Widely scattered thunderstorms produced wind damage and some hail across the Midlands.
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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.
Widely scattered thunderstorms produced wind damage and some hail across the Midlands.
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 Jul 2, 3:12 PM EST, 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 412 PM EDT THU JUL 2 2015 .SYNOPSIS... AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH...WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARIES...AND PLENTIFUL ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE...PROVIDING A GOOD CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AND NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE WEEKEND. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM FRIDAY MORNING/... CONVERGENCE INTO A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH IS HELPING TO PRODUCE A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREADY PRODUCED WIND DAMAGE ACROSS THE UPSTATE AND INTO NEWBERRY COUNTY. THE THREAT OF SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE MIDLANDS AND CSRA UNTIL 9 PM. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...BUT SOME HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IS ALSO POSSIBLE. THE MODELS SHOW INCREASING SHEAR AHEAD OF AN H85 JET. THE NAM IS MOST PRONOUNCED WITH THIS FEATURE WITH H85 WINDS INCREASING TO 40 KNOTS TONIGHT. AS MENTIONED ABOVE...STRONG PULSE STORMS AND BOW ECHOES ARE POSSIBLE AHEAD OF THE JET. THE SPC WRF AND HRRR SUGGEST A WELL ORGANIZED AREA OF STORMS WITH BOW TYPE FEATURES LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PRECIPITABLE WATER INCREASING TO JUST OVER 2 INCHES INDICATES EXCESSIVE RAIN IS POSSIBLE. CURRENT RADAR ANALYSIS AND OBSERVATIONS INDICATE HEAVY DOWNPOURS WITH AMOUNTS FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES LOCALLY. CLOUDINESS AND MIXING SHOULD HELP HOLD UP TEMPERATURES TONIGHT. USED THE WARMER TEMPERATURE GUIDANCE. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/... AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL REMAIN OVER THE E CONUS...WITH A SERIES OF EMBEDDED SHORT WAVES PROGGED TO MOVE THROUGH THE REGION. WEAK LEE SIDE SURFACE TROUGH WILL REMAIN OVER THE CENTRAL CAROLINAS FRIDAY. A FRONTAL BOUNDARY TO OUR NORTH APPEARS WILL SLOWLY SLIP SOUTH TO NEAR OUR NORTHERN FORECAST AREA SAT. MODELS MAINTAIN PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES AROUND 1.8 TO 2 INCHES FRIDAY...AND 1.6 TO 1.8 INCHES SAT/SUN. CHANCE TO GOOD CHANCE POPS SEEM REASONABLE. MOST CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY WOULD APPEAR TO BE DIURNALLY FAVORED...THOUGH TIMING OF SHORT WAVES AND PRESENCE OF SURFACE BOUNDARIES COULD PROVIDE AT LEAST A SLIGHT CHANCE AT OTHER TIMES. LATEST VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGES INDICATES AREA OF SMOKE THAT WAS OVER OUR REGION YESTERDAY HAS PUSHED WELL EAST OF OUR FORECAST AREA...MAINLY OFFSHORE THE MID ATLANTIC COAST. SATELLITE...METARS AND PIREPS DO NOT APPEAR TO INDICATE ANY SIGNIFICANT SMOKE OR HAZE IMMEDIATELY UPSTREAM...BUT THERE IS A LARGE AREA OVER CENTRAL CANADA SOUTH INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND UPPER MIDWEST. WITH AN UPPER TROUGH OVER THE E CONUS...THERE IS SOME CONCERN THAT ADDITIONAL SMOKE COULD DRIFT INTO OUR REGION. HOWEVER...LATEST MODELS INDICATE SHORT WAVE ENERGY WILL SHIFT FROM NORTHERN PLAINS SE INTO THE MIDWEST BY SAT/SUN...WITH TROUGH AXIS STAYING JUST TO OUR N AND NW WHICH APPEARS TO SHIFT THE UPPER FLOW OVER OUR REGION TO MORE WSW OR SW. THIS WOULD SUGGEST SMOKE STAYING TO OUR NORTH...BUT THERE IS UNCERTAINTY ON THAT. BUT FOR NOW...NOT ENOUGH CONFIDENCE TO INCLUDE HAZE MENTION FOR FRI OR SAT. && .LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... BY SUNDAY...MODELS BEGIN TO SHIFT THE MAIN UPPER FLOW TO OUR NORTH WITH WEAK SOUTHERN STREAM UPPER TROUGHINESS REMAINING OVER THE SE CONUS/MID ATLANTIC...WITH SOME INDICATIONS THAT AN UPPER LOW COULD CUT OFF OVER THE CENTRAL APPS/MID ATLANTIC. AT THE SURFACE...WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY APPEARS WILL SLIP SOUTH INTO OUR FORECAST AREA AND STALL THRU MON...WITH SUFFICIENT ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE REMAINING OVER OUR FA. CHANCE TO GOOD CHANCE POPS CONTINUE TO APPEAR REASONABLE. SOME INDICATIONS BY MID WEEK THAT THE UPPER FLOW COULD BECOME LESS AMPLIFIED AND MORE ZONAL THOUGH THE MAIN UPPER FLOW STILL REMAINS TO OUR NORTH. THIS APPEARS WILL ALLOW THE UPPER TROUGH AXIS TO SHIFT EAST SOME...WITH EXPECTATIONS OF SURFACE BOUNDARY BECOMING DIFFUSE AND POSSIBLY OF SOME SLIGHTLY DRIER AIR ENTERING TUE INTO WED. TOO MUCH UNCERTAINTY THIS FAR OUT FOR THAT KIND OF DAY TO DAY DETAIL...BUT WILL TWEAK POPS DOWN JUST A TAD FOR TUE/WED...BUT STILL CHANCE. POSSIBILITIES OF ANOTHER FRONT APPROACHING LATE WED INTO THU. GENERALLY ACCEPTED A BLEND OF LATEST HPC AND MOS GUIDANCE THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .AVIATION /20Z THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... CONVERGENCE INTO A SURFACE TROUGH PLUS UPPER TROUGHING WILL HELP SUPPORT A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD. EXPECT GREATEST COVERAGE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND POSSIBLY THROUGH MUCH OF TONIGHT ASSOCIATED WITH AN H5 SHORTWAVE TROUGH AND H85 JET. RADAR TRENDS WITH CONVECTION WELL UPSTREAM AND HRRR TRENDS WOULD SUGGEST THE MOST LIKELY THUNDERSTORM TIMING LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AN AREA OF WELL ORGANIZED THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER-LEVEL SUPPORT AND AHEAD OF THE LOW- LEVEL JET. DAMAGING WIND WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW-LEVEL JET MAY OCCUR DURING MUCH OF TONIGHT ALTHOUGH THERE IS UNCERTAINTY BECAUSE OF THE STABILIZING EFFECTS OF PREVIOUS CONVECTION. SHEAR ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW-LEVEL JET MAY BE CLOSE TO MEETING THE LLWS CRITERIA LATE TONIGHT. EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...THERE IS A CHANCE OF RESTRICTIONS THROUGH THE PERIOD IN MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS... AND PERIODS OF MORNING FOG. && .CAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SC...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 385 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM FOR SCC003-009-011-017-025-027-037-039-055-057- 061-063-065-071-075-079-081-085. GA...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 385 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM FOR GAC033-073-181-189-245. && 77
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 1012 AM EDT THU JUL 2 2015 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041- 031415- LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD- MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON- RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON- BAMBERG- 1012 AM EDT THU JUL 2 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT COULD POSSIBLY CONTAIN DAMAGING WIND. EXCESSIVE RAIN IS POSSIBLE IN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY COULD POSSIBLY CONTAIN DAMAGING WINDS. EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
417 PM EDT THU JUL 2 2015
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0400 PM TSTM WND DMG 9 NNW POMARIA 34.39N 81.47W
07/02/2015 NEWBERRY SC LAW ENFORCEMENT
SC HIGHWAY PATROL REPORTED TREES DOWN NEAR
THE INTERSECTION OF MT PLEASANT RD AND
RINGER ROAD.
&&
CJRPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
431 PM EDT THU JUL 2 2015
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0405 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 NNE CLARKS HILL 33.70N 82.15W
07/02/2015 EDGEFIELD SC LAW ENFORCEMENT
SHERIFF DISPATCH REPORTED TREES DOWN ALONG
GARRETT ROAD.
&&PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
434 PM EDT THU JUL 2 2015
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0420 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 N IRMO 34.15N 81.20W
07/02/2015 RICHLAND SC PUBLIC
PUBLIC REPORTED LARGE BRANCHES DOWN NEAR
DUTCH FORK HIGH SCHOOL VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.
&&
CJRPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
441 PM EDT THU JUL 2 2015
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0427 PM TSTM WND GST 4 SSW IRMO 34.04N 81.22W
07/02/2015 M47 MPH LEXINGTON SC PUBLIC
RICHLAND COUNTY MESONET AT THE LAKE MURRAY
DAM REPORTED A WIND GUST OF 47 MPH.
&&PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
444 PM EDT THU JUL 2 2015
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0415 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 NNW EVANS 33.57N 82.16W
07/02/2015 COLUMBIA GA LAW ENFORCEMENT
COLUMBIA COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED TREES DOWN
ALONG HALALI FARM ROAD. TIME ESTIMATED FROM
RADAR.
&&
CJRPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
452 PM EDT THU JUL 2 2015
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0420 PM TSTM WND GST 2 W CLARKS HILL 33.66N 82.20W
07/02/2015 M46 MPH MCCORMICK SC OFFICIAL NWS OBS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATION AT THE DAM
AT LAKE THURMOND REPORTED A WIND GUST OF 46
MPH.
&&The Columbia radar (KCAE), 9 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:50 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Richland County Mesonet measured a wind gust of 70 mph at Williams Brice Stadium.
Sheriff reported a tree down on Hudosn road.
Highway Patrol reported trees down at the intersection of Old Jackson Highway and Old Nail Road. Small hail was also observed.
Sheriff reported a tree down on Hudson road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in South Carolina in 2015Every state in 2015This day in weather historyWarnings in South Carolina, July 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: 575767, 575764, 575765, 575766.