Scattered thunderstorms developed over the Midlands and some produced large hail and wind damage to trees.
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Scattered thunderstorms developed over the Midlands and some produced large hail and wind damage to trees.
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 1, 12:40 PM EST, 39 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 140 PM EDT MON JUN 1 2015 .SYNOPSIS... A FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL REMAIN NEAR THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH THE WEEK AND BRING UNSETTLED WEATHER. MOISTURE WILL BE ESPECIALLY HIGH TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... CONVERGENCE AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT OR INTO A PRE-FRONTAL TROUGH PLUS COOLING ALOFT ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER TROUGH SHOULD SUPPORT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE ARW DISPLAYS THE GREATEST COVERAGE THIS EVENING POSSIBLY AHEAD OF A MID-LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROUGH. WIND SHEAR WILL BE WEAK BUT THERE MAY BE JUST ENOUGH INSTABILITY COMBINED WITH HEAVY PRECIPITATION LOADING FOR A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WIND. EXPECT LATE AFTERNOON SURFACE- BASED LI/S AROUND -5. PRECIPITABLE WATER WILL BE AROUND 1.7 OF AN INCH SUPPORTING HEAVY DOWNPOURS. HOWEVER...A STORM MOTION NEAR 15 KNOTS SHOULD HELP LIMIT THE FLOOD THREAT. SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTINUE OVERNIGHT...BUT THE CHANCE SHOULD DIMINISH BECAUSE OF STABILIZATION CAUSED BY PREVIOUS CONVECTION AND NOCTURNAL COOLING. THE TEMPERATURE GUIDANCE WAS CLOSE. && .SHORT TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... CONVERGENCE ALONG THE STALLED FRONT AND RELATIVELY COLD AIR ALOFT ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER TROUGH SHOULD HELP CAUSE NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE PATTERN FAVORS THE HIGHER GUIDANCE POPS. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OCCUR WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER NEAR 1.8 OF AN INCH. THE NAM HAS WEAK INSTABILITY TUESDAY WITH SURFACE-BASED LI/S -3 TO -4. THIS APPEARS REASONABLE BECAUSE OF CLOUDINESS AND WIDESPREAD SHOWERS. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THREAT APPEARS LOW. THE CORE OF THE H5 COLD POOL WILL BE CLOSER TO THE FORECAST AREA WEDNESDAY AND THE NAM DISPLAYS SURFACE-BASED LI/S -4 TO -6. THERE MAY BE A GREATER RISK OF STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. WE LEANED TOWARD THE COOLER HIGH TEMPERATURE GUIDANCE BECAUSE OF CLOUDINESS. USED THE GUIDANCE CONSENSUS FOR THE LOW TEMPERATURE FORECAST. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/... 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 TROUGHING LINGERING. THE ECMWF HAS SHOWN MORE RIDGING AND DRYING TOWARD THE END OF THE PERIOD COMPARED TO THE GFS. THE GFS AND ECMWF MOS POPS RANGE FROM 40 TO 60 PERCENT THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...AND 10 TO 40 PERCENT SUNDAY. THE MOS HAS TEMPERATURES CLOSE TO NORMAL. && .AVIATION /18Z MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... AT 17Z RADAR REFLECTIVITY INDICATES SCATTERED CONVECTION DEVELOPING AROUND KCAE/KCUB DRIFTING SLOWLY NORTHEAST. MORE OF THE SAME EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA WITH BRIEF PERIODS OF MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS POSSIBLE WITH HEAVIER STORMS. EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...UPPER LOW WILL MOVE SLOWLY EAST INTO THE SE US OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. COLDER AIR ALOFT AND AMPLE MOISTURE WILL FUEL SCATTERED CONVECTION ESPECIALLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. MVFR WITH MORNING STRATUS AND FOG WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. && .CAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SC...NONE. GA...NONE. && 87
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</html>The Columbia radar (KCAE), 4 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:20 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
SC Highway Patrol reported several trees down on Bradley Drive south of US 1.
Public reported nickel to quarter size hail from Little Cedar Creek Road to Cowhorn Road.
Public reported large limbs down and nickel size hail covering the ground near Lugoff.
Sheriff reported a large limb blocking Medfield Road in Lugoff.
DOT reported several trees down in Mitford along Hwy 200.
Public reported quarter size hail along Cedar Creek 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, June 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 569188, 569186, 569189, 569190, 569191, 569187.