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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 263, NWS Charleston, SC

August 5, 2009Bulloch County, Candler County, Georgia

NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 5, 2009, 6:21 PM EDT for Bulloch County, Candler County, Georgia. It was in force for 54 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: Aug 5, 2009, 6:21 PM EDT (22:21 UTC)
Expired: Aug 5, 2009, 7:15 PM EDT
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Bulloch County, GA, Candler County, GA

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:20 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
Aug 5, 6:25 PM EDT	HAIL 2.5	5 Wnw Portal, GA	THE PUBLIC REPORTED PENNY TO TENNIS BALL SIZED HAIL ON JOHN D. LANIER ROAD. TIME WAS ESTIMATED FROM 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 4 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, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 195 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: 950 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -73 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1200 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 3 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -10 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 052221
SVRCHS
GAC031-043-052315-
/O.NEW.KCHS.SV.W.0263.090805T2221Z-090805T2315Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
621 PM EDT WED AUG 5 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN BULLOCH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
  CANDLER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 715 PM EDT

* AT 619 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF PORTAL TO ALINE...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

  PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS...
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
  NICKEL SIZE HAIL...

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  ALINE...METTER...PORTAL...PULASKI...WESTSIDE...REGISTER...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REPORT HAIL...DOWNED TREES...LIMBS...AND POWER LINES DIRECTLY TO THE
CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 1-888-383-2024.

&&

LAT...LON 3255 8211 3256 8208 3254 8204 3261 8200
      3263 8192 3262 8186 3226 8187 3227 8189
      3227 8195 3229 8212 3231 8224
TIME...MOT...LOC 2221Z 283DEG 10KT 3262 8202 3231 8219

$$

REB

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS52 KCHS 052245
SVSCHS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
645 PM EDT WED AUG 5 2009

GAC031-043-052315-
/O.CON.KCHS.SV.W.0263.000000T0000Z-090805T2315Z/
CANDLER GA-BULLOCH GA-
645 PM EDT WED AUG 5 2009

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EDT
FOR WESTERN BULLOCH AND CANDLER COUNTIES...

AT 643 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL
SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS 
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF 
MIDDLEGROUND TO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF METTER...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE 
METTER...PORTAL...PULASKI...REGISTER AND WESTSIDE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING
WINDS OF 58 MPH OR GREATER...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. GO
INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 3254 8204 3261 8200 3263 8192 3262 8186
      3226 8187 3227 8189 3227 8195 3229 8212
      3231 8220
TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 283DEG 10KT 3261 8195 3230 8212

$$

REB

000 
WWUS52 KCHS 052306
SVSCHS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
706 PM EDT WED AUG 5 2009

GAC031-043-052316-
/O.EXP.KCHS.SV.W.0263.000000T0000Z-090805T2315Z/
CANDLER GA-BULLOCH GA-
706 PM EDT WED AUG 5 2009

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN BULLOCH AND CANDLER
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 715 PM EDT...

AT 706 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED
THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED...THUS THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS
BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

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 3254 8204 3261 8200 3263 8192 3262 8186
      3226 8187 3227 8189 3227 8195 3229 8212
      3231 8220
TIME...MOT...LOC 2306Z 283DEG 10KT 3260 8188 3229 8205

$$

REB

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 Aug 5, 5:07 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 5, 5:07 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
507 PM EDT WED AUG 5 2009

.SYNOPSIS...
A LEE SIDE SURFACE TROUGH WILL PERSIST OVER INLAND GEORGIA AND THE
CAROLINAS THROUGH LATE WEEK. AN EXPANSIVE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE
WILL BUILD OVER THE REGION THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.

&&

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM THURSDAY MORNING/...
MOST THUNDERSTORMS WHICH FIRED ALONG A SURFACE TROUGH AND PUSHED
INTO CENTRAL/SOUTHERN COUNTIES/COASTAL AREAS HAD WEAKENED EARLY
WEDNESDAY EVENING...AND THE FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBLE
SEVERE WEATHER HAD SHIFTED INLAND WHERE OUTFLOW FROM EARLIER
THUNDERSTORMS WILL INTERACT WITH CONVECTION ADVANCING INTO THE
REGION FROM THE WEST. NUMEROUS BOUNDARY INTERACTIONS WILL ENHANCE
UPDRAFTS TO PRODUCE ISOLATED/ OCCASIONAL PULSE SEVERE
EVENTS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND HAIL AS
LARGE AS QUARTERS INLAND THIS EVENING. ALSO...A WEAK STEERING
FLOW...A COMPLEX BOUNDARY REGIME AND PWATS AROUND 1.8 INCHES
COULD SUPPORT LOCALIZED FLOODING.

ADJUSTED EVENING POPS ACCORDINGLY...TAPERED FROM CHANCE INLAND TO
SLIGHT CHANCE ALONG THE COAST...TO ALLOW FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR
INLAND THUNDERSTORMS TO PROPAGATE E/SE THIS EVENING. IF INLAND
THUNDERSTORMS BECOME/REMAIN ORGANIZED...MORE WIDESPREAD CONVECTION
COULD DEVELOP AND ADVANCE TO THE COAST LATER THIS EVENING.
HOWEVER...LATEST GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO DEPICT A MARKED DIURNAL
WEAKENING TRENDS AFTER DARK. THUS...MAINTAINED POPS LESS THAN 15
PERCENT OVER LAND STARTING AT 06Z.

WHERE RAIN OCCURS...CLEARING SKIES...LIGHT WINDS AND LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE COULD SUPPORT AREAS OF STRATUS/FOG OVERNIGHT.

&&

.SHORT TERM /6 AM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/...
THE UPPER TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED SURFACE TROUGH WILL ADVANCE INTO
THE REGION THURSDAY. THESE FEATURES WILL SUPPORT AT LEAST
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS BY MIDDAY...AND
NUMEROUS SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP DURING THE
AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY CENTRAL/EAST. DUE TO MODEL DEPICTION OF
SLIGHTLY DRIER 850-500 MB AIR FILTERING INTO THE REGION FROM THE
N/W...LIMITED POPS TO CHANCE FOR NOW.

AS THE UPPER/SURFACE TROUGH PUSH OFFSHORE AND SLIGHTLY DRIER AIR
CONTINUES TO SPREAD INTO THE REGION THURSDAY NIGHT...
SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD READILY SUCCUMB TO DIURNAL TRENDS
AFTER SUNSET...DISSIPATING QUICKLY OVER LAND.

&&

.LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AN UPPER RIDGE WILL SLOWLY STRENGTHEN OVER THE SOUTHEAST UNITED
STATES FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY. UPPER HEIGHTS WILL REACH THEIR ZENITH
ON MONDAY WHEN THE GFS PROGS A 5970M RIDGE CENTERED DIRECTLY OVER
THE AREA. REMOVED AFTERNOON POPS FROM ALL BUT THE ALTAMAHA REGION
FRI THROUGH SUN BECAUSE THE STRONG MID-LEVEL SUBSIDENCE SHOULD
PREVENT MUCH OF ANY CONVECTION FROM DEVELOPING. HIGH TEMPS IN THE
MID TO UPPER 90S WITH DEWPOINTS REMAINING IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 70S
MAY PRODUCE SOME HEAT INDEX CONCERNS OVER THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY
NEXT WEEK. THIS CONTINUES TO BE ADDRESSED IN THE HAZARDOUS OUTLOOK.
THE RIDGE IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN BREAKING DOWN EARLY NEXT WEEK. THIS
SHOULD HELP TO MODERATE TEMPS A BIT AND BRING AN INCREASE TO
AFTERNOON AND EVENING CONVECTION.

&&

.AVIATION /21Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
WILL ASSESS POTENTIAL FOR UPSTREAM THUNDERSTORMS TO ADVANCE INTO
TAF SITES LATE THIS EVENING/OVERNIGHT...BUT ODDS FAVOR
THUNDERSTORMS DISSIPATING INLAND AFTER DARK. OUTSIDE ANY
THUNDERSTORMS...VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THIS EVENING.
WITH LINGERING MOISTURE FROM AFTERNOON RAIN...LIGHT WINDS AND
CLEARING SKIES OVERNIGHT...THERE REMAINS POTENTIAL FOR MVFR FOG
EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. YET POTENTIAL REMAINS LOW AT THIS TIME
THUS WILL MAINTAIN VFR CONDITIONS AT KCHS AND MARGINAL MVFR
VISIBILITIES WHERE RAIN HAD ALREADY OCCURRED AT KSAV.

EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...MVFR/IFR POSSIBLE IN SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND STORMS THU AFTERNOON AND EVENING. OTHERWISE VFR CONDITIONS WILL
PREVAIL.

&&

.MARINE...
S/SW WINDS WILL LIKELY SURGE AGAIN TNGT INTO TMRW MRNG AS THE PRES
GRADIENT TIGHTENS A BIT WITH AN INLAND TROF OF LOW PRES MOVING TO
THE COAST AND GRADUALLY OFFSHORE. HOWEVER...EARLY THUNDERSTORMS
COULD DELAY THE SURGE FOR A TIME THIS EVENING. SUSTAINED SPEEDS
MAY NUDGE CLOSER TO 20 KT...INCLUDING AN OCNL GUST OVER 20
KT...BUT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SCA LEVELS AS A
WHOLE AND SEAS REMAINING CAPPED AT 4 FT.

THE DIURNAL SEABREEZE CIRCULATION WILL AGAIN DOMINATE THU WITH
ATLC HIGH PRESSURE PERSISTING WELL E OF THE CHS MARINE AREA AND A WEAK
TROUGH OF LOW PRES REMAINS OVER LAND. SW WINDS LESS THAN 15 KT IN
THE MORNING WILL BACK TO S IN THE AFTERNOON...INCREASING TO NEAR 15
KT...THEN WILL RETURN TO SW IN THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT WHILE
REDUCING BACK TO THE 10-15 KT RANGE. SEAS WILL CONTINUE TO REMAIN
BELOW 4 FT. AS ANOTHER TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE ADVANCES THROUGH THE
WATERS THU NIGHT...WINDS WILL VEER TOWARD THE W AND WILL DIMINISH
TO 10 KT OR LESS LATE.

AN EXPANSIVE RIDGE FRI THROUGH MON WILL MAINTAIN SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST
WINDS ACROSS THE WATERS WITH SPEEDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 KT AND
SEAS LESS THAN 3 FT. A WEAK SEABREEZE SHOULD PUSH WINDS CLOSER TO 10
KT RIGHT ALONG THE COAST EACH AFTERNOON.

&&

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

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 5, 5:17 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
517 PM EDT WED AUG 5 2009

AMZ330-350-352-354-374-GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-
042>045-047>051-061000-
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-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-
517 PM EDT WED AUG 5 2009

...SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING...

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL
CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
THROUGH THIS EVENING. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY BECOME
SEVERE...BRIEFLY PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS EXCEEDING 60 MPH
AND HAIL RANGING IN SIZE FROM PENNIES TO QUARTERS. ANY
THUNDERSTORMS COULD ALSO PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING AND EXCESSIVE
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. SEVERE WEATHER WILL MOST LIKELY OCCUR
ACROSS INLAND AREAS NORTH AND WEST OF CHARLESTON AND SAVANNAH
UNTIL 11 PM.

THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP OVER LAND COULD PUSH INTO COASTAL
WATERS WITH GUSTY WINDS THIS EVENING.

REMAIN ALERT FOR WARNINGS...STATEMENTS AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

EXCESSIVE HEAT...STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE REGION
ALLOWING HEAT AND HUMIDITY TO BUILD THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT
WEEK. HEAT INDICES MAY REACH BETWEEN 105 AND 110 DEGREES DURING
THE AFTERNOON HOURS. HEAT ADVISORIES MAY EVENTUALLY BE REQUIRED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 5, 4:53 PM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
453 PM EDT WED AUG 05 2009

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

0355 PM     TSTM WND DMG     REEVESVILLE             33.21N 80.65W
08/05/2009                   DORCHESTER         SC   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            3 TREES DOWN IN REEVESVILLE. 1 ALONG HIGHWAY 78. 1 ON ST.
            MARK BOWMAN ROAD. 1 ON WIRE ROAD.

&&

VB

Special weather statement, Aug 5, 5:08 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
508 PM EDT WED AUG 5 2009

GAZ087-052145-
JENKINS-
508 PM EDT WED AUG 5 2009

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT JENKINS COUNTY THROUGH 545 PM
EDT...

AT 507 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...AND STRONG
WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HERNDON...OR
ABOUT 13 MILES WEST OF MILLEN...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

AREAS IN AND AROUND HERNDON...BIRDSVILLE...ROGERS...THRIFT...
MILLEN...LAWTON...WILL BE IMPACTED THROUGH 545 PM EDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING. POSTPONE OUTDOOR
ACTIVITIES PROMPTLY. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE AN ENCLOSED BUILDING.

BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AS STORMS APPROACH.
BE READY TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION IN CASE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR LOCATION.

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, Aug 5, 5:09 PM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
509 PM EDT WED AUG 05 2009

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

0410 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 W REEVESVILLE         33.21N 80.67W
08/05/2009                   DORCHESTER         SC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREE DOWN ON RAILROAD TRACKS NEAR PATTON RD.

0415 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 WNW SAINT GEORGE      33.20N 80.61W
08/05/2009                   DORCHESTER         SC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREE DOWN ON BADHAM DR.

&&

JRL

Local storm report, Aug 5, 5:51 PM EDT, 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
551 PM EDT WED AUG 05 2009

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

0320 PM     LIGHTNING        SAVANNAH                32.05N 81.08W
08/05/2009                   CHATHAM            GA   NEWSPAPER

            HOUSE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

&&

JRL

Special weather statement, Aug 5, 6:01 PM EDT, 20 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
601 PM EDT WED AUG 5 2009

GAZ099-100-052230-
BULLOCH-CANDLER-
601 PM EDT WED AUG 5 2009

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT EXTREME NORTHWESTERN BULLOCH AND
CANDLER COUNTIES THROUGH 630 PM EDT...

AT 601 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...AND STRONG
WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OLIFFTOWN...OR
ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF METTER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

AREAS IN AND AROUND OLIFFTOWN...UNION...UNION...WILL BE IMPACTED
THROUGH 630 PM EDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED. IF TIME
PERMITS...UNPLUG COMPUTERS...TELEVISION SETS...CABLE MODEMS AND OTHER
HOME APPLIANCES AS THEY ARE SUSCEPTIBLE TO POWER SURGES AND MAY BE
DAMAGED BY NEARBY LIGHTNING STRIKES.

BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AS STORMS APPROACH.
BE READY TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION IN CASE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR LOCATION.

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, Aug 5, 6:08 PM EDT, 13 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
608 PM EDT WED AUG 5 2009

SCZ040-052245-
ALLENDALE-
608 PM EDT WED AUG 5 2009

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHERN ALLENDALE COUNTY THROUGH
645 PM EDT...

AT 608 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 1/2 INCH HAIL...AND
STRONG WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM SEIGLING TO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF APPLETON...OR ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTH OF ALLENDALE TO 10 MILES WEST OF
ALLENDALE...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

AREAS IN AND AROUND APPLETON...SEIGLING...ALLENDALE...ULMER...WILL BE
IMPACTED THROUGH 645 PM EDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HAVE AN ACTION PLAN READY IN THE EVENT THIS STORM STRENGTHENS OR A
WARNING IS ISSUED. CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS
FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AS STORMS APPROACH.
BE READY TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION IN CASE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR LOCATION.

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
Aug 5, 2:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Liberty, Long, McIntosh	61 min
Aug 5, 3:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Bryan, Chatham, Effingham, Liberty	35 min
Aug 5, 5:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Bulloch, Jenkins, Screven	55 min

Nearby

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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.