 3373 8099
3373 8096 3376 8093 3379 8087 3367 8071
3338 8103
TIME...MOT...LOC 2113Z 223DEG 8KT 3360 8102SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
623 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 2015
SCZ022-028-022300-
RICHLAND-KERSHAW-
623 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 2015
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN SUMTER...
SOUTHWESTERN KERSHAW AND NORTHEASTERN RICHLAND COUNTIES...
AT 622 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR FORT JACKSON...OR 7
MILES EAST OF WOODFIELDS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH AND DIME SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COLUMBIA...DENTSVILLE...LUGOFF...FORT JACKSON AND WOODFIELD.
LAT...LON 3410 8058 3411 8062 3409 8062 3409 8064
3408 8062 3406 8062 3397 8081 3410 8095
3426 8068 3415 8051
TIME...MOT...LOC 2222Z 229DEG 18KT 3409 8081SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
624 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 2015
SCZ022-028-022300-
RICHLAND-KERSHAW-
624 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 2015
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN KERSHAW AND
NORTHEASTERN RICHLAND COUNTIES...
AT 622 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR FORT JACKSON...OR 7
MILES EAST OF WOODFIELDS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH AND DIME SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COLUMBIA...DENTSVILLE...LUGOFF...FORT JACKSON AND WOODFIELD.
LAT...LON 3410 8058 3411 8062 3409 8062 3409 8064
3408 8062 3406 8062 3397 8081 3410 8095
3426 8068 3415 8051
TIME...MOT...LOC 2222Z 229DEG 18KT 3409 8081SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
629 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 2015
SCZ036-022315-
ORANGEBURG-
629 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 2015
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CENTRAL ORANGEBURG
COUNTY...
AT 628 PM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTH OF ST. MATTHEWS TO 11 MILES WEST OF
ORANGEBURG...AND MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH AND DIME SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ORANGEBURG...BROOKDALE...NEESES...NORWAY...CORDOVA...LIVINGSTON...
COPE...WILKINSON HEIGHTS AND EDISTO.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY
CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 3349 8126 3364 8098 3364 8094 3361 8094
3362 8087 3360 8080 3352 8069 3347 8066
3335 8102
TIME...MOT...LOC 2229Z 249DEG 8KT 3358 8074 3347 8106PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
649 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 2015
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0622 PM HAIL 1 S ELGIN 34.17N 80.80W
06/02/2015 E0.50 INCH KERSHAW SC PUBLIC
DIME-SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN THE ELGIN
AREA OF SOUTHWESTERN KERSHAW COUNTY.
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ACMThe Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 91 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:13 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Public reported 1 inch hail and a few trees down in northeast Burke county.
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