mainly to trees and utility lines.
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The episode as NWS CAE wrote it up.
A line of thunderstorms moved through the CSRA causing some wind damage...mainly to trees and utility lines.
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 24, 12:50 PM EST, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 150 PM EDT WED JUN 24 2015 .SYNOPSIS... AN UPPER-LEVEL RIDGE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN STATES WILL HOLD ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE END OF THE WORKWEEK. COOLER TEMPERATURES AND INCREASED CHANCES FOR CONVECTION WILL ARRIVE THIS WEEKEND AS THE AN UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH DEVELOPS OVER THE EASTERN STATES. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... IT IS ANOTHER HOT DAY. THE PERSISTENT UPPER RIDGING HAS HELPED PUSH AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES INTO THE MIDDLE AND UPPER 90S. PEAK HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL BE AROUND 105...BELOW THE HEAT ADVISORY CRITERIA OF 110 FOR 2 HOURS OR LONGER. THE LATEST ANALYSIS HAD A WEAK SURFACE HEAT TROUGH THAT SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. WEAK CONVERGENCE INTO THIS FEATURE MAY HELP SUPPORT THUNDERSTORMS. COVERAGE SHOULD BE LIMITED BY SOMEWHAT SHALLOW MOISTURE AND UPPER RIDGING. THE HIGH-RESOLUTION MODELS DISPLAY ISOLATED OR SCATTERED COVERAGE. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP MAY BE SEVERE. EARLY AFTERNOON SURFACE-BASED LI VALUES WERE -6 TO -7 C. THE LATEST LAPS SOUNDINGS HAD LARGE CAPE IN THE HAIL GROWTH AREA. DAMAGING WIND AND HAIL ARE A THREAT. THE STORMS SHOULD DIMINISH THIS EVENING AS THE BOUNDARY LAYER COOLS. && .SHORT TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/... PERSISTENCE IS THE WORD FOR THE SHORT TERM AS THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE REMAINS OVER THE AREA. EXPECT ANOTHER DAY WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 90S AND SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... A MAJOR SHIFT IN THE WEATHER PATTERN IS IN STORE FOR THE LONG RANGE PERIOD. THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE THAT HAS KEPT TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 90S SINCE THE MIDDLE OF THE MONTH WILL BE REPLACED BY A DEEP UPPER TROUGH STARTING LATE FRIDAY. BOTH THE GFS AND THE ECMWF ARE IN AGREEMENT ON THIS SIGNIFICANT PATTERN SHIFT. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL COOL SLIGHTLY INTO THE LOWER/MIDDLE 90S FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...AND THEN INTO THE UPPER 80S TO AROUND 90 ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY. WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE UPPER TROUGH AND COOLER TEMPERATURES ALOFT...INSTABILITY WILL BE ENHANCED AND PRODUCE AN INCREASE IN THE RAIN CHANCES INTO AND THROUGH THE WEEKEND. POPS WILL BE IN THE 40 TO 50 PERCENT RANGE FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AND IN THE 30 T0 50 PERCENT RANGE ON SUNDAY. THE CONVECTION SHOULD MAINLY BE DIURNALLY MODULATED. THE UPPER TROUGH REMAINS OVER THE AREA THROUGH TUESDAY ALTHOUGH IT IS FORECAST TO WEAKEN SOMEWHAT. && .AVIATION /18Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR MOST OF THE PERIOD...BUT THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG WIND WILL BE A THREAT. THE LATEST ANALYSIS HAD A WEAK SURFACE HEAT TROUGH THAT SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. WEAK CONVERGENCE INTO THIS FEATURE MAY HELP SUPPORT THUNDERSTORMS. COVERAGE SHOULD BE LIMITED BY SOMEWHAT SHALLOW MOISTURE AND UPPER RIDGING. THE HIGH-RESOLUTION MODELS DISPLAY ISOLATED OR SCATTERED COVERAGE. THE THUNDERSTORM CHANCE WAS TOO LOW TO INCLUDE IN THE TERMINAL FORECASTS AT THIS TIME. STRONG WINDS MAY OCCUR NEAR ANY THUNDERSTORMS. EARLY AFTERNOON SURFACE-BASED LI VALUES WERE -6 TO -7 C. THE LATEST LAPS SOUNDINGS HAD LARGE CAPE IN THE HAIL GROWTH AREA. HAIL IS ALSO A THREAT. THE STORMS SHOULD DIMINISH THIS EVENING AS THE BOUNDARY LAYER COOLS. CONTINUED WEAK INSTABILITY AND MIXING OVERNIGHT SHOULD LIMIT THE FOG THREAT. EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...RESTRICTIONS POSSIBLE IN MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORM. && .CLIMATE... RECORDS FROM TUE JUNE 24TH AND THU JUNE 25TH AUGUSTA... JUN 24...103 IN 1914 JUN 25...104 IN 1914 COLUMBIA... JUN 24...103 IN 1914 JUN 25...103 IN 1952 && .CAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SC...NONE. GA...NONE. && 99
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 514 AM EDT WED JUN 24 2015 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041- 250915- LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD- MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON- RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON- BAMBERG- 514 AM EDT WED JUN 24 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT. LARGE HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 117 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:24 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Sheriff reported several trees down and 1 inch hail.
Sheriff reported 1 inch hail on the south side of Thomson.
Sheriff reported trees and powerlines down near Dearing.
Traffic lights and powerlines down at Ft. Gordon.
Highway Patrol reported a tree down near I-20 and Warren Bridge Road overpass.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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