Flash Flood Warning 15, NWS Charleston, SC

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED TEXT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1115 AM EDT SUN AUG 29 2004

...HURRICANE WARNING CANCELED FROM EDISTO BEACH SOUTHWARD...

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REPLACES HURRICANE WARNING IN CHARLESTON
COUNTY...

.SHORT TERM /THIS AFTERNOON/...
THE CENTER OF GASTON IS CURRENTLY OVER THE FRANCIS MARION NATIONAL
FOREST IN CHARLESTON AND BERKELEY COUNTIES. MOVEMENT APPEARS TO
HAVE SLOWED A BIT...JUST ENJOYING THE SCENERY. OBSERVED WINDS
HAVE BEEN QUITE IMPRESSIVE THANKS TO INTENSE SPIRAL CONVECTIVE
BANDS. UNOFFICIAL SFC PRES OF 985 MB AT CAPERS ISLAND AND 988 MB
MEASURED IN ISLE OF PALMS WITH A GUST OF 70 KT THIS MORNING.
NUMEROUS REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE WITH TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.

SLOWLY IMPROVING CONDITIONS EXPECTED NRN ZONES THIS AFTN AND SOUTH
OF THE RAIN BANDS FROM NBC TO SAV INTO SE GEORGIA...DO NOT THINK
WE WILL SEE MUCH PRECIP SW OF THE SYSTEM THIS AFTERNOON. WILL LOWER
POPS A BIT. UPDATE WITH NEW HEADLINES OUT SOON.

&&

.MARINE...
WITH STRONG T.S. GASTON MOVING INLAND...
MAIN WIND/WAVE CONCERNS INVOLVE THE NRN SC WATERS AND CHS HARBOR.
WITH LATEST TPC ADVY... WILL DROP HURCN WRNGS FOR ALL WATERS AND
MAINTAIN T.S WRNG FOR THOSE TWO MARINE AREAS AS STRONG CONVECTIVE
BANDS WRAPPING ARND THE CTR OF GASTON WILL CONTINUE TO SWING THRU
THE HARBOR AND NRN SC WATERS. WINDS UPWARDS OF 35-40 KT WITH GUSTS
TO 50 STILL POSSIBLE THRU MIDDAY THEN SHOULD DROP DOWN BY THE AFTN
PKG.

AS FOR THE SRN SC WATERS AND GA WATERS...WILL BE ABLE TO DROP
TROPICAL HEADLINES EXCEPT FOR A T.S. WRNG FOR THE OFFSHORE GA WATERS
DUE TO THE TYBEE TWR STILL REPORTING SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25-35 KT
WITH HIGHER GUSTS. FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS...WILL RUN WITH HRCN
WRNG CANCELLATION COMBO HEADLINE FOR THE SRN SC WATERS AND PUT A SCA
FOR THE GA WATERS AS CONDS LOOK TO RAPIDLY IMPROVE FOR THOSE TWO
MARINE AREAS.

&&

.AVIATION...
OF THE TWO TERMINALS...KSAV THE MUCH BETTER OF THE TWO AS RAIN BANDS
FROM GASTON NOT EVEN REACHING THAT FAR S. VIRTUALLY NO PROBLEMS WITH
KSAV AND SKIES SHOULD SLOWLY IMPROVE FROM BKN TO SCT...BUT CONDS
WITHIN VFR CRITERIA. KCHS WILL STILL BE DEALING WITH LIFR/VLIFR
CONDS DUE TO WINDS OF 25-35 KT...DECKS BELOW 2KFT...AND VSBYS 1NM OR
LESS THRU AT LEAST 29/16Z. WILL STILL CLOSELY MONITOR CONDS AT KCHS
AND AMEND IF/AS NEEDED.

&&

.CHS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.
SC...TROPICAL STORM WARNING SCZ050.
     INLAND TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING SCZ044-045.
     FLOOD WATCH SCZ044-045-050.
MARINE...TROPICAL STORM WARNING AMZ330-350.
         TROPICAL STORM WARNING AMZ374.
         SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY AMZ354.
&&

24/JPC

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
510 AM EDT SUN AUG 29 2004

AMZ350-352-354-374-GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-042>045-
047>051-300900-
ALLENDALE-BEAUFORT-BERKELEY-BULLOCH-CANDLER-CHARLESTON-COASTAL BRYAN-
COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL COLLETON-COASTAL JASPER-COASTAL LIBERTY-
COASTAL MCINTOSH-DORCHESTER-EFFINGHAM-EVANS-HAMPTON-INLAND BRYAN-
INLAND CHATHAM-INLAND COLLETON-INLAND JASPER-INLAND LIBERTY-
INLAND MCINTOSH-JENKINS-LONG-SCREVEN-TATTNALL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAXTON...DARIEN...HALFMOON LANDING...
HINESVILLE...LUDOWICI...METTER...MILLEN...PEMBROKE...REIDSVILLE...
SAVANNAH...SPRINGFIELD...STATESBORO...SYLVANIA...TOWNSEND...
WILMINGTON...WILMINGTON ISLAND...ALLENDALE...BEAUFORT...CHARLESTON...
EDISTO BEACH...HAMPTON...HILTON HEAD ISLAND...MONCKS CORNER...
RIDGELAND...SAINT GEORGE AND WALTERBORO
510 AM EDT SUN AUG 29 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS FROM SOUTH SANTEE
RIVER SOUTH CAROLINA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GEORGIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
.TROPICAL WEATHER...TROPICAL STORM GASTON WILL MOVE ASHORE IN
NORTHERN CHARLESTON COUNTY THIS MORNING. A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN
EFFECT FOR ALL OF COASTAL SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND ADJACENT
COASTAL WATERS. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS EFFECT FOR THE OFFSHORE
GEORGIA WATERS.

AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR BERKELEY AND
DORCHESTER COUNTIES.

A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA.

PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AND THE LATEST TROPICAL STORM LOCAL STATEMENTS FROM THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE REQUIRED TODAY.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1040 AM EDT SUN AUG 29 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1025 AM     TROPICAL STORM   COUNTYWIDE              32.78N 79.94W
08/29/2004                   CHARLESTON         SC   NUMEROUS SOURCES

            NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. THOUSANDS WITHOUT
            POWER. STACKS OF LARGE CARGO CONTAINERS KNOCKED DOWN.
            DAMAGE STARTED AROUND 7 AM.

1025 AM     TROPICAL STORM    COUNTYWIDE             33.20N 80.01W
08/29/2004                   BERKELEY           SC   NUMEROUS SOURCES

            NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN WITH POWER OUTAGES.
            DAMAGE STARTED AROUND 8 AM.

1025 AM     TROPICAL STORM   EASTERN PART            33.02N 80.18W
08/29/2004                   DORCHESTER         SC   NUMEROUS SOURCES

            TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN WITH POWER OUTAGES. DAMAGE
            STARTED AROUND 8 AM.

&&

EMLAW