Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Charleston, SC

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
225 PM EST SUN MAR 8 1998

UPR LVL SYS MOVES RAPIDLY TO THE NE TO BE E OF THE GRT LKS BY END OF
PD. A WELL DEFINED TROF REMAINS OVR THE ERN HALF OF THE COUNTRY FOR THE
FORESEEABLE OUTLOOK. SFC HI WILL MAKE SLOW SWRD PROGRESS OUT OF
CTRL/WRN CANADA TO BE ALONG THE U.S. BORDER BY LATE IN PD. RESULTS IN A
CONTINUOUS FEED OF COLDER/DRIER AIR TO REINFORCE THE DRY AIR MOVG EWRD
FROM THE SW.  COLD FRONT OFF THE CAROLINA CST BY ERLY MON AM...SO IN
THE SHORTER TERM...WET/ACTIVE EVE/OVRNITE PD ACRS THE RGN. MSTR BEGINS
A RAPID DECLINE THRU MON MORNING...SO CURR WORDED TREND FINE. WAVES WITH
RATHER STRONG VORT LOBE MOVES NE RAPIDLY THIS EVENING AND WITH PLENTY
OF MSTR AVLBL. WL SEE HOW THINGS PAN OUT...BUT A FEW BREAKS ERLY THIS
AFTN NR SAV AREA AND SWRD COULD ALLOW SOME SFC HEATING AND DECENT
DVLPMNT BEFORE SUNSET. OVERALL...NOT SUGGESTING RADICAL CHGS FROM CURR
FCST. WL KEEP THIS SHORT DUE TO CURR CONDS HERE AND WWRD. WL USE A MIX
OF TEMPS FROM FWC AND FAN. FOR CWF...WILL KEEP THINGS CLOSE THERE AS
WELL. EXPCT SRLY WINDS IN 30 KT RANGE THRU TONIGHT AND INTO ERLY MON B4
SHIFTING OUT OF THE W. MAINTAIN SCA THRUOUT.

CHS ARPT   63/67/42/58  9300
CHS CITY   64/67/44/58
SAV ARPT   62/67/40/57  9200

.TONIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING. SOME
STORMS MAY BE SEVERE. HEAVY RAINS AT TIMES. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S.
SOUTH WIND 15 TO 20 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN NEAR 100 PERCENT.
.MON...A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF MORNING SHOWER. PARTLY CLOUDY THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON. HIGHS 65-70. SOUTHWEST WIND 15 TO 20 MPH SHIFTING W.
.MON NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S.
.TUE...SUNNY AND COOLER. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S.

MJR

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THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
347 PM EST SUN MAR 8 1998

THE OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTH CAROLINA:

BERKELEY     DORCHESTER     CHARLESTON     COLLETON     BEAUFORT
JASPER       HAMPTON        ALLENDALE

THE OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING OUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA:

CHATHAM      EFFINGHAM      SCREVEN        JENKINS      CANDLER
BULLOCH      BRYAN          LIBERTY        MCINTOSH     LONG
EVANS        TATTNALL

A VERY WARM AND MOIST AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE EVENING AND
INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM IS MOVING NORTHEAST
THROUGHT THE OHIO VALLEY THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. THIS LOW WILL DRAG A
COLD FRONT ACROSS ALABAMA AND GEORGIA BY LATE TONIGHT AND THROUGH THE
COASTAL REGION TO BE OFF THE COAST BY MONDAY MORNING.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS PORTIONS OF GEORGIA AND
SOUTH CAROLINA DURING THIS AFTERNOON AND ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WELL
INTO THIS EVENING. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN AND
SOUTHEASTERN PORTION OF GEORGIA AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS UNTIL 10 PM
THIS EVENING. ANY DEVELOPING STORMS WILL MOVE QUICKLY TO THE NORTHEAST.

STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAINFALL AND THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE
DEVELOPMENT CONTINUES ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF THE COUNTRY.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH TONIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO BE AROUND 1 INCH WITH
LOCALLY HEAVIER TOTALS IN AREAS WITH PERSISTENT THUNDERSTORMS. MINOR
FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS CAN BE EXPECTED.

THE THUNDERSTORM THREAT WILL END MONDAY MORNING AS THE COLD FRONT
PUSHES OFF THE COAST AND DRIER AIR BEGINS TO MOVE IN FROM THE WEST.

MJR