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Hurricane Local Statement 1, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this hurricane local statement at Jul 18, 2008, 11:35 PM EDT for Jenkins County, Screven County, Georgia; 4 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 35 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 18, 2008, 11:35 PM EDT (03:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 22, 2008, 6:44 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 days
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
Counties Jenkins County, GA, Screven County, GA, Allendale County, SC, Colleton County, SC, Dorchester County, SC, Hampton County, SC
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 111 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1101 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 574 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WTUS82 KCHS 190335 HLSCHS URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1135 PM EDT FRI JUL 18 2008 ...TROPICAL DEPRESSION NUMBER THREE FORMS OFF THE SOUTH CAROLINA COAST... AMZ330-350-190900- /O.NEW.KCHS.TR.A.0001.080719T0335Z-000000T0000Z/ CHARLESTON HARBOR- WATERS FROM SOUTH SANTEE RIVER TO EDISTO BEACH SC OUT 20 NM- 1135 PM EDT FRI JUL 18 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WATCH IN EFFECT... ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS SPECIFIC ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY MARINERS IN THE COASTAL WATERS OF CHARLESTON COUNTY...INCLUDING CHARLESTON HARBOR. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... NO ADDITIONAL WATCHES...WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT AT THIS TIME. ...STORM INFORMATION... AT 1100 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 31.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 79.6 WEST OR ABOUT 65 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA. THIS IS ABOUT 87 MILES EAST OF SAVANNAH GEORGIA. THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 6 MPH...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT TWO DAYS... KEEPING THE CENTER OF THE DEPRESSION VERY CLOSE TO THE COASTS OF SOUTH AND NORTH CAROLINA. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AND THE DEPRESSION COULD BECOME A TROPICAL STORM ON SATURDAY. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 29.85 INCHES. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MARINERS ARE URGED TO KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST INFORMATION ON TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE. CONSIDER MAKING PREPARATIONS NOW IN CASE A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS ISSUED. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS...WINDS OF 39 TO 73 MPH...ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE NEXT 36 HOURS. ...WINDS... SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE NOT CURRENTLY EXPECTED ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS BETWEEN THE SOUTH SANTEE RIVER AND EDISTO BEACH...INCLUDING THE CHARLESTON HARBOR. HOWEVER A FEW GUSTS TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE...WINDS IN EXCESS OF 39 MPH...COULD OCCUR IN SOME OF THE HEAVIER SQUALLS THAT ARE ROTATING AROUND THE CENTER OF THE DEPRESSION. THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS WILL BE THE GREATEST FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON AS TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE MAKES ITS CLOSEST APPROACH. ...TORNADOES... ISOLATED WATERSPOUTS WILL BE POSSIBLE NEAR THE CENTER OF THE DEPRESSION AS BANDS OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ROTATE THROUGH THE COASTAL WATERS OFF OF CHARLESTON COUNTY. TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION IF A WATERSPOUT IS SPOTTED. RELAY ALL WATERSPOUT SIGHTINGS TO THE COAST GUARD AND ASK THEM TO IMMEDIATELY RELAY THE REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON AROUND 3 AM OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND IN ADVISORIES ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER...AS WELL AS PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS AND SHORT TERM FORECASTS ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE. $$ SCZ050-190900- /O.NEW.KCHS.TR.A.1003.080719T0335Z-000000T0000Z/ CHARLESTON- 1135 PM EDT FRI JUL 18 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WATCH IN EFFECT... ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS SPECIFIC ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS AND VISITORS OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... NO ADDITIONAL WATCHES...WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT AT THIS TIME. ...STORM INFORMATION... AT 1100 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 31.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 79.6 WEST OR ABOUT 65 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA. THIS IS ABOUT 87 MILES EAST OF SAVANNAH GEORGIA. THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 6 MPH...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT TWO DAYS... KEEPING THE CENTER OF THE DEPRESSION VERY CLOSE TO THE COASTS OF SOUTH AND NORTH CAROLINA. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AND THE DEPRESSION COULD BECOME A TROPICAL STORM ON SATURDAY. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 29.85 INCHES. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE A PLAN OF ACTION WHEN A TROPICAL STORM THREATENS. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE ONE...NOW IS THE TIME TO FORMULATE ONE. SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR. HAVE BATTERY POWERED APPLIANCES ON HAND IN CASE POWER IS LOST. A BATTERY POWERED NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS DEVICE IS ALSO A GOOD WAY TO KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION...ESPECIALLY IF POWER IS LOST. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... NO SIGNIFICANT STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. TIDES MAY RUN UP TO 1 FOOT ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...BEFORE WINDS TURN OFFSHORE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AS TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE MOVES AWAY FROM THE AREA. ...WINDS... SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE NOT CURRENTLY EXPECTED FOR THE CHARLESTON COUNTY AREA. HOWEVER WIND GUSTS UP TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE...NEAR 40 MPH...ARE A POSSIBILITY FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE SATURDAY MORNING AS SQUALLS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE MOVE ACROSS THE REGION. WIND GUSTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE CAN BREAK LIMBS...BLOW DOWN SMALL TREES AND PRODUCE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES. ...INLAND FLOODING... SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...HOWEVER BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN MAY PRODUCE MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. THE FLOOD RISK MAY BECOME LOCALLY ENHANCED IN THE DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON AREA SATURDAY MORNING SHOULD HEAVY RAINS FALL AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE. HIGH TIDE WILL OCCUR IN THE CHARLESTON HARBOR AT 915 AM. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON AROUND 3 AM OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND IN ADVISORIES ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER...AS WELL AS PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS AND SHORT TERM FORECASTS ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE. $$ GAZ116>119-138>141-SCZ043-047>049-051-190900- /O.NEW.KCHS.HU.S.0001.080719T0335Z-000000T0000Z/ INLAND BRYAN-COASTAL BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-COASTAL CHATHAM- INLAND LIBERTY-COASTAL LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH-COASTAL MCINTOSH- INLAND COLLETON-INLAND JASPER-BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON- COASTAL JASPER- 1135 PM EDT FRI JUL 18 2008 ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS SPECIFIC ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS AND VISITORS OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA. THIS STATEMENT IS FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY. ...STORM INFORMATION... AT 1100 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 31.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 79.6 WEST OR ABOUT 65 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA. THIS IS ABOUT 87 MILES EAST OF SAVANNAH GEORGIA. THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 6 MPH...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT TWO DAYS... KEEPING THE CENTER OF THE DEPRESSION VERY CLOSE TO THE COASTS OF SOUTH AND NORTH CAROLINA. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AND THE DEPRESSION COULD BECOME A TROPICAL STORM ON SATURDAY. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 29.85 INCHES. ...WINDS... TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO OCCUR ALONG THE NORTH GEORGIA COAST NOR THE FAR SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA COAST. ...INLAND FLOODING... BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN MAY PRODUCE MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING AS SQUALLS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. SIGNIFICANT FLOODING APPEARS UNLIKELY AT THIS TIME. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON AROUND 3 AM OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND IN ADVISORIES ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER...AS WELL AS PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS AND SHORT TERM FORECASTS ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE. $$ ST
9 follow-up statements
000 WTUS82 KCHS 190627 HLSCHS URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE INTERMEDIATE LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 227 AM EDT SAT JUL 19 2008 ...TROPICAL DEPRESSION NUMBER THREE MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEASTWARD OFFSHORE OF SOUTH CAROLINA... AMZ330-350-200630- /O.CON.KCHS.TR.A.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ CHARLESTON HARBOR- WATERS FROM SOUTH SANTEE RIVER TO EDISTO BEACH SC OUT 20 NM- 227 AM EDT SAT JUL 19 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE CONTINUES TO MOVE SLOWLY NORTHEAST OVER THE COASTAL WATERS. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS SPECIFIC ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS AND VISITORS OF ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... NO ADDITIONAL WATCHES...WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT AT THIS TIME. ...STORM INFORMATION... AT 200 AM EDT...0600Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE WAS ESTIMATED NEAR LATITUDE 32.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 79.5 WEST OR ABOUT 55 MILES...90 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA AND ABOUT 305 MILES...490 KM...SOUTHWEST OF CAPE HATTERAS NORTH CAROLINA. THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 6 MPH...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT TWO DAYS... KEEPING THE CENTER OF THE DEPRESSION VERY CLOSE TO THE COASTS OF SOUTH AND NORTH CAROLINA. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 30 MPH...45 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS... AND THE DEPRESSION COULD BECOME A TROPICAL STORM LATER TODAY. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1011 MB...29.85 INCHES. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2-4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COASTAL SECTIONS OF THE CAROLINAS. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MARINERS ARE URGED TO KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST INFORMATION ON TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE. CONSIDER MAKING PREPARATIONS NOW IN CASE A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS ISSUED. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS...WINDS OF 39 TO 73 MPH...ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE NEXT 36 HOURS. ...WINDS... SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE NOT CURRENTLY EXPECTED ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS BETWEEN THE SOUTH SANTEE RIVER AND EDISTO BEACH...INCLUDING THE CHARLESTON HARBOR. HOWEVER A FEW GUSTS TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE...WINDS IN EXCESS OF 39 MPH...COULD OCCUR IN SOME OF THE HEAVIER SQUALLS THAT ARE ROTATING AROUND THE CENTER OF THE DEPRESSION. THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS WILL BE THE GREATEST FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON AS TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE MAKES ITS CLOSEST APPROACH. ...TORNADOES... ISOLATED WATERSPOUTS WILL BE POSSIBLE NEAR THE CENTER OF THE DEPRESSION AS BANDS OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ROTATE THROUGH THE COASTAL WATERS OFF OF CHARLESTON COUNTY. TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION IF A WATERSPOUT IS SPOTTED. RELAY ALL WATERSPOUT SIGHTINGS TO THE COAST GUARD AND ASK THEM TO IMMEDIATELY RELAY THE REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE INTERMEDIATE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON AROUND 6 AM OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND IN ADVISORIES ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER...AS WELL AS PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS AND SHORT TERM FORECASTS ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE. $$ SCZ050-200630- /O.CON.KCHS.TR.A.1003.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ CHARLESTON- 227 AM EDT SAT JUL 19 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE CONTINUES TO MOVE SLOWLY NORTHEASTWARD OFF THE CHARLESTON COUNTY COAST. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS SPECIFIC ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS AND VISITORS OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... NO ADDITIONAL WATCHES...WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT AT THIS TIME. ...STORM INFORMATION... AT 200 AM EDT...0600Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE WAS ESTIMATED NEAR LATITUDE 32.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 79.5 WEST OR ABOUT 55 MILES...90 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA AND ABOUT 305 MILES...490 KM...SOUTHWEST OF CAPE HATTERAS NORTH CAROLINA. THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 6 MPH...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT TWO DAYS... KEEPING THE CENTER OF THE DEPRESSION VERY CLOSE TO THE COASTS OF SOUTH AND NORTH CAROLINA. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 30 MPH...45 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS... AND THE DEPRESSION COULD BECOME A TROPICAL STORM LATER TODAY. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1011 MB...29.85 INCHES. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2-4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COASTAL SECTIONS OF THE CAROLINAS. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... NO SIGNIFICANT STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. TIDES MAY RUN UP TO 1 FOOT ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...BEFORE WINDS TURN OFFSHORE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AS TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE MOVES AWAY FROM THE AREA. ...WINDS... SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE NOT CURRENTLY EXPECTED FOR THE CHARLESTON COUNTY AREA. HOWEVER WIND GUSTS UP TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE...NEAR 40 MPH...ARE A POSSIBILITY FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE SATURDAY MORNING AS SQUALLS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE MOVE ACROSS THE REGION. WIND GUSTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE CAN BREAK LIMBS...BLOW DOWN SMALL TREES AND PRODUCE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES. ...INLAND FLOODING... SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...HOWEVER BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN MAY PRODUCE MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. THE FLOOD RISK MAY BECOME LOCALLY ENHANCED IN THE DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON AREA SATURDAY MORNING SHOULD HEAVY RAINS FALL AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE. HIGH TIDE WILL OCCUR IN THE CHARLESTON HARBOR AT 915 AM. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE INTERMEDIATE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON AROUND 6 AM OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND IN ADVISORIES ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER...AS WELL AS PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS AND SHORT TERM FORECASTS ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE. $$ GAZ116>119-138>141-SCZ043-047>049-051-200630- /O.CON.KCHS.HU.S.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ INLAND BRYAN-COASTAL BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-COASTAL CHATHAM- INLAND LIBERTY-COASTAL LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH-COASTAL MCINTOSH- INLAND COLLETON-INLAND JASPER-BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON- COASTAL JASPER- 227 AM EDT SAT JUL 19 2008 ...NEW INFORMATION... TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE CONTINUES TO MOVE SLOWLY NORTHEASTWARD ALONG THE SOUTH CAROLINA COAST. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS SPECIFIC ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS AND VISITORS OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... NO ADDITIONAL WATCHES...WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT AT THIS TIME. ...STORM INFORMATION... AT 200 AM EDT...0600Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE WAS ESTIMATED NEAR LATITUDE 32.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 79.5 WEST OR ABOUT 55 MILES...90 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA AND ABOUT 305 MILES...490 KM...SOUTHWEST OF CAPE HATTERAS NORTH CAROLINA. THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 6 MPH...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT TWO DAYS... KEEPING THE CENTER OF THE DEPRESSION VERY CLOSE TO THE COASTS OF SOUTH AND NORTH CAROLINA. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 30 MPH...45 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS... AND THE DEPRESSION COULD BECOME A TROPICAL STORM LATER TODAY. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1011 MB...29.85 INCHES. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2-4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COASTAL SECTIONS OF THE CAROLINAS. ...WINDS... TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO OCCUR ALONG THE NORTH GEORGIA COAST NOR THE FAR SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA COAST. ...INLAND FLOODING... ISOLATED POCKETS HEAVY RAIN MAY PRODUCE MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS TODAY AS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. SIGNIFICANT FLOODING APPEARS UNLIKELY AT THIS TIME. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE INTERMEDIATE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON AROUND 6 AM OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND IN ADVISORIES ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER...AS WELL AS PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS AND SHORT TERM FORECASTS ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE. $$
000 WTUS82 KCHS 190900 HLSCHS URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 500 AM EDT SAT JUL 19 2008 ...TROPICAL DEPRESSION NUMBER THREE MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEASTWARD OFFSHORE OF SOUTH CAROLINA... AMZ330-350-200900- /O.CON.KCHS.TR.A.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ CHARLESTON HARBOR- WATERS FROM SOUTH SANTEE RIVER TO EDISTO BEACH SC OUT 20 NM- 500 AM EDT SAT JUL 19 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE CONTINUES TO MOVE SLOWLY NORTHEAST OVER THE COASTAL WATERS. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS SPECIFIC ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS AND VISITORS OF ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... NO ADDITIONAL WATCHES...WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT AT THIS TIME. ...STORM INFORMATION... AT 500 AM EDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 32.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 79.4 WEST OR ABOUT 45 MILES... 70 KM...SOUTHEAST OF CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA AND ABOUT 295 MILES...475 KM...SOUTHWEST OF CAPE HATTERAS NORTH CAROLINA. THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 5 MPH...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT TWO DAYS... KEEPING THE CENTER OF THE DEPRESSION VERY CLOSE TO THE COASTS OF SOUTH AND NORTH CAROLINA. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 30 MPH...45 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE AND THE DEPRESSION COULD BECOME A TROPICAL STORM LATER TODAY. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1009 MB...29.80 INCHES. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2-4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COASTAL SECTIONS OF THE CAROLINAS. ...WINDS... SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE NOT CURRENTLY EXPECTED ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS BETWEEN THE SOUTH SANTEE RIVER AND EDISTO BEACH...INCLUDING THE CHARLESTON HARBOR. HOWEVER A FEW GUSTS TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE...WINDS IN EXCESS OF 39 MPH...COULD OCCUR IN SOME OF THE HEAVIER SQUALLS THAT ARE ROTATING AROUND THE CENTER OF THE DEPRESSION. THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS WILL BE THE GREATEST FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON AS TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE MAKES ITS CLOSEST APPROACH. ...TORNADOES... ISOLATED WATERSPOUTS WILL BE POSSIBLE NEAR THE CENTER OF THE DEPRESSION AS BANDS OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ROTATE THROUGH THE COASTAL WATERS OFF OF CHARLESTON COUNTY. TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION IF A WATERSPOUT IS SPOTTED. RELAY ALL WATERSPOUT SIGHTINGS TO THE COAST GUARD AND ASK THEM TO IMMEDIATELY RELAY THE REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON AROUND 9 AM OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND IN ADVISORIES ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER...AS WELL AS PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS AND SHORT TERM FORECASTS ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE. $$ SCZ050-200900- /O.CON.KCHS.TR.A.1003.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ CHARLESTON- 500 AM EDT SAT JUL 19 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE CONTINUES TO MOVE SLOWLY NORTHEASTWARD OFF THE CHARLESTON COUNTY COAST. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS SPECIFIC ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS AND VISITORS OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... NO ADDITIONAL WATCHES...WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT AT THIS TIME. ...STORM INFORMATION... AT 500 AM EDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 32.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 79.4 WEST OR ABOUT 45 MILES... 70 KM...SOUTHEAST OF CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA AND ABOUT 295 MILES...475 KM...SOUTHWEST OF CAPE HATTERAS NORTH CAROLINA. THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 5 MPH...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT TWO DAYS... KEEPING THE CENTER OF THE DEPRESSION VERY CLOSE TO THE COASTS OF SOUTH AND NORTH CAROLINA. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 30 MPH...45 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE AND THE DEPRESSION COULD BECOME A TROPICAL STORM LATER TODAY. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1009 MB...29.80 INCHES. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2-4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COASTAL SECTIONS OF THE CAROLINAS. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... NO SIGNIFICANT STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. TIDES MAY RUN UP TO 1 FOOT ABOVE NORMAL THIS MORNING...BEFORE WINDS TURN OFFSHORE THIS AFTERNOON AS TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE MOVES AWAY FROM THE AREA. ...WINDS... SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE NOT CURRENTLY EXPECTED FOR THE CHARLESTON COUNTY AREA. HOWEVER WIND GUSTS APPROACHING TROPICAL STORM FORCE...NEAR 40 MPH...ARE A POSSIBILITY TODAY ALONG THE COAST AS SQUALLS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE MOVE ACROSS THE REGION. ...INLAND FLOODING... SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...HOWEVER BANDS OF BRIEF HEAVY RAIN MAY PRODUCE MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. THE FLOOD RISK MAY BECOME BRIEFLY ENHANCED IN THE DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON AREA THIS MORNING SHOULD HEAVY RAINS FALL AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE. HIGH TIDE WILL OCCUR IN THE CHARLESTON HARBOR AT 915 AM. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON AROUND 9 AM OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND IN ADVISORIES ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER...AS WELL AS PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS AND SHORT TERM FORECASTS ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE. $$ GAZ116>119-138>141-SCZ043-047>049-051-200900- /O.CON.KCHS.HU.S.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ INLAND BRYAN-COASTAL BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-COASTAL CHATHAM- INLAND LIBERTY-COASTAL LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH-COASTAL MCINTOSH- INLAND COLLETON-INLAND JASPER-BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON- COASTAL JASPER- 500 AM EDT SAT JUL 19 2008 ...NEW INFORMATION... TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE CONTINUES TO MOVE SLOWLY NORTHEASTWARD ALONG THE SOUTH CAROLINA COAST. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS SPECIFIC ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS AND VISITORS OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... NO ADDITIONAL WATCHES...WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT AT THIS TIME. ...STORM INFORMATION... AT 500 AM EDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 32.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 79.4 WEST OR ABOUT 45 MILES... 70 KM...SOUTHEAST OF CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA AND ABOUT 295 MILES...475 KM...SOUTHWEST OF CAPE HATTERAS NORTH CAROLINA. THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 5 MPH...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT TWO DAYS... KEEPING THE CENTER OF THE DEPRESSION VERY CLOSE TO THE COASTS OF SOUTH AND NORTH CAROLINA. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 30 MPH...45 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE AND THE DEPRESSION COULD BECOME A TROPICAL STORM LATER TODAY. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1009 MB...29.80 INCHES. ...WINDS... TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO OCCUR ALONG THE NORTH GEORGIA COAST NOR THE FAR SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA COAST. ...INLAND FLOODING... ISOLATED POCKETS HEAVY RAIN MAY PRODUCE MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS TODAY AS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. SIGNIFICANT FLOODING APPEARS UNLIKELY AT THIS TIME. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON AROUND 9 AM OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND IN ADVISORIES ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER...AS WELL AS PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS AND SHORT TERM FORECASTS ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE. $$
000 WTUS82 KCHS 191209 HLSCHS URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE INTERMEDIATE LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 809 AM EDT SAT JUL 19 2008 ...TROPICAL DEPRESSION NUMBER THREE MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEASTWARD OFFSHORE OF SOUTH CAROLINA... AMZ330-350-201215- /O.CON.KCHS.TR.A.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ CHARLESTON HARBOR- WATERS FROM SOUTH SANTEE RIVER TO EDISTO BEACH SC OUT 20 NM- 809 AM EDT SAT JUL 19 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE HAS MOVED LITTLE OVER THE LAST THREE HOURS...BUT IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN A NORTHEASTWARD DRIFT LATER THIS MORNING. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS SPECIFIC ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS AND VISITORS OF ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... NO ADDITIONAL WATCHES...WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT AT THIS TIME. ...STORM INFORMATION... AT 800 AM EDT...1200Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE WAS ESTIMATED NEAR LATITUDE 32.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 79.1 WEST OR ABOUT 65 MILES...105 KM...SOUTHEAST OF CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA AND ABOUT 285 MILES...455 KM...SOUTHWEST OF CAPE HATTERAS NORTH CAROLINA. THE DEPRESSION HAS BEEN MOVING ERRATICALLY DURING THE PAST FEW HOURS BUT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 5 MPH OVER THE NEXT TWO DAYS...KEEPING THE CENTER OF THE DEPRESSION VERY CLOSE TO THE COASTS OF SOUTH AND NORTH CAROLINA. RADAR DATA FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES IN CHARLESTON AND WILMINGTON INDICATE THAT MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 35 MPH...55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE AND THE DEPRESSION COULD BECOME A TROPICAL STORM LATER TODAY. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1007 MB...29.74 INCHES. ...WINDS... SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE NOT CURRENTLY EXPECTED ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS BETWEEN THE SOUTH SANTEE RIVER AND EDISTO BEACH...INCLUDING THE CHARLESTON HARBOR. HOWEVER A FEW GUSTS TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE...WINDS IN EXCESS OF 39 MPH...COULD OCCUR IN SOME OF THE HEAVIER SQUALLS THAT ARE ROTATING AROUND THE CENTER OF THE DEPRESSION. ...TORNADOES... ISOLATED WATERSPOUTS WILL BE POSSIBLE NEAR THE CENTER OF THE DEPRESSION AS BANDS OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ROTATE THROUGH THE COASTAL WATERS OFF OF CHARLESTON COUNTY. TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION IF A WATERSPOUT IS SPOTTED. RELAY ALL WATERSPOUT SIGHTINGS TO THE COAST GUARD AND ASK THEM TO IMMEDIATELY RELAY THE REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE INTERMEDIATE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON AROUND NOON OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND IN ADVISORIES ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER...AS WELL AS PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS AND SHORT TERM FORECASTS ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE. $$ SCZ050-201215- /O.CON.KCHS.TR.A.1003.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ CHARLESTON- 809 AM EDT SAT JUL 19 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE HAS MOVED LITTLE OVER THE LAST THREE HOURS...BUT IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN A NORTHEASTWARD DRIFT LATER THIS MORNING. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS SPECIFIC ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS AND VISITORS OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... NO ADDITIONAL WATCHES...WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT AT THIS TIME. ...STORM INFORMATION... AT 800 AM EDT...1200Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE WAS ESTIMATED NEAR LATITUDE 32.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 79.1 WEST OR ABOUT 65 MILES...105 KM...SOUTHEAST OF CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA AND ABOUT 285 MILES...455 KM...SOUTHWEST OF CAPE HATTERAS NORTH CAROLINA. THE DEPRESSION HAS BEEN MOVING ERRATICALLY DURING THE PAST FEW HOURS BUT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 5 MPH OVER THE NEXT TWO DAYS...KEEPING THE CENTER OF THE DEPRESSION VERY CLOSE TO THE COASTS OF SOUTH AND NORTH CAROLINA. RADAR DATA FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES IN CHARLESTON AND WILMINGTON INDICATE THAT MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 35 MPH...55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE AND THE DEPRESSION COULD BECOME A TROPICAL STORM LATER TODAY. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1007 MB...29.74 INCHES. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... NO SIGNIFICANT STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. TIDES MAY RUN UP TO 1 FOOT ABOVE NORMAL THIS MORNING...BEFORE WINDS TURN OFFSHORE THIS AFTERNOON AS TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE MOVES AWAY FROM THE AREA. ...WINDS... SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE NOT CURRENTLY EXPECTED FOR THE CHARLESTON COUNTY AREA. HOWEVER WIND GUSTS APPROACHING TROPICAL STORM FORCE...NEAR 40 MPH...ARE A POSSIBILITY TODAY ALONG THE COAST AS SQUALLS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE MOVE ACROSS THE REGION. ...INLAND FLOODING... SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...HOWEVER BANDS OF BRIEF HEAVY RAIN MAY PRODUCE MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE INTERMEDIATE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON AROUND NOON OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND IN ADVISORIES ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER...AS WELL AS PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS AND SHORT TERM FORECASTS ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE. $$ GAZ116>119-138>141-SCZ043-047>049-051-201215- /O.CON.KCHS.HU.S.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ INLAND BRYAN-COASTAL BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-COASTAL CHATHAM- INLAND LIBERTY-COASTAL LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH-COASTAL MCINTOSH- INLAND COLLETON-INLAND JASPER-BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON- COASTAL JASPER- 809 AM EDT SAT JUL 19 2008 ...NEW INFORMATION... TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE HAS MOVED LITTLE OVER THE LAST THREE HOURS...BUT IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN A NORTHEASTWARD DRIFT LATER THIS MORNING. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS SPECIFIC ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS AND VISITORS OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... NO ADDITIONAL WATCHES...WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT AT THIS TIME. ...STORM INFORMATION... AT 800 AM EDT...1200Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE WAS ESTIMATED NEAR LATITUDE 32.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 79.1 WEST OR ABOUT 65 MILES...105 KM...SOUTHEAST OF CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA AND ABOUT 285 MILES...455 KM...SOUTHWEST OF CAPE HATTERAS NORTH CAROLINA. THE DEPRESSION HAS BEEN MOVING ERRATICALLY DURING THE PAST FEW HOURS BUT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 5 MPH OVER THE NEXT TWO DAYS...KEEPING THE CENTER OF THE DEPRESSION VERY CLOSE TO THE COASTS OF SOUTH AND NORTH CAROLINA. RADAR DATA FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES IN CHARLESTON AND WILMINGTON INDICATE THAT MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 35 MPH...55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE AND THE DEPRESSION COULD BECOME A TROPICAL STORM LATER TODAY. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1007 MB...29.74 INCHES. ...WINDS... TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO OCCUR ALONG THE NORTH GEORGIA COAST NOR THE FAR SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA COAST. ...INLAND FLOODING... ISOLATED POCKETS HEAVY RAIN MAY PRODUCE MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS TODAY AS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE INTERMEDIATE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON AROUND NOON OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND IN ADVISORIES ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER...AS WELL AS PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS AND SHORT TERM FORECASTS ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE. $$
000 WTUS82 KCHS 191542 HLSCHS URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1142 AM EDT SAT JUL 19 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WATCH CANCELLED SOUTH OF SOUTH SANTEE RIVER SOUTH CAROLINA... AMZ330-350-191645- /O.CAN.KCHS.TR.A.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ CHARLESTON HARBOR- WATERS FROM SOUTH SANTEE RIVER TO EDISTO BEACH SC OUT 20 NM- 1142 AM EDT SAT JUL 19 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS CANCELLED... ...NEW INFORMATION... THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FROM NORTH OF EDISTO BEACH TO SOUTH SANTEE RIVER SOUTH CAROLINA. TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE IS NEARING TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST NEAR 7 MPH. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS SPECIFIC ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS AND VISITORS OF ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... NO WATCHES...WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT AT THIS TIME. ...STORM INFORMATION... AT 1100 AM EDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 32.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 78.5 WEST OR ABOUT 90 MILES...140 KM...EAST OF CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA AND ABOUT 250 MILES...400 KM...SOUTHWEST OF CAPE HATTERAS NORTH CAROLINA. THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 7 MPH AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. ON THIS TRACK...THE CENTER OF THE DEPRESSION IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ALONG THE COASTS OF SOUTH AND NORTH CAROLINA TODAY AND TOMORROW. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH...55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THE DEPRESSION COULD BECOME A TROPICAL STORM LATER TODAY...WITH CONTINUED STRENGTHENING POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1007 MB...29.74 INCHES. ...WINDS... GUSTS UP TO 29 MPH COULD OCCUR AT TIMES OVER THE ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS FROM SOUTH SANTEE RIVER TO EDISTO BEACH...ESPECIALLY IN SOME OF THE HEAVIER SQUALLS THAT ARE ROTATING AROUND THE CENTER OF THE DEPRESSION. OTHERWISE...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 17 TO 23 MPH ARE EXPECTED OVER CHARLESTON HARBOR AND THE ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS ADJACENT TO CHARLESTON COUNTY. ...TORNADOES... ISOLATED WATERSPOUTS WILL BE POSSIBLE NEAR THE CENTER OF THE DEPRESSION AS BANDS OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ROTATE ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS OFF OF CHARLESTON COUNTY. TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION IF A WATERSPOUT IS SPOTTED. RELAY ALL WATERSPOUT SIGHTINGS TO THE COAST GUARD AND ASK THEM TO IMMEDIATELY RELAY THE REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON. ...NEXT UPDATE... THIS WILL BE THE LAST STATEMENT ISSUE ON TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND IN ADVISORIES ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER...AS WELL AS PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS AND SHORT TERM FORECASTS ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE. $$ SCZ050-191645- /O.CAN.KCHS.TR.A.1003.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ CHARLESTON- 1142 AM EDT SAT JUL 19 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS CANCELLED... ...NEW INFORMATION... THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE CHARLESTON COUNTY COAST...OR FROM NORTH OF EDISTO BEACH TO SOUTH SANTEE RIVER SOUTH CAROLINA. TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE IS NEARING TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST NEAR 7 MPH. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS SPECIFIC ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS AND VISITORS OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... NO WATCHES...WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT AT THIS TIME. ...STORM INFORMATION... AT 1100 AM EDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 32.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 78.5 WEST OR ABOUT 90 MILES...140 KM...EAST OF CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA AND ABOUT 250 MILES...400 KM...SOUTHWEST OF CAPE HATTERAS NORTH CAROLINA. THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 7 MPH AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. ON THIS TRACK...THE CENTER OF THE DEPRESSION IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ALONG THE COASTS OF SOUTH AND NORTH CAROLINA TODAY AND TOMORROW. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH...55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THE DEPRESSION COULD BECOME A TROPICAL STORM LATER TODAY...WITH CONTINUED STRENGTHENING POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1007 MB...29.74 INCHES. ...WINDS... NORTH WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH ARE EXPECTED FOR THE CHARLESTON COUNTY AREA TODAY...ALTHOUGH SOME HIGHER GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE COAST AS SQUALLS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE MOVE ACROSS THE REGION. ...INLAND FLOODING... SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...HOWEVER BANDS OF BRIEF HEAVY RAIN MAY PRODUCE MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. ...NEXT UPDATE... THIS WILL BE THE LAST STATEMENT ISSUE ON TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND IN ADVISORIES ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER...AS WELL AS PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS AND SHORT TERM FORECASTS ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE. $$ GAZ116>119-138>141-SCZ043-047>049-051-191645- /O.CON.KCHS.HU.S.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ INLAND BRYAN-COASTAL BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-COASTAL CHATHAM- INLAND LIBERTY-COASTAL LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH-COASTAL MCINTOSH- INLAND COLLETON-INLAND JASPER-BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON- COASTAL JASPER- 1142 AM EDT SAT JUL 19 2008 ...NEW INFORMATION... TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE IS NEARING TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST NEAR 7 MPH. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS SPECIFIC ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS AND VISITORS OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... NO WATCHES...WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT AT THIS TIME. ...STORM INFORMATION... AT 1100 AM EDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 32.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 78.5 WEST OR ABOUT 90 MILES...140 KM...EAST OF CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA AND ABOUT 250 MILES...400 KM...SOUTHWEST OF CAPE HATTERAS NORTH CAROLINA. THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 7 MPH AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. ON THIS TRACK...THE CENTER OF THE DEPRESSION IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ALONG THE COASTS OF SOUTH AND NORTH CAROLINA TODAY AND TOMORROW. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH...55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THE DEPRESSION COULD BECOME A TROPICAL STORM LATER TODAY...WITH CONTINUED STRENGTHENING POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1007 MB...29.74 INCHES. ...NEXT UPDATE... THIS WILL BE THE LAST STATEMENT ISSUE ON TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND IN ADVISORIES ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER...AS WELL AS PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS AND SHORT TERM FORECASTS ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE. $$ JAQ
000 WTUS82 KCHS 191627 HLSCHS URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1227 PM EDT SAT JUL 19 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WATCH CANCELLED SOUTH OF SOUTH SANTEE RIVER SOUTH CAROLINA... GAZ116>119-138>141-SCZ043-047>049-051-191730- /O.CAN.KCHS.HU.S.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ INLAND BRYAN-COASTAL BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-COASTAL CHATHAM- INLAND LIBERTY-COASTAL LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH-COASTAL MCINTOSH- INLAND COLLETON-INLAND JASPER-BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON- COASTAL JASPER- 1227 PM EDT SAT JUL 19 2008 ...NEW INFORMATION... TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE IS NEARING TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST NEAR 7 MPH. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS SPECIFIC ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS AND VISITORS OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... NO WATCHES...WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT AT THIS TIME. ...STORM INFORMATION... AT 1100 AM EDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 32.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 78.5 WEST OR ABOUT 90 MILES...140 KM...EAST OF CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA AND ABOUT 250 MILES...400 KM...SOUTHWEST OF CAPE HATTERAS NORTH CAROLINA. THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 7 MPH AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. ON THIS TRACK...THE CENTER OF THE DEPRESSION IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ALONG THE COASTS OF SOUTH AND NORTH CAROLINA TODAY AND TOMORROW. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH...55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THE DEPRESSION COULD BECOME A TROPICAL STORM LATER TODAY...WITH CONTINUED STRENGTHENING POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1007 MB...29.74 INCHES. ...NEXT UPDATE... THIS WILL BE THE LAST STATEMENT ISSUE ON TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND IN ADVISORIES ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER...AS WELL AS PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS AND SHORT TERM FORECASTS ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE. $$
000 WTUS82 KCHS 221645 HLSCHS URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TROPICAL STORM FAY LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1245 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008 ...TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IMPACTING PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS... .AT 1100 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FAY WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 82.7 WEST OR ABOUT 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF CEDAR KEY FLORIDA. THIS POSITION IS ABOUT 195 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SAVANNAH GEORGIA AND ABOUT 270 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA. FAY IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 5 MPH AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF FAY IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE CROSSING THE NORTHERN FLORIDA PENINSULA TODAY...THEN MOVE NEAR OR OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE ON SATURDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 45 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 29.41 INCHES. GAZ116>119-138>141-222045- /O.CON.KCHS.TR.W.1006.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ INLAND BRYAN-COASTAL BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-COASTAL CHATHAM- INLAND LIBERTY-COASTAL LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH-COASTAL MCINTOSH- 1245 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... TORNADO WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM. STORM POSITION UPDATED. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS SPECIFIC ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS AND VISITORS OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... THE FOLLOWING ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA... FLASH FLOOD WATCH...TORNADO WATCH... ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... TIDAL DEPARTURES AT THE TIME OF THE NEXT HIGH TIDE ARE EXPECTED TO BE 1 TO 1.5 FEET ABOVE PREDICTED LEVELS. THE HIGHEST STORM TIDES WILL LIKELY OCCUR ACROSS THE COASTAL AREAS OF MCINTOSH AND LIBERTY COUNTIES. MODERATE TO MAJOR BEACH EROSION AND MINOR COASTAL FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR ALONG EAST AND NORTHEAST FACING BEACHES...SUCH AS TYBEE ISLAND...SAPELO ISLAND AND SAINT CATHERINES ISLAND. SOME BEACH EROSION HAS ALREADY BEEN OBSERVED AT TYBEE ISLAND...NEAR THE MOUTH OF THE SAVANNAH RIVER. ...WINDS... NEAR THE COAST...WINDS ARE AROUND 25 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WITHIN SQUALLS. INLAND AWAY FROM THE COAST...WINDS ARE 20 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WITHIN SQUALLS. THESE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. WINDS ON SOME OF THE TALLER BRIDGES CAN BE EVEN STRONGER...INCLUDING THE TALMADGE MEMORIAL BRIDGE. WINDS THIS STRONG WILL BE CAPABLE OF BREAKING TREE LIMBS OR BRANCHES. SATURATED SOILS FROM HEAVY RAINS EXPERIENCED OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS MAY ALSO INCREASE THE RISK FOR DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES TODAY. ...INLAND FLOODING... BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...ASSOCIATED WITH THE EXTREME NORTHERN FRINGES OF FAY...WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ONSHORE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE. ISOLATED LOCATIONS COULD RECEIVE UP TO 6 INCHES. RAIN AMOUNTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE MAY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY SINCE SOME AREAS HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN. ...TORNADOES... TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM. THERE IS A RISK FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES THROUGH THIS EVENING...AS BANDS OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MOVE RAPIDLY ACROSS THE AREA. ...RIP CURRENTS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS THROUGH FRIDAY. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT TROPICAL STORM FAY LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON AROUND 4 PM OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND IN ADVISORIES ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER...AS WELL AS PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS AND SHORT TERM FORECASTS ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE. $$ AMZ354-222045- /O.CON.KCHS.TR.W.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ WATERS FROM SAVANNAH GA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GA OUT 20 NM...INCLUDING GRAYS REEF NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY- 1245 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... TORNADO WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM. STORM POSITION UPDATED. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS SPECIFIC ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY MARINE INTERESTS BETWEEN SAVANNAH AND THE ALTAMAHA SOUND OUT TO 20 NM. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... THE FOLLOWING ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA... TORNADO WATCH... ...WINDS... WINDS ARE CURRENTLY AVERAGING BETWEEN 30 TO 40 KNOTS ACROSS THE NORTH GEORGIA COASTAL WATERS OUT TO 20 NM OFFSHORE. SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH UP TO 50 KNOTS... ESPECIALLY IN PASSING SQUALLS. ...TORNADOES... TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM. THERE WILL BE A CONTINUED RISK FOR WATERSPOUTS THROUGH THIS EVENING. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT TROPICAL STORM FAY LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON AROUND 4 PM OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND IN ADVISORIES ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER...AS WELL AS PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS AND SHORT TERM FORECASTS ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE. $$ AMZ374-222045- /O.CON.KCHS.TR.W.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ WATERS FROM SAVANNAH GA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GA EXTENDING FROM 20 TO 60 NM- 1245 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... TORNADO WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM. STORM POSITION UPDATED. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS SPECIFIC ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY MARINE INTERESTS BETWEEN SAVANNAH AND THE ALTAMAHA SOUND FROM 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... NO ADDITIONAL WATCHES...WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT AT THIS TIME. ...WINDS... WINDS ARE CURRENTLY AVERAGING BETWEEN 30 TO 40 KNOTS ACROSS THE NORTH GEORGIA COASTAL WATERS 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE. SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH UP TO 50 KNOTS... ESPECIALLY IN PASSING SQUALLS. ...TORNADOES... THERE WILL BE A CONTINUED RISK FOR WATERSPOUTS THROUGH THIS EVENING. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT TROPICAL STORM FAY LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON AROUND 4 PM OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND IN ADVISORIES ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER...AS WELL AS PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS AND SHORT TERM FORECASTS ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE. $$ SCZ048-049-051-222045- /O.CON.KCHS.HU.S.0002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-COASTAL JASPER- 1245 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008 ...TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IMPACTING PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS... ...NEW INFORMATION... TORNADO WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM. STORM POSITION UPDATED. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS SPECIFIC ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS AND VISITORS OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... THE FOLLOWING ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA... COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY...HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WIND ADVISORY... FLASH FLOOD WATCH...TORNADO WATCH... ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... TIDAL DEPARTURES AT THE TIME OF THE NEXT HIGH TIDE ARE EXPECTED TO BE 0.5 TO 1 FOOT ABOVE PREDICTED LEVELS. THE TIME OF THE NEXT HIGH TIDE ON THE BEAUFORT RIVER WILL OCCUR AT 157 PM. MODERATE TO MAJOR BEACH EROSION AND MINOR COASTAL FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR ALONG EAST AND NORTHEAST FACING BEACHES...SUCH AS HUNTING ISLAND AND EDISTO BEACH. HUNTING ISLAND HAS ALREADY HAD SEVERAL BEACH CABINS UNDERMINED. SIMILAR CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE NEXT HIGH TIDE. ...WINDS... NEAR THE SHORE...WINDS ARE EAST TO NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH IN OCCASIONAL SQUALLS. INLAND...WINDS ARE EAST TO NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH IN OCCASIONAL SQUALLS. WINDS ON SOME OF THE TALLER BRIDGES CAN BE EVEN STRONGER....INCLUDING THE WOODS MEMORIAL BRIDGE. THESE SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...BUT DIMINISH TONIGHT. WINDS THIS STRONG COULD BREAK TREE BRANCHES AND LIMBS...WHICH COULD FALL ON POWER LINES. SATURATED SOILS FROM HEAVY RAINS EXPERIENCED OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS MAY ALSO INCREASE THE RISK FOR DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. ...INLAND FLOODING... BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...ASSOCIATED WITH THE EXTREME NORTHERN FRINGES OF FAY...WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ONSHORE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE. ISOLATED LOCATIONS COULD RECEIVE UP TO 4 INCHES. RAIN AMOUNTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE MAY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY SINCE SOME AREAS HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN. THE RISK FOR FLOODING MAY BECOME ENHANCED SHOULD HEAVY RAINS FALL DURING TIMES OF HIGH TIDE. THE NEXT HIGH TIDE AT THE BEAUFORT RIVER WILL OCCUR AT 157 PM. ...TORNADOES... TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM. THERE IS A RISK FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THIS EVENING...AS BANDS OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MOVE RAPIDLY ACROSS THE AREA. ...RIP CURRENTS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS THROUGH FRIDAY. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT TROPICAL STORM FAY LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON AROUND 4 PM OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND IN ADVISORIES ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER...AS WELL AS PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS AND SHORT TERM FORECASTS ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE. $$ SCZ050-222045- /O.CON.KCHS.HU.S.0002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ CHARLESTON- 1245 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008 ...TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IMPACTING PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS... ...NEW INFORMATION... TORNADO WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM. STORM POSITION UPDATED. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS SPECIFIC ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS AND VISITORS OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... THE FOLLOWING ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA... COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY...HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WIND ADVISORY... TORNADO WATCH... ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... TIDAL DEPARTURES AT THE TIME OF THE NEXT HIGH TIDE ARE EXPECTED TO BE 0.5 TO 1 FOOT ABOVE PREDICTED LEVELS. MODERATE TO MAJOR BEACH EROSION AND MINOR COASTAL FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR ALONG EAST AND NORTHEAST FACING BEACHES...SUCH AS FOLLY BEACH...EDISTO ISLAND AND WILD DUNES. ...WINDS... NEAR THE SHORE...WINDS ARE EAST TO NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH IN OCCASIONAL SQUALLS. INLAND...WINDS ARE EAST TO NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH IN OCCASIONAL SQUALLS. WINDS ON SOME OF THE TALLER BRIDGES CAN BE EVEN STRONGER....INCLUDING THE RAVENEL BRIDGE. THESE SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH MID AFTERNOON...BUT DIMINISH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WINDS THIS STRONG COULD BREAK TREE BRANCHES AND LIMBS...WHICH COULD FALL ON POWER LINES. SATURATED SOILS FROM HEAVY RAINS EXPERIENCED OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS MAY ALSO INCREASE THE RISK FOR DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. ...INLAND FLOODING... BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...ASSOCIATED WITH THE EXTREME NORTHERN FRINGES OF FAY...WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ONSHORE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE. ISOLATED LOCATIONS COULD RECEIVE UP TO 3 INCHES. RAIN AMOUNTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE MAY PRODUCE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. ...TORNADOES... TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 6PM. THERE IS A RISK FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THIS EVENING...AS BANDS OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MOVE RAPIDLY ACROSS THE AREA. ...RIP CURRENTS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS THROUGH FRIDAY. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT TROPICAL STORM FAY LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON AROUND 4 PM OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND IN ADVISORIES ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER...AS WELL AS PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS AND SHORT TERM FORECASTS ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE. $$ SCZ045-222045- /O.CON.KCHS.HU.S.0002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ BERKELEY- 1245 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008 ...TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IMPACTING PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS... ...NEW INFORMATION... TORNADO WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM. STORM POSITION UPDATED. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS SPECIFIC ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS AND VISITORS OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... THE FOLLOWING ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA... LAKE WIND ADVISORY...TORNADO WATCH... ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... TIDAL DEPARTURES AT THE TIME OF THE NEXT HIGH TIDE ARE EXPECTED TO BE 0.5 TO 1 FOOT ABOVE PREDICTED LEVELS. IN ADDITION...WAVES WILL CONTINUE TO BE 1 TO 2 FEET ACROSS MAINLY THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF LAKE MOULTRIE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. WAVE ACTION MAY RESULT IN MINOR LAKE SHORE EROSION...ROUGHLY BETWEEN PINOPOLIS...BLACKS CAMP AND ANGLES LANDING. ...WINDS... WINDS ARE CURRENTLY AVERAGING 10 TO 20 MPH ACROSS MUCH OF BERKELEY COUNTY...WITH HIGHER WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH NEAR THE MOUTH OF THE COOPER RIVER...AND THESE SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. HIGHER GUSTS OF 30 MPH OR SO WITHIN SQUALLS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING. WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL PERSIST ON LAKE MOULTRIE THROUGH THIS EVENING. HIGHER GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITHIN SQUALLS. ...INLAND FLOODING... BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...ASSOCIATED WITH THE EXTREME NORTHERN FRINGES OF FAY...WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ONSHORE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE. ISOLATED LOCATIONS COULD RECEIVE UP TO 3 INCHES. RAIN AMOUNTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE MAY PRODUCE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. ...TORNADOES... TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 6 PM. THERE IS A RISK FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THIS EVENING...AS BANDS OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MOVE RAPIDLY ACROSS THE AREA. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT TROPICAL STORM FAY LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON AROUND 4 PM OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND IN ADVISORIES ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER...AS WELL AS PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS AND SHORT TERM FORECASTS ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE. $$ GAZ099>101-114-115-137-SCZ047-222045- /O.CON.KCHS.HU.S.0002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS-LONG-INLAND JASPER- 1245 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008 ...TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IMPACTING PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS... ...NEW INFORMATION... TORNADO WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM. STORM POSITION UPDATED. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS SPECIFIC ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS AND VISITORS OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... THE FOLLOWING ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA... FLASH FLOOD WATCH...TORNADO WATCH... ...WINDS... WINDS ARE CURRENTLY AVERAGING 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA...WITH THE HIGHER SPEEDS CLOSER TO THE COAST...AND THESE SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED. HOWEVER...GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WILL BE LIKELY IN SQUALLS. ...INLAND FLOODING... BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...ASSOCIATED WITH THE EXTREME NORTHERN FRINGES OF FAY...WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ONSHORE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE. ISOLATED LOCATIONS COULD RECEIVE UP TO 6 INCHES. RAIN AMOUNTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE MAY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY SINCE SOME AREAS HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN. ...TORNADOES... TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM. THERE IS A RISK FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THIS EVENING...AS BANDS OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MOVE RAPIDLY ACROSS THE AREA. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT TROPICAL STORM FAY LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON AROUND 4 PM OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND IN ADVISORIES ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER...AS WELL AS PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS AND SHORT TERM FORECASTS ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE. $$ GAZ087-088-SCZ040-042-044-222045- /O.NEW.KCHS.HU.S.0001.080822T1645Z-000000T0000Z/ JENKINS-SCREVEN-ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-DORCHESTER- 1245 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008 ...TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IMPACTING PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS... ...NEW INFORMATION... TORNADO WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM. STORM POSITION UPDATED. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS SPECIFIC ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS AND VISITORS OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... THE FOLLOWING ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA... TORNADO WATCH... ...WINDS... WINDS ARE AVERAGING 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA...AND THESE SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED. HOWEVER...GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN PASSING SQUALLS. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH COULD BREAK TREE BRANCHES AND LIMBS...WHICH COULD FALL ON POWER LINES. SATURATED SOILS FROM HEAVY RAINS EXPERIENCED OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS MAY ALSO INCREASE THE RISK FOR DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. ...INLAND FLOODING... BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...ASSOCIATED WITH THE EXTREME NORTHERN FRINGES OF FAY...WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ONSHORE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE. ISOLATED LOCATIONS COULD RECEIVE UP TO 3 INCHES. RAIN AMOUNTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE MAY PRODUCE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. ...TORNADOES... TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM. THERE IS A RISK FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THIS EVENING...AS BANDS OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MOVE RAPIDLY ACROSS THE AREA. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT TROPICAL STORM FAY LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON AROUND 4 PM OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND IN ADVISORIES ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER...AS WELL AS PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS AND SHORT TERM FORECASTS ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE. $$ SCZ043-222045- /O.CON.KCHS.HU.S.0002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ INLAND COLLETON- 1245 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008 ...TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IMPACTING PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS... ...NEW INFORMATION... TORNADO WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM. STORM POSITION UPDATED. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS SPECIFIC ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS AND VISITORS OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... THE FOLLOWING ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA... TORNADO WATCH... ...WINDS... WINDS ARE AVERAGING 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH ACROSS MUCH OF INLAND COLLETON COUNTY...AND THESE SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED. HOWEVER...GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN PASSING SQUALLS. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH COULD BREAK TREE BRANCHES AND LIMBS...WHICH COULD FALL ON POWER LINES. SATURATED SOILS FROM HEAVY RAINS EXPERIENCED OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS MAY ALSO INCREASE THE RISK FOR DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. ...INLAND FLOODING... BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...ASSOCIATED WITH THE EXTREME NORTHERN FRINGES OF FAY...WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ONSHORE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE. ISOLATED LOCATIONS COULD RECEIVE UP TO 3 INCHES. RAIN AMOUNTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE MAY PRODUCE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. ...TORNADOES... TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM. THERE IS A RISK FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THIS EVENING...AS BANDS OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MOVE RAPIDLY ACROSS THE AREA. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT TROPICAL STORM FAY LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON AROUND 4 PM OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND IN ADVISORIES ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER...AS WELL AS PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS AND SHORT TERM FORECASTS ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE. $$ AMZ330-350-352-222045- /O.EXA.KCHS.HU.S.0002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ CHARLESTON HARBOR- WATERS FROM SOUTH SANTEE RIVER TO EDISTO BEACH SC OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM EDISTO BEACH SC TO SAVANNAH GA OUT 20 NM- 1245 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008 ...TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IMPACTING PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS... ...NEW INFORMATION... TORNADO WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM. STORM POSITION UPDATED. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS SPECIFIC ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY MARINE INTERESTS BETWEEN SAVANNAH AND THE SOUTH SANTEE RIVER OUT TO 20 NM. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... THE FOLLOWING ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA... TORNADO WATCH... ...WINDS... WINDS ARE CURRENTLY AVERAGING BETWEEN 20 TO 25 KNOTS ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA COASTAL WATERS OUT TO 20 NM OFFSHORE. SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED. WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH UP TO 30 KNOTS... ESPECIALLY IN PASSING SQUALLS. ...TORNADOES... TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM. THERE WILL BE A CONTINUED RISK FOR WATERSPOUTS THROUGH THIS EVENING. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT TROPICAL STORM FAY LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON AROUND 4 PM OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND IN ADVISORIES ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER...AS WELL AS PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS AND SHORT TERM FORECASTS ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE. $$ MTE
000 WTUS82 KCHS 221925 HLSCHS URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TROPICAL STORM FAY INTERMEDIATE LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 325 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008 ...FAY IS MOVING SLOWLY WEST ACROSS NORTHERN FLORIDA... .AT 200 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FAY WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 82.9 WEST OR ABOUT 40 MILES...NORTH-NORTHEAST OF CEDAR KEY FLORIDA. THIS POSITION IS ABOUT 200 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SAVANNAH AND ABOUT 280 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHARLESTON. FAY IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 4 MPH...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF FAY IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE CROSSING THE NORTHERN FLORIDA PENINSULA TODAY...THEN MOVE NEAR OR OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE ON SATURDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 45 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 29.44 INCHES. GAZ116>119-138>141-240000- /O.CON.KCHS.TR.W.1006.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ INLAND BRYAN-COASTAL BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-COASTAL CHATHAM- INLAND LIBERTY-COASTAL LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH-COASTAL MCINTOSH- 325 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... STORM POSITION AND IMPACTS UPDATED. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS SPECIFIC ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS AND VISITORS OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... THE FOLLOWING ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA... FLASH FLOOD WATCH...TORNADO WATCH... ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... TIDAL DEPARTURES WILL CONTINUE TO REMAIN BETWEEN 1 AND 2 FEET ABOVE PREDICTED LEVELS...BUT WITH AN OUTGOING TIDE THROUGH THIS EVENING THERE WILL NOT BE ANY ADDITIONAL BEACH EROSION OR COASTAL FLOODING OTHER THAN WHAT HAS ALREADY OCCURRED. ...WINDS... |NEAR THE COAST...WINDS ARE AROUND 25 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WITHIN SQUALLS. INLAND AWAY FROM THE COAST...WINDS ARE 20 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WITHIN SQUALLS. THESE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. WINDS ON SOME OF THE TALLER BRIDGES CAN BE EVEN STRONGER...INCLUDING THE TALMADGE MEMORIAL BRIDGE. WINDS THIS STRONG WILL BE CAPABLE OF BREAKING TREE LIMBS OR BRANCHES. SATURATED SOILS FROM HEAVY RAINS EXPERIENCED OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS MAY ALSO INCREASE THE RISK FOR DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES TODAY. ...INLAND FLOODING... BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...ASSOCIATED WITH THE EXTREME NORTHERN FRINGES OF FAY...WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ONSHORE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE. ISOLATED LOCATIONS COULD RECEIVE UP TO 6 INCHES. RAIN AMOUNTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE MAY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY SINCE SOME AREAS HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN. ...TORNADOES... TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM. THERE IS A RISK FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES THROUGH THIS EVENING...AS BANDS OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MOVE RAPIDLY ACROSS THE AREA. ...RIP CURRENTS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS THROUGH FRIDAY. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT TROPICAL STORM FAY INTERMEDIATE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON AROUND 6 PM EDT...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND IN ADVISORIES ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER...AS WELL AS PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS AND SHORT TERM FORECASTS ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE. $$ AMZ354-240000- /O.CON.KCHS.TR.W.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ WATERS FROM SAVANNAH GA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GA OUT 20 NM...INCLUDING GRAYS REEF NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY- 325 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... STORM POSITION AND IMPACTS UPDATED. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS SPECIFIC ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY MARINE INTERESTS BETWEEN THE SAVANNAH RIVER AND THE ALTAMAHA SOUND OUT 20 NM. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... THE FOLLOWING ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA... TORNADO WATCH... ...WINDS... WINDS ARE CURRENTLY AVERAGING BETWEEN 30 TO 40 KNOTS ACROSS THE NORTH GEORGIA COASTAL WATERS OUT TO 20 NM OFFSHORE. SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH UP TO 50 KNOTS... ESPECIALLY IN PASSING SQUALLS. ...TORNADOES... TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM. THERE WILL BE A CONTINUED RISK FOR WATERSPOUTS THROUGH THIS EVENING. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT TROPICAL STORM FAY INTERMEDIATE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON AROUND 6 PM EDT...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND IN ADVISORIES ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER...AS WELL AS PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS AND SHORT TERM FORECASTS ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE. $$ AMZ374-240000- /O.CON.KCHS.TR.W.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ WATERS FROM SAVANNAH GA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GA EXTENDING FROM 20 TO 60 NM- 325 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... STORM POSITION AND IMPACTS UPDATED. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS SPECIFIC ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY MARINE INTERESTS BETWEEN THE SAVANNAH RIVER AND THE ALTAMAHA SOUND FROM 20 TO 60 NM. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... NO ADDITIONAL WATCHES...WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT AT THIS TIME. ...WINDS... WINDS ARE CURRENTLY AVERAGING BETWEEN 30 TO 40 KNOTS ACROSS THE NORTH GEORGIA COASTAL WATERS 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE. SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH UP TO 50 KNOTS... ESPECIALLY IN PASSING SQUALLS. ...TORNADOES... THERE WILL BE A CONTINUED RISK FOR WATERSPOUTS THROUGH THIS EVENING. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT TROPICAL STORM FAY INTERMEDIATE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON AROUND 6 PM EDT...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND IN ADVISORIES ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER...AS WELL AS PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS AND SHORT TERM FORECASTS ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE. $$ SCZ048-049-051-240000- /O.CON.KCHS.HU.S.0002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-COASTAL JASPER- 325 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008 ...SQUALLS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ONSHORE THROUGH TONIGHT... ...NEW INFORMATION... STORM POSITION AND IMPACTS UPDATED. ...RIP CURRENTS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS THROUGH FRIDAY. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS SPECIFIC ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS AND VISITORS OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... THE FOLLOWING ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA... COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY...HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WIND ADVISORY... FLASH FLOOD WATCH...TORNADO WATCH... ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... TIDAL DEPARTURES WILL CONTINUE TO REMAIN BETWEEN 1 AND 1.5 FEET ABOVE PREDICTED LEVELS...BUT WITH AN OUTGOING TIDE THROUGH THIS EVENING THERE WILL NOT BE ANY ADDITIONAL BEACH EROSION OR COASTAL FLOODING OTHER THAN WHAT HAS ALREADY OCCURRED. ...WINDS... NEAR THE SHORE...WINDS ARE EAST TO NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH IN OCCASIONAL SQUALLS. INLAND...WINDS ARE EAST TO NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH IN OCCASIONAL SQUALLS. WINDS ON SOME OF THE TALLER BRIDGES CAN BE EVEN STRONGER....INCLUDING THE WOODS MEMORIAL BRIDGE. THESE SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...BUT DIMINISH TONIGHT. WINDS THIS STRONG COULD BREAK TREE BRANCHES AND LIMBS...WHICH COULD FALL ON POWER LINES. SATURATED SOILS FROM HEAVY RAINS EXPERIENCED OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS MAY ALSO INCREASE THE RISK FOR DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. ...INLAND FLOODING... BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...ASSOCIATED WITH THE EXTREME NORTHERN FRINGES OF FAY...WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ONSHORE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE. ISOLATED LOCATIONS COULD RECEIVE UP TO 4 INCHES. RAIN AMOUNTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE MAY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY SINCE SOME AREAS HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN. ...TORNADOES... TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM. THERE IS A RISK FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THIS EVENING...AS BANDS OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MOVE RAPIDLY ACROSS THE AREA. ...RIP CURRENTS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS THROUGH FRIDAY. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT TROPICAL STORM FAY INTERMEDIATE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON AROUND 6 PM EDT...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND IN ADVISORIES ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER...AS WELL AS PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS AND SHORT TERM FORECASTS ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE. $$ SCZ050-240000- /O.CON.KCHS.HU.S.0002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ CHARLESTON- 325 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008 ...SQUALLS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ONSHORE THROUGH TONIGHT... ...NEW INFORMATION... STORM POSITION AND IMPACTS UPDATED. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS SPECIFIC ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS AND VISITORS OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... THE FOLLOWING ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA... COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY...HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WIND ADVISORY... FLASH FLOOD WATCH...TORNADO WATCH... ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... TIDAL DEPARTURES WILL CONTINUE TO REMAIN AROUND 1 FOOT ABOVE PREDICTED LEVELS...BUT WITH AN OUTGOING TIDE THROUGH THIS EVENING THERE WILL NOT BE ANY ADDITIONAL BEACH EROSION OR COASTAL FLOODING OTHER THAN WHAT HAS ALREADY OCCURRED. ...WINDS... NEAR THE SHORE...WINDS ARE EAST TO NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH IN OCCASIONAL SQUALLS. INLAND...WINDS ARE EAST TO NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH IN OCCASIONAL SQUALLS. WINDS ON SOME OF THE TALLER BRIDGES CAN BE EVEN STRONGER....INCLUDING THE RAVENEL BRIDGE. THESE SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH MID AFTERNOON...BUT DIMINISH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WINDS THIS STRONG COULD BREAK TREE BRANCHES AND LIMBS...WHICH COULD FALL ON POWER LINES. SATURATED SOILS FROM HEAVY RAINS EXPERIENCED OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS MAY ALSO INCREASE THE RISK FOR DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. ...INLAND FLOODING... BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...ASSOCIATED WITH THE EXTREME NORTHERN FRINGES OF FAY...WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ONSHORE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE. ISOLATED LOCATIONS COULD RECEIVE UP TO 3 INCHES. RAIN AMOUNTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE MAY PRODUCE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. ...TORNADOES... TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 6PM. THERE IS A RISK FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THIS EVENING...AS BANDS OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MOVE RAPIDLY ACROSS THE AREA. ...RIP CURRENTS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS THROUGH FRIDAY. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT TROPICAL STORM FAY INTERMEDIATE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON AROUND 6 PM EDT...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND IN ADVISORIES ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER...AS WELL AS PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS AND SHORT TERM FORECASTS ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE. $$ SCZ045-240000- /O.CON.KCHS.HU.S.0002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ BERKELEY- 325 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008 ...OCCASIONAL SQUALLS WILL IMPACT THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT... ...NEW INFORMATION... STORM POSITION AND IMPACTS UPDATED. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS SPECIFIC ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS AND VISITORS OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... THE FOLLOWING ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA... LAKE WIND ADVISORY...TORNADO WATCH... ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... TIDAL DEPARTURES WILL CONTINUE TO RUN ABOUT 0.5 FEET ABOVE PREDICTED VALUES. IN ADDITION...WAVES UP TO 2 FEET ON THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST PARTS OF THE LAKE MOULTRIE WILL PRODUCE MINOR BEACH EROSION ALONG COASTAL AREAS...MAINLY NEAR PINOPOLIS...BLACKS CAMP AND ANGLES LANDING. ...WINDS... WINDS ARE CURRENTLY AVERAGING 10 TO 20 MPH ACROSS MUCH OF BERKELEY COUNTY...WITH HIGHER WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH NEAR THE MOUTH OF THE COOPER RIVER...AND THESE SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. HIGHER GUSTS OF 30 MPH OR SO WITHIN SQUALLS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING. WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL PERSIST ON LAKE MOULTRIE THROUGH THIS EVENING. HIGHER GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITHIN SQUALLS. ...INLAND FLOODING... BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...ASSOCIATED WITH THE EXTREME NORTHERN FRINGES OF FAY...WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ONSHORE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE. ISOLATED LOCATIONS COULD RECEIVE UP TO 3 INCHES. RAIN AMOUNTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE MAY PRODUCE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. ...TORNADOES... TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 6 PM. THERE IS A RISK FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THIS EVENING...AS BANDS OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MOVE RAPIDLY ACROSS THE AREA. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT TROPICAL STORM FAY INTERMEDIATE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON AROUND 6 PM EDT...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND IN ADVISORIES ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER...AS WELL AS PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS AND SHORT TERM FORECASTS ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE. $$ GAZ099>101-114-115-137-SCZ047-240000- /O.CON.KCHS.HU.S.0002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS-LONG-INLAND JASPER- 325 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008 ...MORE TORRENTIAL RAINS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES TO CONTINUE... ...NEW INFORMATION... STORM POSITION AND IMPACTS UPDATED. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS SPECIFIC ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS AND VISITORS OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... THE FOLLOWING ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA... FLASH FLOOD WATCH...TORNADO WATCH... ...WINDS... WINDS ARE CURRENTLY AVERAGING 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA...WITH THE HIGHER SPEEDS CLOSER TO THE COAST...AND THESE SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED. HOWEVER...GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WILL BE LIKELY IN SQUALLS. ...INLAND FLOODING... BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...ASSOCIATED WITH THE EXTREME NORTHERN FRINGES OF FAY...WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ONSHORE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE. ISOLATED LOCATIONS COULD RECEIVE UP TO 6 INCHES. RAIN AMOUNTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE MAY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY SINCE SOME AREAS HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN. ...TORNADOES... TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM. THERE IS A RISK FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THIS EVENING...AS BANDS OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MOVE RAPIDLY ACROSS THE AREA. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT TROPICAL STORM FAY INTERMEDIATE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON AROUND 6 PM EDT...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND IN ADVISORIES ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER...AS WELL AS PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS AND SHORT TERM FORECASTS ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE. $$ GAZ087-088-SCZ040-042-044-240000- /O.CON.KCHS.HU.S.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ JENKINS-SCREVEN-ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-DORCHESTER- 325 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008 ...ADDITIONAL TORRENTIAL RAINS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES TO CONTINUE... ...NEW INFORMATION... STORM POSITION AND IMPACTS UPDATED. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS SPECIFIC ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS AND VISITORS OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... THE FOLLOWING ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA... TORNADO WATCH... ...WINDS... WINDS ARE AVERAGING 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA...AND THESE SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED. HOWEVER...GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN PASSING SQUALLS. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH COULD BREAK TREE BRANCHES AND LIMBS...WHICH COULD FALL ON POWER LINES. SATURATED SOILS FROM HEAVY RAINS EXPERIENCED OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS MAY ALSO INCREASE THE RISK FOR DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. ...INLAND FLOODING... BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...ASSOCIATED WITH THE EXTREME NORTHERN FRINGES OF FAY...WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ONSHORE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE. ISOLATED LOCATIONS COULD RECEIVE UP TO 3 INCHES. RAIN AMOUNTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE MAY PRODUCE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. ...TORNADOES... TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM. THERE IS A RISK FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THIS EVENING...AS BANDS OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MOVE RAPIDLY ACROSS THE AREA. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT TROPICAL STORM FAY INTERMEDIATE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON AROUND 6 PM EDT...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND IN ADVISORIES ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER...AS WELL AS PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS AND SHORT TERM FORECASTS ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE. $$ AMZ330-350-352-SCZ043-240000- /O.CON.KCHS.HU.S.0002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ CHARLESTON HARBOR- WATERS FROM SOUTH SANTEE RIVER TO EDISTO BEACH SC OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM EDISTO BEACH SC TO SAVANNAH GA OUT 20 NM- INLAND COLLETON- 325 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008 ...MORE SQUALLS TO CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT... ...NEW INFORMATION... STORM POSITION AND IMPACTS UPDATED. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS SPECIFIC ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS AND VISITORS OF ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... THE FOLLOWING ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA... TORNADO WATCH... ...WINDS... WINDS ARE CURRENTLY AVERAGING BETWEEN 20 TO 25 KNOTS ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA COASTAL WATERS OUT TO 20 NM OFFSHORE. SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED. WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH UP TO 30 KNOTS... ESPECIALLY IN PASSING SQUALLS. ...TORNADOES... TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM. THERE WILL BE A CONTINUED RISK FOR WATERSPOUTS THROUGH THIS EVENING. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT TROPICAL STORM FAY INTERMEDIATE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON AROUND 6 PM EDT...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND IN ADVISORIES ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER...AS WELL AS PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS AND SHORT TERM FORECASTS ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE. $$ 33
000 WTUS82 KCHS 222200 HLSCHS URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TROPICAL STORM FAY LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 559 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008 ...ALL TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS CANCELLED FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS... .AT 500 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FAY WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 83.2 WEST OR ABOUT 50 MILES...NORTH OF CEDAR KEY FLORIDA. THIS POSITION IS ABOUT 210 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SAVANNAH...AND 285 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHARLESTON. FAY IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 6 MPH. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF FAY IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE CROSSING THE NORTHERN FLORIDA PENINSULA TONIGHT AND THEN MOVE NEAR OR OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE ON SATURDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 45 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 29.44 INCHES. OCCASIONAL SQUALLS...WIND GUSTS TO 30 OR 40 MPH AND PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...MINOR TO MODERATE BEACH EROSION WILL AFFECT COASTAL AREAS...ESPECIALLY AROUND THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE...AS TIDE LEVELS CONTINUE TO RUN ABOUT 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE PREDICTED LEVELS. THE NEXT HIGH TIDE WILL BE BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 2 AM EDT. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT SATURDAY FOR ALL COASTAL AREAS...WITH A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THIS EVENING. GAZ117-119-139-141-222300- /O.CAN.KCHS.TR.W.1006.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH- 559 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...NEW INFORMATION... STORM POSITION UPDATED...AND THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. UPDATED WATCHES AND WARNINGS. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS SPECIFIC ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS AND VISITORS OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... THE FOLLOWING ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA... HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WIND ADVISORY...FLASH FLOOD WATCH...TORNADO WATCH... ...NEXT UPDATE... THIS WILL BE THE LAST STATEMENT ISSUED ON TROPICAL STORM FAY FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND IN ADVISORIES ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER...AS WELL AS PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS AND SHORT TERM FORECASTS ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE. $$ GAZ116-118-138-140-222300- /O.CAN.KCHS.TR.W.1006.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ INLAND BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-INLAND LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH- 559 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...NEW INFORMATION... STORM POSITION UPDATED...AND THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS SPECIFIC ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS AND VISITORS OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... THE FOLLOWING ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA... FLASH FLOOD WATCH...TORNADO WATCH... ...NEXT UPDATE... THIS WILL BE THE LAST STATEMENT ISSUED ON TROPICAL STORM FAY FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND IN ADVISORIES ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER...AS WELL AS PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS AND SHORT TERM FORECASTS ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE. $$ AMZ354-222300- /O.CAN.KCHS.TR.W.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ WATERS FROM SAVANNAH GA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GA OUT 20 NM...INCLUDING GRAYS REEF NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY- 559 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...NEW INFORMATION... STORM POSITION UPDATED...AND THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS SPECIFIC ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY MARINE INTERESTS BETWEEN THE SAVANNAH RIVER AND THE ALTAMAHA SOUND OUT 20 NM. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... THE FOLLOWING ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA... TORNADO WATCH... ...NEXT UPDATE... THIS WILL BE THE LAST STATEMENT ISSUED ON TROPICAL STORM FAY FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND IN ADVISORIES ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER...AS WELL AS PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS AND SHORT TERM FORECASTS ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE. $$ AMZ374-222300- /O.CAN.KCHS.TR.W.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ WATERS FROM SAVANNAH GA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GA EXTENDING FROM 20 TO 60 NM- 559 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...NEW INFORMATION... STORM POSITION UPDATED...AND THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS SPECIFIC ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY MARINE INTERESTS BETWEEN THE SAVANNAH RIVER AND THE ALTAMAHA SOUND FROM 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... NO ADDITIONAL WATCHES...WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT AT THIS TIME. ...NEXT UPDATE... THIS WILL BE THE LAST STATEMENT ISSUED ON TROPICAL STORM FAY FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND IN ADVISORIES ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER...AS WELL AS PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS AND SHORT TERM FORECASTS ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE. $$ SCZ048>051-222300- /O.CON.KCHS.HU.S.0002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- 559 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008 ...NEW INFORMATION... STORM POSITION UPDATED...AND WIND ADVISORY AND COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS SPECIFIC ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS AND VISITORS OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... THE FOLLOWING ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA... HIGH SURF ADVISORY...FLASH FLOOD WATCH...TORNADO WATCH... ...NEXT UPDATE... THIS WILL BE THE LAST STATEMENT ISSUED ON TROPICAL STORM FAY FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND IN ADVISORIES ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER...AS WELL AS PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS AND SHORT TERM FORECASTS ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE. $$ GAZ099>101-114-115-137-222300- /O.CON.KCHS.HU.S.0002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS-LONG- 559 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008 ...NEW INFORMATION... STORM POSITION UPDATED. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS SPECIFIC ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS AND VISITORS OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... THE FOLLOWING ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA... FLASH FLOOD WATCH...TORNADO WATCH... ...NEXT UPDATE... THIS WILL BE THE LAST STATEMENT ISSUED ON TROPICAL STORM FAY FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND IN ADVISORIES ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER...AS WELL AS PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS AND SHORT TERM FORECASTS ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE. $$ SCZ047-222300- /O.CON.KCHS.HU.S.0002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ INLAND JASPER- 559 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008 ...NEW INFORMATION... STORM POSITION UPDATED. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS SPECIFIC ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS AND VISITORS OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... THE FOLLOWING ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA... FLASH FLOOD WATCH...TORNADO WATCH... ...NEXT UPDATE... THIS WILL BE THE LAST STATEMENT ISSUED ON TROPICAL STORM FAY FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND IN ADVISORIES ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER...AS WELL AS PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS AND SHORT TERM FORECASTS ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE. $$ GAZ087-088-SCZ040-042-044-222300- /O.CON.KCHS.HU.S.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ JENKINS-SCREVEN-ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-DORCHESTER- 559 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008 ...NEW INFORMATION... STORM POSITION UPDATED. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS SPECIFIC ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS AND VISITORS OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... THE FOLLOWING ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA... TORNADO WATCH... ...NEXT UPDATE... THIS WILL BE THE LAST STATEMENT ISSUED ON TROPICAL STORM FAY FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND IN ADVISORIES ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER...AS WELL AS PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS AND SHORT TERM FORECASTS ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE. $$ AMZ330-350-352-SCZ043-045-222300- /O.CON.KCHS.HU.S.0002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ CHARLESTON HARBOR- WATERS FROM SOUTH SANTEE RIVER TO EDISTO BEACH SC OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM EDISTO BEACH SC TO SAVANNAH GA OUT 20 NM- INLAND COLLETON-BERKELEY- 559 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008 ...NEW INFORMATION... STORM POSITION UPDATED. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS SPECIFIC ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS AND VISITORS OF ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... THE FOLLOWING ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA... TORNADO WATCH... ...NEXT UPDATE... THIS WILL BE THE LAST STATEMENT ISSUED ON TROPICAL STORM FAY FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND IN ADVISORIES ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER...AS WELL AS PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS AND SHORT TERM FORECASTS ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE. $$ 33
000 WTUS82 KCHS 222244 HLSCHS URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TROPICAL STORM FAY LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 644 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008 ...ALL TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS CANCELLED FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS... .AT 500 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FAY WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 83.2 WEST OR ABOUT 50 MILES...NORTH OF CEDAR KEY FLORIDA. THIS POSITION IS ABOUT 210 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SAVANNAH...AND 285 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHARLESTON. FAY IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 6 MPH. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF FAY IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE CROSSING THE NORTHERN FLORIDA PENINSULA TONIGHT AND THEN MOVE NEAR OR OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE ON SATURDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 45 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 29.44 INCHES. OCCASIONAL SQUALLS...WIND GUSTS TO 30 OR 40 MPH AND PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...MINOR TO MODERATE BEACH EROSION WILL AFFECT COASTAL AREAS...ESPECIALLY AROUND THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE...AS TIDE LEVELS CONTINUE TO RUN ABOUT 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE PREDICTED LEVELS. THE NEXT HIGH TIDE WILL BE BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 2 AM EDT. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT SATURDAY FOR ALL COASTAL AREAS...WITH A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THIS EVENING. SCZ048>051-222345- /O.CAN.KCHS.HU.S.0002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- 644 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008 ...NEW INFORMATION... STORM POSITION UPDATED...AND WIND ADVISORY AND COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS SPECIFIC ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS AND VISITORS OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... THE FOLLOWING ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA... HIGH SURF ADVISORY...FLASH FLOOD WATCH...TORNADO WATCH... ...NEXT UPDATE... THIS WILL BE THE LAST STATEMENT ISSUED ON TROPICAL STORM FAY FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND IN ADVISORIES ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER...AS WELL AS PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS AND SHORT TERM FORECASTS ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE. $$ GAZ099>101-114-115-137-222345- /O.CAN.KCHS.HU.S.0002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS-LONG- 644 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008 ...NEW INFORMATION... STORM POSITION UPDATED. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS SPECIFIC ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS AND VISITORS OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... THE FOLLOWING ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA... FLASH FLOOD WATCH...TORNADO WATCH... ...NEXT UPDATE... THIS WILL BE THE LAST STATEMENT ISSUED ON TROPICAL STORM FAY FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND IN ADVISORIES ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER...AS WELL AS PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS AND SHORT TERM FORECASTS ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE. $$ SCZ047-222345- /O.CAN.KCHS.HU.S.0002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ INLAND JASPER- 644 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008 ...NEW INFORMATION... STORM POSITION UPDATED. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS SPECIFIC ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS AND VISITORS OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... THE FOLLOWING ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA... FLASH FLOOD WATCH...TORNADO WATCH... ...NEXT UPDATE... THIS WILL BE THE LAST STATEMENT ISSUED ON TROPICAL STORM FAY FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND IN ADVISORIES ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER...AS WELL AS PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS AND SHORT TERM FORECASTS ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE. $$ GAZ087-088-SCZ040-042-044-222345- /O.CAN.KCHS.HU.S.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ JENKINS-SCREVEN-ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-DORCHESTER- 644 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008 ...NEW INFORMATION... STORM POSITION UPDATED. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS SPECIFIC ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS AND VISITORS OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... THE FOLLOWING ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA... TORNADO WATCH... ...NEXT UPDATE... THIS WILL BE THE LAST STATEMENT ISSUED ON TROPICAL STORM FAY FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND IN ADVISORIES ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER...AS WELL AS PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS AND SHORT TERM FORECASTS ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE. $$ AMZ330-350-352-SCZ043-045-222345- /O.CAN.KCHS.HU.S.0002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ CHARLESTON HARBOR- WATERS FROM SOUTH SANTEE RIVER TO EDISTO BEACH SC OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM EDISTO BEACH SC TO SAVANNAH GA OUT 20 NM- INLAND COLLETON-BERKELEY- 644 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008 ...NEW INFORMATION... STORM POSITION UPDATED. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS SPECIFIC ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS AND VISITORS OF ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... THE FOLLOWING ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA... TORNADO WATCH... ...NEXT UPDATE... THIS WILL BE THE LAST STATEMENT ISSUED ON TROPICAL STORM FAY FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND IN ADVISORIES ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER...AS WELL AS PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS AND SHORT TERM FORECASTS ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE. $$ 33
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this hurricane local statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Charleston, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this hurricane local statement went out at Jul 18, 11:14 PM EDT, 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 18, 11:14 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1114 PM EDT FRI JUL 18 2008
...TROPICAL DEPRESSION NUMBER 3 FORMS OFF THE SOUTH CAROLINA AND
GEORGIA COAST...
.SYNOPSIS...
TROPICAL DEPRESSION NUMBER 3 OFF THE GEORGIA AND SOUTHERN SOUTH
CAROLINA COAST WILL DRIFT SLOWLY NORTH-NORTHEAST OVERNIGHT...THEN
BEGIN TO HEAD UP ALONG THE NORTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHERN
NORTH CAROLINA COAST ON SATURDAY. THE LOW WILL CONTINUE TO PULL AWAY
FROM THE AREA ON SUNDAY AS ATLANTIC HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE
REGION. THE ATLANTIC HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE
WEEK...WITH A WEAK TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE EXPECTED INLAND.
&&
.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM SATURDAY MORNING/...
TROPICAL DEPRESSION NUMBER 3 HAS FORMED NEAR 31.9 N 79.6 W OR
APPROXIMATELY 65 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHARLESTON...SOUTH CAROLINA THIS
EVENING. THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO TRACK SLOWLY NORTHEAST OVERNIGHT
TO A LOCATION APPROXIMATELY 45 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF
CHARLESTON...SOUTH CAROLINA BY 12Z SATURDAY.
THE 00Z RUC13 APPEARS TO HAVE A FAIRLY GOOD HANDLE ON THE TROPICAL
DEPRESSION AND WILL FOLLOW THIS SOLUTION CLOSELY WITH THE EVENING
UPDATE. HAVE INCREASED POPS INTO THE LIKELY/CATEGORICAL RANGE OVER
MAINLY NORTHEAST COASTAL ZONES...WITH CHANCE/SLIGHT CHANCE POPS
ELSEWHERE. THE ONE EXCEPTION IS EXPECTED OVER FAR INTERIOR SOUTHEAST
GEORGIA ZONES WHERE SURFACE DIVERGENCE AND SUBSIDENCE ON THE
PERIPHERY OF THE DEPRESSION WILL LIKELY KEEP CONDITIONS RAIN FREE
AND HAVE OPTED TO GO WITH A DRY FORECAST HERE. IMPACTS FROM THE
TROPICAL DEPRESSION ARE EXPECTED TO BE MINIMAL OVER THE FORECAST
AREA...WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW AN INCH AND
WINDS EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE. AS FOR
TEMPERATURES...EXPECT MILD CONDITIONS TO PERSIST WITH LOWS
GENERALLY IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 70S.
&&
.SHORT TERM /6 AM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/...
THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY NORTH-
NORTHEAST OR NORTHEAST OFF THE NORTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA COAST ON
SATURDAY THEN ALONG THE SOUTHERN NORTH CAROLINA COAST SATURDAY
NIGHT. SUBSIDENCE ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF THE DEPARTING LOW
SHOULD KEEP RAIN-FREE CONDITIONS IN PLACE ACROSS INLAND PORTIONS
OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...BUT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN IN THE FORECAST ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST
SOUTH CAROLINA. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL VARY RATHER SIGNIFICANTLY
ACROSS THE AREA...WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S TO NEAR 90 UNDER
CLOUDS AND PERHAPS SOME SHOWERS IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...AND
IN THE LOWER TO MID 90S ELSEWHERE.
AS THE DEPRESSION CONTINUES TO PULL NORTHEAST AWAY FROM THE
REGION SATURDAY NIGHT...LINGERING SCATTERED SHOWERS OVER THE
NORTHEAST PART OF THE FORECAST AREA WILL COME TO AN END. LOWS WILL
RANGE FROM AROUND 70 INLAND TO THE MID AND UPPER 70S ALONG THE
COAST.
&&
.LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
MODELS CONTINUE TO SUGGEST THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION WILL TRACK UP
THE SOUTHEAST COAST ON SUNDAY BEFORE PUSHING EAST OVER THE
ATLANTIC OCEAN AS IT ENCOUNTERS A TROUGH. CONDITIONS WILL QUICKLY
IMPROVE AS A DRYER AIR MASS BEGINS TO FILTER INTO THE SOUTHEAST.
HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL REACH THE MID TO UPPER 90S AS ABUNDANT SFC
HEATING OCCURS.
A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE ON MONDAY AS A WEAK TROUGH
DEVELOPS ANOTHER SFC LOW OVER THE MID ATLANTIC STATES. CONDITIONS
WILL IMPROVE MONDAY EVENING AS THIS TROUGH CONTINUES TO SHIFT OVER
THE ATLANTIC OCEAN. HIGH TEMPS WILL ONCE AGAIN REACH THE MID TO
UPPER 90S ACROSS SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.
CONDITIONS WILL RETURN TO A MORE TYPICAL SUMMERTIME PATTERN FOR
TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AS ATLANTIC HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES BACK OVER
THE SOUTHEAST. SW/S FLOW WILL ALLOW SUFFICIENT MOISTURE RETURN OVER
THE SOUTHEASTERN USA FOR PULSE TYPE CONVECTION WITH AFTERNOON
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY ALONG A SEABREEZE. HIGH TEMPS WILL
REMAIN IN THE LOW 90S AND LOW TEMPS WILL BE IN THE LOW TO MID 70S
FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.
&&
.AVIATION /03Z SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
TROPICAL DEPRESSION NUMBER 3 OFF THE SC/GA COASTLINE WILL BE THE
MAIN FACTOR IN DETERMINING WX CONDITIONS AT BOTH TERMINALS.
ATTM...BANDS OF LIGHT-MODERATE SHOWERS ARE ROTATING INLAND BUT
WITH THE COVERAGE RATHER SPARSE...WILL RUN WITH PREVAILING VCSH AT
BOTH TERMINALS THROUGH ABOUT MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. WITH KCHS MORE IN
LINE TO RECEIVE HEAVIER ONSHORE SHOWERS...MVFR CONDS ARE POSSIBLE
THROUGH THIS EVE. AFTER MIDNIGHT...SLIGHTLY DEEPER MOISTURE ALONG
WITH THE SLIGHT NNE PROGRESSION OF THIS SYSTEM WILL ALLOW FOR MORE
SHOWER DEVELOPMENT SO WILL ADVERTISE PREVAILING SHRA/RA TO OCCUR
AT BOTH SITES. IN THE PREDAWN HOURS...LOWERING CIGS PER MODEL
SOUNDINGS ALONG WITH RADIATIONAL CONDITIONS SHOULD ALLOW FOR IFR
CIGS TO DEVELOP AFTER 08Z AT BOTH SITES...AND THESE LOW CIGS
SHOULD LAST A BIT PAST 12Z. DEPENDING ON THE PROGRESSION OF THE
DEPRESSION...CONDITIONS SHOULD IMPROVE GOING INTO TOMORROW AFTN
AND EVE. WIND GUSTS COULD BECOME A PROBLEM STARTING MID TO LATE
TOMORROW MORNING...POSSIBLY REACHING 20 KT AT TIMES...ALTHOUGH
CONFIDENCE IS HIGH THAT KCHS WILL BE SEEING HIGHER WIND SPEEDS AND
GUSTS THAN KSAV.
AVIATION USERS SHOULD KEEP APPRISED OF THE AREAL CONDITIONS AS
THERE COULD BE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO UPCOMING TAFS...AGAIN ALL
DEPENDENT ON THE PROGRESSION AND POTENTIAL STRENGTHENING OF
TROPICAL DEPRESSION NUMBER 3 OFF THE SOUTHEAST COAST.
EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...VFR CONDITIONS SHOULD PREVAIL THROUGH
WEDNESDAY OUTSIDE OF ANY ISOLATED DIURNAL CONVECTION.
&&
.MARINE...
PER LATEST CONFERENCE CALL WITH TPC/NHC...WILL ADVERTISE CONDITIONS
ALONG THE OFFICIAL FORECAST OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION 3. TRACK HAS THE
STORM CENTER JUST BEYOND THE 20NM THRESHOLD OF THE CHS MARINE
AREA...BUT THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE MAINLY N OF THE CENTER
THROUGH THE WATERS. HOWEVER...THE GENERAL EFFECTS OVER THE MARINE
AREA WILL BE HELD BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE BUT WILL MAINTAIN
TROPICAL STORM WATCH HEADLINES DUE TO THE UNCERTAINTY OF THE
INTENSIFICATION POTENTIAL OVER THE COASTAL WATERS WITH WATER TEMPS
IN THE MID 80S.
THE T.D. WILL CONTINUE TO SLIDE NNE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND
SATURDAY BUT WITH TROPICAL WATCH HEADLINES OVER CHARLESTON COUNTY...
THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS /AMZ330-350/ WILL HAVE THE SAME
HEADLINES. WILL MAINTAIN SCA HEADLINES FOR AMZ352-374 WHERE TD 3
WILL NOT HAVE ENOUGH IMPACT TO BRING IN WIND SPEEDS IN EXCESS OF 34
KT AND WILL MAINTAIN NO HEADLINES FOR AMZ352.
CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE AND REMAIN WELL BELOW SCA CRITERIA NEXT WEEK
AS A SFC LOW CONTINUES TO SHIFT NORTHEAST ALONG THE EASTERN COAST.
IN GENERAL...WAVE HEIGHTS OF 2 TO 3 FEET CAN BE EXPECTED OVER
COASTAL WATERS WITHIN 20 MILES OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA
COASTS WITH 3 TO 4 FEET WAVES IN THE OUTER COASTAL WATERS. SOUTHWEST
WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS WILL BECOME SOUTHERLY 10 TO 15 KNOTS BY EARLY
NEXT WEEK AS ATLANTIC HIGH PRESSURE FILTERS BACK OVER THE COASTAL
WATERS. NOCTURNAL WIND GUSTS UP TO 20 KNOTS ARE POSSIBLE OVER MUCH
OF THE COASTAL WATERS THROUGH MID WEEK.
RIP CURRENTS...
OFFSHORE WINDS AND NO LONG-PERIOD SWELL WILL PRECLUDE ANY RIP
CURRENT ISSUES FOR SATURDAY.
&&
.CHS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.
SC...TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR SCZ050.
MARINE...TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR AMZ330-350.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 5 AM EDT SATURDAY FOR AMZ352-374.
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JRJ/JPCHazardous weather outlook, Jul 18, 7:02 PM EDT, 4 hours 33 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 702 PM EDT FRI JUL 18 2008 GAZ087-088-099>101-114>116-118-137-138-140-SCZ040-042>045-047-191000- JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS- INLAND BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-LONG-INLAND LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH- ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER-BERKELEY-INLAND JASPER- 702 PM EDT FRI JUL 18 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. HEAVY RAIN...TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL PERSIST OVER THE AREA AS LOW PRESSURE DRIFTS NORTH ALONG A COASTAL FRONT. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS...ALONG WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA TONIGHT. HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN LOCATIONS ALONG AND TO THE EAST OF INTERSTATE 95. THIS COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. EXCESSIVE HEAT...HEAT INDEX VALUES MAY EXCEED 105 DEGREES IN SOME LOCATIONS SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. GAZ117-119-139-141-SCZ048>051-191000- COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH- BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- 702 PM EDT FRI JUL 18 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. HEAVY RAIN...TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL PERSIST OVER THE AREA AS LOW PRESSURE DRIFTS NORTH ALONG A COASTAL FRONT. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA TONIGHT...WITH HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE AT TIMES. THIS COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. IN ADDITION...IF THE HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURS AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE THIS EVENING IN EITHER DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON OR DOWNTOWN SAVANNAH...MORE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING WOULD BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. EXCESSIVE HEAT...HEAT INDEX VALUES MAY EXCEED 105 DEGREES IN SOME LOCATIONS SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. AMZ330-350-352-354-374-191000- CHARLESTON HARBOR- WATERS FROM SOUTH SANTEE RIVER TO EDISTO BEACH SC OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM EDISTO BEACH SC TO SAVANNAH GA OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM SAVANNAH GA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GA OUT 20 NM...INCLUDING GRAYS REEF NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY- WATERS FROM SAVANNAH GA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GA EXTENDING FROM 20 TO 60 NM- 702 PM EDT FRI JUL 18 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. HEAVY RAIN...TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL PERSIST OVER THE AREA AS LOW PRESSURE DRIFTS NORTH ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA TONIGHT...WITH HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE. THIS COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN 1 NM AT TIMES. TROPICS...AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OFF THE GEORGIA COAST IS BEING MONITORED FOR POSSIBLE TROPICAL CYCLONE DEVELOPMENT. MARINERS ACROSS SOUTH COASTAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTH COASTAL GEORGIA SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS SYSTEM. THIS CAN BE DONE THROUGH NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS...OR COAST GUARD BROADCASTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 11:35 PM EDT | Tropical Storm Watch | CHS | 48 days | |
| Jul 18, 11:35 PM EDT | Tropical Storm Watch | CHS | 12 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.