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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 271, NWS Charleston, SC

July 27, 2008Bryan County, Chatham County, Georgia

NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 2008, 6:45 PM EDT for Bryan County, Chatham County, Georgia. It was in force for 60 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jul 27, 2008, 6:45 PM EDT (22:45 UTC)
Expired: Jul 27, 2008, 7:45 PM EDT
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Bryan County, GA, Chatham County, GA

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 27, 7:15 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	N Savannah, GA	SEVERAL POWERLINES REPORTED DOWN. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 30 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 150 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 971 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -60 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 895 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 63 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 65 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS52 KCHS 272245
SVRCHS
GAC029-051-272345-
/O.NEW.KCHS.SV.W.0271.080727T2245Z-080727T2345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
645 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN BRYAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
  CHATHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 745 PM EDT

* AT 642 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  BURROUGHS...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF RICHMOND HILL...MOVING
  EAST AT 3 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE...
  BURROUGHS...POOLER...
  GARDEN CITY...
  BELFAST...
  KELLER...
  KELLER...

THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...WHICH MAY
FLOOD ROADS...DITCHES AND LOW-LYING AREAS. AVOID FLOOD PRONE AREAS
AND DO NOT DRIVE INTO PLACES WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. IF
OUTDOORS... STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS. IF INDOORS...STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS
AN EMERGENCY.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS HAIL...DOWNED TREES...LIMBS...AND
POWER LINES...PLEASE CONTACT THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024.

LAT...LON 3176 8128 3181 8129 3186 8138 3193 8140
      3195 8146 3204 8150 3221 8113 3210 8110
      3210 8099 3204 8094 3204 8087 3199 8083
      3194 8088 3195 8095 3193 8097 3190 8093
      3185 8098 3186 8104 3178 8105 3172 8115
TIME...MOT...LOC 2246Z 292DEG 3KT 3203 8121

$$

4 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS52 KCHS 272300
SVSCHS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
700 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2008

GAC029-051-272345-
/O.CON.KCHS.SV.W.0271.000000T0000Z-080727T2345Z/
BRYAN GA-CHATHAM GA-
700 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EDT
FOR CHATHAM AND SOUTHEASTERN BRYAN COUNTIES...

AT 656 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR BURROUGHS...OR ABOUT OVER RICHMOND HILL...MOVING SOUTH
AT 14 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...BELFAST...
BLOOMINGDALE...BURROUGHS...FORT MCALLISTER...GARDEN CITY...ISLE OF
HOPE...KELLER...MONTEITH...POOLER...PORT WENTWORTH...RICHMOND HILL...
RIVERSIDE...SANDFLY...SAVANNAH...SKIDAWAY ISLAND...THUNDERBOLT...
TYBEE ISLAND...VERNONBURG...WHITE BLUFF...WILMINGTON ISLAND...WINDSOR
FOREST AND SAVANNAH AIRPORT.

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

THIS STORM IS ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...WHICH MAY
FLOOD ROADS...DITCHES AND LOW-LYING AREAS. AVOID FLOOD PRONE AREAS
AND DO NOT DRIVE INTO PLACES WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS HAIL...DOWNED TREES...LIMBS...AND
POWER LINES...PLEASE CONTACT THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO
CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV.

LAT...LON 3176 8128 3181 8129 3186 8138 3193 8140
      3195 8146 3204 8150 3221 8113 3210 8110
      3210 8099 3204 8094 3204 8087 3199 8083
      3194 8088 3195 8095 3193 8097 3190 8093
      3185 8098 3186 8104 3178 8105 3172 8115
TIME...MOT...LOC 2300Z 344DEG 12KT 3194 8125

$$

000 
WWUS52 KCHS 272317
SVSCHS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
717 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2008

GAC029-051-272345-
/O.CON.KCHS.SV.W.0271.000000T0000Z-080727T2345Z/
BRYAN GA-CHATHAM GA-
715 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EDT
FOR CHATHAM AND SOUTHEASTERN BRYAN COUNTIES...

AT 711 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR RABBIT HILL...OR ABOUT OVER RICHMOND HILL...MOVING SOUTH
AT 14 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...BELFAST...
BURROUGHS...FORT MCALLISTER...GARDEN CITY...ISLE OF HOPE...KELLER...
MONTEITH...RICHMOND HILL...RIVERSIDE...SANDFLY...SKIDAWAY ISLAND...
THUNDERBOLT...TYBEE ISLAND...VERNONBURG...WHITE BLUFF...WILMINGTON 
ISLAND AND WINDSOR FOREST.

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

THIS STORM IS ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...WHICH MAY
FLOOD ROADS...DITCHES AND LOW-LYING AREAS. AVOID FLOOD PRONE AREAS
AND DO NOT DRIVE INTO PLACES WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS HAIL...DOWNED TREES...LIMBS...AND
POWER LINES...PLEASE CONTACT THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO
CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV.

LAT...LON 3176 8128 3181 8129 3186 8138 3193 8140
      3195 8146 3204 8150 3221 8113 3210 8110
      3210 8099 3204 8094 3204 8087 3199 8083
      3194 8088 3195 8095 3193 8097 3190 8093
      3185 8098 3186 8104 3178 8105 3172 8115
TIME...MOT...LOC 2315Z 344DEG 12KT 3191 8126

$$

000 
WWUS52 KCHS 272335
SVSCHS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
735 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2008

GAC029-051-272345-
/O.CON.KCHS.SV.W.0271.000000T0000Z-080727T2345Z/
BRYAN GA-CHATHAM GA-
735 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHERN CHATHAM AND SOUTHEASTERN BRYAN COUNTIES...

AT 730 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY
SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM OAK LEVEL TO DANIEL...OR
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RICHMOND HILL TO
RICHMOND HILL...MOVING SOUTH AT 14 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...BELFAST...
BURROUGHS...FORT MCALLISTER...ISLE OF HOPE...KELLER...RICHMOND
HILL...SANDFLY...SKIDAWAY ISLAND...VERNONBURG...WHITE BLUFF AND
WINDSOR FOREST.

THIS STORM IS ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...WHICH MAY
FLOOD ROADS...DITCHES AND LOW-LYING AREAS. AVOID FLOOD PRONE AREAS
AND DO NOT DRIVE INTO PLACES WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS HAIL...DOWNED TREES...LIMBS...AND
POWER LINES...PLEASE CONTACT THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO
CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV.

LAT...LON 3176 8127 3181 8129 3187 8137 3193 8140
      3195 8146 3198 8148 3200 8147 3201 8095
      3195 8095 3186 8104 3178 8105 3172 8115
TIME...MOT...LOC 2335Z 344DEG 12KT 3184 8119 3191 8139

$$

000 
WWUS52 KCHS 272347
SVSCHS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
747 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2008

GAC029-051-272355-
/O.EXP.KCHS.SV.W.0271.000000T0000Z-080727T2345Z/
BRYAN GA-CHATHAM GA-
745 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN CHATHAM AND
SOUTHEASTERN BRYAN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 745 PM EDT...

AT 740 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED
THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED...THUS THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS
BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH FLOODING DOWNPOURS AND WIND GUSTS 
EXCEEDING 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE SOUTH OF SAVANNAH THIS EVENING. 

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS HAIL...DOWNED TREES...LIMBS...AND
POWER LINES...PLEASE CONTACT THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO
CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV.

LAT...LON 3176 8127 3181 8129 3187 8137 3193 8140
      3195 8146 3198 8148 3200 8147 3201 8095
      3195 8095 3186 8104 3178 8105 3172 8115
TIME...MOT...LOC 2335Z 344DEG 12KT 3184 8119 3191 8139

$$

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 27, 3:44 PM EDT, 3 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 27, 3:44 PM EDT, 3 hours 1 minute before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
344 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2008

.SYNOPSIS...
ATLANTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN WELL OFFSHORE. A WEAK SURFACE
TROUGH WILL LINGER ACROSS INLAND AREAS THROUGH MUCH OF NEXT WEEK.

&&

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM MONDAY MORNING/...
THERE HAS BEEN A SLOW START TO CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON DUE TO
SIGNIFICANT MID-LEVEL WARMING TO OVERCOME. A VIGOROUS SHORTWAVE
CONTINUES TO DROP INTO NC/SC BUT HAS INITIATED SURPRISINGLY LITTLE
CONVECTION THUS FAR. THE SEABREEZE SHOULD BE THE MAIN DRIVER FOR
CONVECTION THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING WITH PERHAPS A BIT MORE
ACTIVITY INLAND DUE TO THE APPROACHING SHORTWAVE. WILL DROP
EVENING POPS INTO THE 30-40 PCNT RANGE. ACTIVITY SHOULD TAPER OFF
LATE THIS EVENING WITH ONLY AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR STORM LATE.

MID AND UPPER LEVELS CONTINUE TO DRY OUT THUS THE TOTAL SKY COVER
SHOULD DECREASE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS WITH MAINLY CU AND
STRATOCU SLOWLY THINNING. INLAND LOWS SHOULD DROP TOWARD 70
DEGREES WITH INCREASING VALUES TOWARD THE COAST.

&&

.SHORT TERM /6 AM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH 6 PM MONDAY/...
700 MB RIDGE AXIS WILL NUDGE EAST ON MONDAY WITH LOW-LEVEL
THICKNESS VALUES INCREASING BY ABOUT 20 METERS. A SIGNIFICANT
DECREASE IN MID AND UPPER LEVEL MOISTURE SHOULD RESULT IN A LARGE
DECREASE IN CLOUD COVER TO START THE DAY. MAINLY SCATTERED TO
BROKEN CUMULUS EXPECTED WHICH WILL HAVE LESS OF A NEGATING EFFECT
ON HIGH TEMPS. HIGHS SHOULD TOP OUT IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S. SOME
OF THE DRIER AIR MOVING IN JUST ABOVE THE SURFACE WILL MIX DOWN
DURING THE AFTERNOON...BRINGING SURFACE DEWPOINTS OVER INLAND
AREAS CLOSER TO 70. THE AFTERNOON SEABREEZE SHOULD BE THE MAIN
DRIVER OF CONVECTION SINCE THERE WILL BE LITTLE IN THE WAY OF
UPPER ENERGY TO WORK WITH. WILL MAINTAIN HIGHEST CHANCES OVER
SOUTHEAST GA WHERE THETA-E VALUES WILL BE HIGHER. DO NOT
ANTICIPATE HEAT ADVISORY CONCERNS ALTHOUGH HEAT INDICES COULD
APPROACH 105 IN A FEW SPOTS DURING THE AFTERNOON.

&&

.LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/...
MEDIUM RANGE GUIDANCE IS IN GENERALLY GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGHOUT THE
EXTENDED PERIOD THIS AFTERNOON...WITH SOME DIFFERENCES NOTED WITH
REGARDS TO AMPLITUDE OF UPPER TROUGH NEXT WEEKEND.

ATLANTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN THE DOMINANT WEATHER FEATURE
MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...AND THIS SHOULD LIMIT
COVERAGE OF ANY SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. WILL CARRY SLIGHT
CHANCE OR LOW CHANCE POPS FOR AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING SEA BREEZE
CONVECTION WITH DRY CONDITIONS ANTICIPATED AT NIGHT. A COLD FRONT
WILL APPROACH THE REGION FROM THE NORTHWEST THURSDAY...THEN STALL
OUT NORTH OF THE REGION THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. WILL GENERALLY
CARRY CHANCE POPS DURING THE AFTERNOON/EVENING HOURS THURSDAY
THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH SLIGHT CHANCE POPS OVERNIGHT.

TEMPERATURES WILL RUN NEAR TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE CLIMO THROUGH THE
EXTENDED PERIOD. HEAT INDICES WILL FLIRT WITH 105 DURING THE
AFTERNOON HOURS TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...AND WILL CONTINUE TO
MENTION THIS IN THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK.

&&

.AVIATION /20Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
MAIN CONCERN WITH THIS ISSUANCE IS TIMING THE EXPECTED CONVECTION
THIS AFTERNOON. ACTIVITY EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE FROM 18Z
ON SO MAINTAINED TEMPO AT BOTH SITES FOR TSRA DURING THE LATTER
HALF OF THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. ACTIVITY SHOULD BE
TAPERING OFF DURING THE MID EVENING HOURS WITH PARTIAL CLEARING
OVERNIGHT. PRECIP CHANCES FOR MON LOOK LOWER THAN TODAY WITH SOME
DRIER AIR MOVING IN. HOWEVER ISOLATED STORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
LATTER HALF OF THE DAY.

EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...MORE OF THE SAME WITH CONVECTION
BEING THE MAIN CULPRIT FOR ANY IFR CONDITIONS THAT OCCUR. AS
USUAL...THERE COULD BE SHORT PERIODS OF MVFR VSBYS EACH MORNING
WHEN THE WINDS DIE DOWN...ESPECIALLY IF RAIN HAS FALLEN THE NIGHT
BEFORE.

&&

.MARINE...
ATLANTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL HOLD STRONG OVER THE WATERS THROUGH
FRIDAY...RESULTING IN A GENERALLY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST FLOW OVER THE
WATERS. TYPICAL SEA BREEZE ENHANCEMENT AND NOCTURNAL SURGING
EFFECTS CAN BE EXPECTED EACH DAY/NIGHT RESPECTIVELY...BUT WINDS
AND SEAS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW HEADLINE THRESHOLDS.

&&

.CHS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.
SC...NONE.
MARINE...NONE.

&&

JRL/JRJ

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 27, 3:57 PM EDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
357 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2008

AMZ330-350-352-354-374-281030-
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-
357 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-042>045-047>051-281030-
JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS-
INLAND BRYAN-COASTAL BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-COASTAL CHATHAM-LONG-
INLAND LIBERTY-COASTAL LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH-COASTAL MCINTOSH-
ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER-BERKELEY-INLAND JASPER-
BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER-
357 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND
SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL DEVELOP
ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH EARLY EVENING. A FEW STORMS COULD BRIEFLY
BECOME SEVERE WITH HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

EXCESSIVE HEAT...A RETURN TO HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER
90S AND HIGH HUMIDITY COULD RESULT IN HEAT INDICES IN EXCESS OF
105 DEGREES OVER MUCH OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST
GEORGIA TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. HEAT ADVISORIES MAY EVENTUALLY
BE ISSUED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 27, 4:31 PM EDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
431 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2008

SCZ045-050-272115-
BERKELEY-CHARLESTON-
431 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2008

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN CHARLESTON AND EAST
CENTRAL BERKELEY COUNTIES THROUGH 515 PM EDT...

AT 429 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45
MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR BUCK HALL...OR ABOUT 7
MILES WEST OF MCCLELLANVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

AREAS IN AND AROUND AWENDAW...MCCLELLANVILLE...CENTENARY AND HONEY
HILL WILL BE IMPACTED THROUGH 515 PM EDT.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...WHICH
MAY FLOOD DITCHES AND LOW-LYING AREAS. AVOID FLOOD PRONE AREAS AND
DO NOT DRIVE INTO PLACES WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE
AT 1-888-383-2024 IF YOU OBSERVE SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS HAIL...DOWNED
TREES...LIMBS AND POWER LINES.

Special weather statement, Jul 27, 4:35 PM EDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
435 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2008

SCZ048-051-272115-
BEAUFORT-COASTAL JASPER-
435 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2008

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT CENTRAL JASPER AND SOUTHWESTERN
BEAUFORT COUNTIES THROUGH 515 PM EDT...

AT 434 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BLUFFTON...OR ABOUT 8 MILES WEST OF
HILTON HEAD ISLAND...MOVING EAST AT 9 MPH.

AREAS IN AND AROUND BLUFFTON...FOLLY FIELD...HILTON HEAD ISLAND...
PARRIS ISLAND...PORT ROYAL AND HILTON HEAD AIRPORT WILL BE IMPACTED
THROUGH 515 PM EDT.

THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...WHICH MAY
FLOOD DITCHES AND LOW-LYING AREAS. AVOID FLOOD PRONE AREAS AND DO NOT
DRIVE INTO PLACES WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE
AT 1-888-383-2024 IF YOU OBSERVE SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS HAIL...DOWNED
TREES...LIMBS AND POWER LINES.

Special weather statement, Jul 27, 5:01 PM EDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
501 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2008

GAZ100-101-272145-
BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-
501 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2008

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT EAST CENTRAL BULLOCH AND
EFFINGHAM COUNTIES THROUGH 545 PM EDT...

AT 458 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 1/2 INCH HAIL...AND GUSTY
WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR
TUSCULUM...OR ABOUT OVER SPRINGFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 6 MPH.

AREAS IN AND AROUND EGYPT...GUYTON...LEEFIELD...MARLOW...PINEORA...
SPRINGFIELD...STILLWELL AND STILSON WILL BE IMPACTED THROUGH 545 PM
EDT.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...WHICH
MAY FLOOD DITCHES AND LOW-LYING AREAS. AVOID FLOOD PRONE AREAS AND
DO NOT DRIVE INTO PLACES WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE
AT 1-888-383-2024 IF YOU OBSERVE SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS HAIL...DOWNED
TREES...LIMBS AND POWER LINES.

Special weather statement, Jul 27, 5:50 PM EDT, 55 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
550 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2008

GAZ118-SCZ047-048-051-272230-
BEAUFORT-COASTAL JASPER-INLAND CHATHAM-INLAND JASPER-
550 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2008

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHERN JASPER...NORTH CENTRAL
CHATHAM AND SOUTHWESTERN BEAUFORT COUNTIES THROUGH 630 PM EDT...

AT 548 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 1/2 INCH HAIL...AND STRONG
WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LEVY...OR ABOUT
11 MILES NORTH OF SAVANNAH. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

AREAS IN AND AROUND BLUFFTON...HARDEEVILLE...PRITCHARDVILLE...
PURYSBURGH...MONTEITH AND PORT WENTWORTH WILL BE IMPACTED THROUGH 630
PM EDT.

FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. IF
OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS. IF INDOORS...STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS. AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN
EMERGENCY.

THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...WHICH MAY
FLOOD DITCHES AND LOW-LYING AREAS. AVOID FLOOD PRONE AREAS AND DO NOT
DRIVE INTO PLACES WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE
AT 1-888-383-2024 IF YOU OBSERVE SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS HAIL...DOWNED
TREES...LIMBS AND POWER LINES.

Local storm report, Jul 27, 6:03 PM EDT, 42 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
603 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2008

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

0510 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 W BLUFFTON            32.24N 80.91W
07/27/2008                   BEAUFORT           SC   NEWSPAPER

            ONE TREE DOWN. POSSIBLE CAUSE OF A PROPANE GAS LEAK.

&&

JRL

Special weather statement, Jul 27, 6:26 PM EDT, 19 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
626 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2008

SCZ044-045-272315-
BERKELEY-DORCHESTER-
626 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2008

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT CENTRAL DORCHESTER AND WEST
CENTRAL BERKELEY COUNTIES THROUGH 715 PM EDT...

AT 622 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NEW HOPE...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTH OF
SUMMERVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 6 MPH.

AREAS IN AND AROUND COLLEGE PARK...DORCHESTER...JEDBURG...
KNIGHTSVILLE...MONCKS CORNER...PINOPOLIS...RIDGEVILLE...SANGAREE AND
SUMMERVILLE WILL BE IMPACTED THROUGH 715 PM EDT.

THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...WHICH MAY
FLOOD DITCHES AND LOW-LYING AREAS. AVOID FLOOD PRONE AREAS AND DO NOT
DRIVE INTO PLACES WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE
AT 1-888-383-2024 IF YOU OBSERVE SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS HAIL...DOWNED
TREES...LIMBS AND POWER LINES.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 26, 9:22 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CHS	Long, McIntosh	113 min
Jul 26, 11:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Effingham, Screven	43 min
Jul 27, 12:00 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Effingham	45 min
Jul 27, 6:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Chatham	38 min
Jul 27, 6:21 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CHS	Chatham	83 min
Jul 27, 7:28 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CHS	Bryan, Chatham, Liberty	2 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.