A trough across the Upstate was the focus for widely scattered showers and thunderstorms.
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A trough across the Upstate was the focus for widely scattered showers and thunderstorms.
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 14, 4:57 PM EST, 20 hours 40 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Columbia SC 557 PM EDT TUE JUN 14 2016 .SYNOPSIS... Increased moisture and a weak surface trough across the area through mid week will support scattered, diurnal showers and thunderstorms. Another front will move through the area Friday. Above normal temperatures will continue through the remainder of the week, cooling to slightly below normal for the weekend. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING/... Scattered showers and thunderstorms continue across the forecast area with the strongest activity currently across the Pee Dee and entering the northern CSRA. Thunderstorms which have developed thus far this afternoon and evening have been producing strong and gusty winds with intersecting outflow boundaries generating new thunderstorms. With strong instability remaining across the area expect thunderstorms to continue into tonight with the main threat remaining damaging wind gusts. Convection will diminish overnight due to loss of heating and weakening outflow boundaries. Overnight lows will generally be in the middle 70s. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/... Little change in air mass Wednesday although moisture likely deeper than today with precipitable water above 2 inches. So moist and unstable across the region. Upper level trough over the Gulf coast region moving east and ridge over the area appears to weaken. Models suggest several short waves will move across the region during the period and enhance lift. Expect mainly diurnal convection...from late morning through early evening. Guidance pops suggest more coverage Wednesday so continued likely pops during peak heating...decreasing by midnight. Upper level low over the Great Lakes region moving southeast across the Ohio Valley and Mid Atlantic Thursday. Short wave trough moving through early in the day with possible air mass drying out by afternoon. Nam suggests stronger instability through the day than GFS. Based on Ensemble guidance will keep chance thunderstorms through the day with higher probabilities in the east Midlands. Clouds and rain may keep temperatures down slightly on Wednesday but stayed on warm side of guidance due to persistent bias and downslope flow Thursday afternoon. Warm overnight temperatures expected. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... The upper level low moves through the Carolinas Friday night and early Saturday and drives a cold front south through the area. Expect a few showers and thunderstorms ahead of this front...although moisture may be limited. Uncertainty for the weekend with previous runs of the GFS holding a cutoff low over the area with the chance for showers continuing...and the ECMWF/GEM keeps the cutoff low off the Mid Atlantic coast with dry air across the area. 12z GFS more similar to other guidance now so will continue dry forecast through the weekend into early next week. Temperatures below normal early then above normal next week as upper level ridge over the Central CONUS builds east. Temperatures expected cool to slightly below normal Saturday through Monday. && .AVIATION /21Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... VFR conditions expected through most of the TAF period. Showers and thunderstorms continue across the area with activity currently around all of the taf sites. Expect convection to continue through the early overnight hours then diminish. Thunderstorms have contained strong and gusty winds with the threat continuing into tonight. Expect convection to diminish overnight with the next concern being fog potential. Have remained with MVFR at AGS/OGB...however with rainfall will likely need to expand to other terminals and increase restrictions at AGS/OGB with upcoming issuances. && .CAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...None. SC...None. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 537 PM EDT TUE JUN 14 2016 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-152145- LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD- MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON- RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON- BAMBERG- 537 PM EDT TUE JUN 14 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MIDLANDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT. THE MAIN SEVERE THREAT WILL BE FROM DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SOME THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ALONG WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. TEMPERATURES WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY WILL BE IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 90S AND COMBINE WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE MIDDLE 70S TO PRODUCE HEAT INDEX VALUES BETWEEN 100 AND 105 DEGREES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 62 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:37 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
SC DOT reported trees down on St. Pauls Church Road.
SC DOT reported several trees down near the intersection of Pinewood Road and Highway 261.
Public reported rainfall up to 3 inches which caused ponding of water along Church Street in Cheraw.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in South Carolina in 2016Every state in 2016This day in weather historyWarnings in South Carolina, June 2016
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: 632558, 632561, 632566.