Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Charleston, SC

000 
WWUS52 KCHS 050023
SVSCHS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
823 PM EDT MON MAY 4 2009

SCC015-050100-
/O.CON.KCHS.SV.W.0048.000000T0000Z-090505T0100Z/
BERKELEY SC-
823 PM EDT MON MAY 4 2009

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL BERKELEY COUNTY...

AT 820 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL. 
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NEWLAND...OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF
MCCLELLANVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE....
SIMMONSVILLE... 
NEWLAND...
SHULERVILLE...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMAIN ALERT. WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL RAPIDLY DETERIORATE AS STORMS
APPROACH. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR
ROOM AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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 3322 7944 3316 7962 3324 7968 3330 7966
      3328 7958 3325 7952 3325 7949 3324 7946
TIME...MOT...LOC 0022Z 248DEG 18KT 3322 7960

$$

000 
WWUS52 KCHS 050033
SVSCHS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
833 PM EDT MON MAY 4 2009

SCC015-050043-
/O.CAN.KCHS.SV.W.0048.000000T0000Z-090505T0100Z/
BERKELEY SC-
833 PM EDT MON MAY 4 2009

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL BERKELEY COUNTY
HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

AT 832 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT
PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...THUS THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT 
MONDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.

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 3322 7944 3316 7962 3324 7968 3330 7966
      3328 7958 3325 7952 3325 7949 3324 7946
TIME...MOT...LOC 0033Z 248DEG 18KT 3324 7954

$$

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
735 PM EDT MON MAY 4 2009

...SEVERE WEATHER RISK ACROSS PARTS OF THE AREA THIS EVENING...

.SYNOPSIS...
ATLANTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN JUST OFF THE COAST FOR MOST OF
THE WEEK...WHILE A SURFACE TROUGH PERSISTS INLAND. AN APPROACHING
FRONT MAY MOVE INTO THE SOUTHEAST STATES DURING THE LATE WEEK
PERIOD.

&&

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM TUESDAY MORNING/...
THE LARGE CONVECTIVE CLUTTERS OVER SC AND GA TO THE NORTHERN PART OF
FLORIDA WILL CONTINUE TO BE A CONCERN ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA THROUGH
THIS EVENING...AS STRONG SHORT WAVE IN THE SAME AREA PUSHES ACROSS
THE CWFA. WHILE THE FIRST BATCH OF POTENTIAL SEVERE TSTMS IS
BRUSHING SCREVEN AND ALLENDALE COUNTIES LATE THIS AFTERNOON...THERE
IS ADDITIONAL STRONG STORMS ACROSS SOUTHERN GA WHICH TAKING ON A
BOW ORIENTATION. WIND FIELDS...WHILE NOT IMPRESSIVE ARE ENOUGH TO
ENHANCE UPDRAFTS THAT GET GOING ACROSS THE AREA...FURTHER ENHANCED
BY SBCAPES THAT ACCORDING TO SPC HOURLY MESOSCALE ANALYSIS IS AS
HIGH AS 2000-2500 J/KG. LIFTED INDICES ON BOTH MSAS ANALYSIS AND
FROM SPC ARE AS STRONG AS -6 AND -7. WHILE OUR MID LEVEL LAPSE
RATES HAVE FALLEN SINCE EARLIER TODAY...THEY ARE STILL QUITE
IMPRESSIVE AT 6-6.5 DEGREES C ACROSS THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA. AS
THE MCS CONTINUES TO SHIFT EASTWARD...ADDITIONAL OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES
WILL PUSH INTO THE AREA...AND INTERACT WITH OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES
ALREADY IN PLACE FROM ONGOING CONVECTION. IN ADDITION...SEA BREEZE
BOUNDARY...WHICH IS STRUGGLING TO REACH THE US-17 CORRIDOR WILL
STILL COME INTO PLAY AS IT INTERACTS WITH APPROACHING CONVERGENT
BOUNDARIES FROM THE WEST. WITH DYNAMICS...THERMODYNAMICS...MOISTURE
AND INSTABILITY ALL IN PLACE THERE REMAINS A RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER
THROUGH THIS EVENING...UNTIL WE LOSE DIURNAL HEATING AND THE SHORT
WAVE PASSES THROUGH BY 01Z WEST AND 04Z EAST. WE HAVE MAINTAINED THE
PROBABILITY OF DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL...BUT GIVEN PWATS 1.5
TO 1.75 INCHES /WELL ABOVE NORMAL/...AND SOME INLAND SOUNDINGS
INDICATIVE OF POSSIBLE TRAINING...WE WILL ALSO MAINTAIN THE CHANCE
OF HEAVY RAINS. ANOTHER SHORT WAVE TROUGH WILL PUSH THROUGH THE AREA
LATE TONIGHT...BUT BY THEN MOST OF INSTABILITY AND THERMODYNAMICS
HAVE EXITED THE REGION.

OUR FORECAST FOR TONIGHT WILL SHOW HIGHEST COVERAGE OF SHOWERS/TSTMS
EARLY TONIGHT IN THE NW TIER BEFORE THE SHORT WAVE MOVES THROUGH. WE
WILL HIGH CHANCE TO LIKELY POPS NW OF A LINE FROM MCCLELLANVILLE TO
CHARLESTON TO HARDEEVILLE...STATESBORO AND REIDSVILLE. POPS WILL TREND
DOWNWARDS QUICKLY AFTER SHORT WAVE PASSAGE OVERNIGHT...WITH NO MORE
THAN CHANCE POPS NORTH...AND SLIGHT CHANCE OR NIL POPS TO THE SOUTH
BY MORNING. ANY REFORMATION OF PRECIP WITH THE SECOND SHORT WAVE
WILL REMAIN TO THE WEST AND NW OF THE CWFA THROUGH TONIGHT.

WITH SOME CLEARING OF CLOUD COVER LATE TONIGHT OVER SE GA WE WILL
NEED TO KEEP WATCH FOR FOG FORMATION...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS THAT
RECEIVE RAINFALL. HOWEVER...GIVEN THAT GEOSTROPHIC WINDS ARE AS HIGH
AS 15-20 KT...THIS WOULD NEGATE ANY MENTION OF FOG IN THE FORECAST
AT THIS TIME.

LOWEST TEMPS TONIGHT WILL AGAIN BE WELL ABOVE NORMAL /WHICH IS IN
THE MID 50S TO LOWER 60S/...WITH LOWEST READINGS ONLY DOWN INTO THE
MIDDLE AND UPPER 60S MOST LOCATIONS.

&&

.SHORT TERM /6 AM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH 6 PM TUESDAY/...
THE CHANGE TO THE UNSETTLED AND WETTER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE AGAIN
TOMORROW...AS YET ANOTHER SHORT WAVE TROUGH MOVES INTO THE AREA
TUESDAY AFTERNOON. DEEP MOISTURE WILL AGAIN PREVAIL WITH PWATS OF
1.5 TO 1.75 INCHES...AND SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY AGAIN IN PLACE AHEAD
OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY TO THE NW. REMNANTS OF THE MCS OVER THE SE
TONIGHT WILL BE IN PLACE DURING TUESDAY...WITH VARIOUS LOW LEVEL AND
SURFACE BOUNDARIES TO AGAIN RESULT FROM IT...OTHER CONVECTION AND
THE SEA BREEZE.

LAPSE RATES ARE WEAK TO MODERATE ON TUESDAY...WHILE LIFTED INDICES
OF -4/-5 AND SBCAPES OF 1000-1500 J/KG SUGGEST THERE WILL BE
SUFFICIENT LIFT ONCE AGAIN FOR CONVECTION TO DEVELOP AS MOISTURE
AXIS REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA. BOTH A MID LEVEL JET
AND AN UPPER LEVEL SPEED MAX WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA LATE WILL HELP
TO ENHANCE THE UPDRAFTS AND WE COULD AGAIN BE LOOKING AT THE
POSSIBILITY OF STRONG OR SEVERE TSTMS. HOWEVER...WITH PLENTY OF
CONVECTIVE DEBRIS CLOUDINESS AND FORECAST CONVECTIVE TEMPS IN THE
MID 80S /WHICH LOOKS TO BE A LITTLE HIGHER THAN OUR MAX TEMPS...OUR
CONFIDENCE IS NOT HIGH ENOUGH TO INCLUDE IN THE PUBLIC FORECAST.
THAT ALONG WITH SPC DAY 2 PROBABILITIES OF ONLY 5 PERCENT SUGGEST NO
MENTION OF SEVERE WEATHER YET IN THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK.
SHOULD WE SEE ENOUGH INSOLATION WITH A THINNING OF THE DEBRIS
CLOUDS...THEN STRONG WINDS WOULD BE THE PRIMARY RISK...AND WITH WET
BULBS NEAR 10-11K FT AND 500 MB TEMPS AROUND -12C...HAIL WOULD ALSO
BE OF CONCERN. BULK SHEAR IS NO MORE THAN 25-30 KT...WHICH SUGGESTS
THAT ANY SPINUPS THAT MAY OCCUR WOULD HAVE TO FORM ALONG AN
INTERACTION OF BOUNDARIES...SUCH AS THE SEA BREEZE. SPEAKING OF
WHICH...THE SYNOPTIC FLOW IS MORE SOUTHERLY ON TUESDAY...ALLOWING
THE SEA BREEZE TO PENETRATE INLAND MUCH FURTHER THAN
TODAY...ESPECIALLY OVER SC. LOOK FOR INLAND PENETRATION NEAR THE
I-95 CORRIDOR...PROVIDED WE SEE ENOUGH SUNSHINE.

WHILE THICKNESS SUPPORTS READINGS INTO THE MID AND UPPER 80S...GIVEN
CONSIDERABLE CLOUDINESS AND ONSHORE FLOW...WE HAVE TRIMMED THOSE
VALUES BY ABOUT 2-4 DEGREES. THIS RESULTS IN 80-85 MOST
AREAS...EXCEPT MID-UPPER 70S AT THE BEACHES.

&&

.LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/...
MEDIUM RANGE GUIDANCE IS IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH THE
EXTENDED PERIODS THIS AFTERNOON. MODEL SOLUTIONS CONTINUE TO SHOW
ATLANTIC RIDGE REMAINING IN PLACE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE FORECAST
AREA...WITH A FRONTAL BOUNDARY HANGING UP ACROSS THE SOUTHERN
MID-ATLANTIC STATES THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK AND INTO THE
FIRST HALF OF THE UPCOMING WEEKEND.

UPPER LEVEL FLOW IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN ZONAL THROUGH THE
WEEKEND...WITH SOME SHORTWAVE ENERGY MOVING THROUGH THE PROGRESSIVE
FLOW ALOFT. WITH DEEP MOISTURE IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION AND SOME
UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT...WILL NEED TO KEEP SLIGHT CHANCE/LOW CHANCE
POPS IN THE FORECAST FOR MOST ZONES TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY FOR
MAINLY AFTERNOON/EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. BEST CHANCES FOR
RAINFALL APPEAR TO BE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING AT THIS TIME...AS
A FAIRLY STRONG SHORTWAVE TROUGH PUSHES THROUGH THE REGION. THE
AMOUNT OF INSTABILITY REMAINS QUESTIONABLE AT THIS TIME...BUT IF A
FAIR AMOUNT OF SUNSHINE IS SEEN...WE COULD BE LOOKING AT DECENT
SEVERE WEATHER EVENT.

MODEL CONSENSUS SUGGESTS THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL PUSH SOUTHWARD
INTO THE FORECAST AREA SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. THERE REMAINS SOME
QUESTION REGARDING ITS PROGRESSION THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA...SO
FOR NOW WILL KEEP SLIGHT CHANCE POPS IN THE FORECAST BOTH SUNDAY AND
MONDAY.

TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO RUN SLIGHTLY ABOVE CLIMO THROUGH THE
EXTENDED PERIODS.

&&

.AVIATION /00Z TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
THE MAIN CHALLENGE FOR THE 18Z TAF PERIOD REMAINS TRYING TO PIN
DOWN THE TIMING...INTENSITY AND COVERAGE OF POSSIBLE SHOWER AND
TSTM ACTIVITY THAT WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND
INTO THE EVENING. HAVE MAINTAINED CB GROUPS FOR BOTH KCHS AND KSAV
ALONG WITH INCLUDING A TEMPO GROUP OF -TSRA BY 22Z OR SHORTLY
AFTER. YET...WILL HAVE TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR RADAR TRENDS AS
TIMING OF PRECIP REMAINS UNCERTAIN AS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
HAVE ALREADY DEVELOPED WEST OF KSAV. EXPECT GUSTY WINDS IN/NEAR
ANY THUNDERSTORMS...ALONG WITH MVFR VISIBILITIES OR LOWER. WILL
AMEND TAFS IF THESE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO AFFECT EITHER
TERMINAL. WINDS WILL BACK MORE SOUTHERLY OVERNIGHT WITH SOUNDINGS
SHOWING 25 TO 30 KNOT WINDS AROUND 2000 FT AGL. IF SURFACE WINDS
DROP OFF MORE THAN EXPECTED OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY
MORNING...LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR MAY NEED TO BE INTRODUCED INTO THE
TAFS...ESPECIALLY FOR KCHS. THIS WILL BE REEVALUATED AT THE NEXT
TAF PERIOD AS WELL AS ANY POTENTIAL FOR CONVECTION TUESDAY
AFTERNOON/EVENING.

EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...THERE IS A CHANCE OF MVFR OR LOWER
CONDITIONS IN SHOWERS AND TSTMS THROUGH AT LEAST WEDNESDAY. VFR
CONDITIONS ARE THEN EXPECTED THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

&&

.MARINE...
THE COASTAL WATERS WILL REMAIN ALONG THE NW EDGE OF THE SUB TROPICAL
ATLANTIC RIDGE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY...AS THE PERSISTENT AND NEARLY
STATIONARY FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO LIE INLAND TO THE NORTH
AND WEST. THERE MAY BE A SMALL WINDOW FOR A DISRUPTION IN THE
SOUTHERLY FLOW OVER THE COASTAL WATERS EARLY TONIGHT IN ASSOCIATION
WITH THE MCS...BUT LIKE RECENT NIGHTS WE LOOK FOR A NOCTURNAL SURGE
AS THE LOW LEVEL JET SKIRTS THE AREA AND 1000 MB GEOSTROPHIC WINDS
INCREASE. HOWEVER...DESPITE THE SURGE...WINDS AND SEAS WILL REMAIN
BELOW ANY SCA CRITERIA. SEA BREEZE CIRCULATION WILL ENHANCE WINDS IN
CHARLESTON HARBOR AND NEAR THE COAST TUESDAY AFTERNOON...BUT WE SEE
CONDITIONS FALLING JUST SHY OF ANY SCA OVER AMZ330...WITH SPEEDS NO
MORE THAN 15-20 KT OVER THE ATLANTIC AND SEAS 5 FT OR LESS.

ATLANTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE SOUTH OF THE
REGION...WITH A FRONTAL BOUNDARY HUNG UP ACROSS THE SOUTHERN
MID-ATLANTIC STATES. THIS WILL RESULT IN A PERSISTENT
SOUTH-SOUTHWEST FLOW ACROSS THE WATERS TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
SATURDAY. AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THAT WINDS/SEAS WILL REMAIN BELOW
SMALL CRAFT THRESHOLDS...BUT WILL NEED TO KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON WINDS
FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY AS PORTIONS OF THE WATERS MAY APPROACH
SMALL CRAFT LEVELS.

&&

.CHS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR
     GAZ087-088-100-101-116>119-138-139.
SC...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR
     SCZ040-042>045-047>051.
MARINE...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR
     AMZ330-350.

&&

33

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
754 PM EDT MON MAY 4 2009

AMZ350-352-354-374-GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-042-047-
048-051-051000-
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 JASPER-BEAUFORT-COASTAL JASPER-
754 PM EDT MON MAY 4 2009

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

AMZ330-SCZ043>045-049-050-051000-
CHARLESTON HARBOR-INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER-BERKELEY-
COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-
754 PM EDT MON MAY 4 2009

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 243 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

33

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
657 PM EDT MON MAY 04 2009

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

0645 PM     HAIL             KNIGHTSVILLE            33.01N 80.24W
05/04/2009  E0.88 INCH       DORCHESTER         SC   PUBLIC

&&

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
701 PM EDT MON MAY 04 2009

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

0658 PM     HAIL             SUMMERVILLE             33.02N 80.18W
05/04/2009  E1.25 INCH       DORCHESTER         SC   PUBLIC

            HAIL WAS FALLING ON ALT ROUTE 17.

&&

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
713 PM EDT MON MAY 04 2009

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

0650 PM     HAIL             JEDBURG                 33.06N 80.24W
05/04/2009  E0.88 INCH       DORCHESTER         SC   PUBLIC

            HAIL FELL AT JEDBURG ROAD AND ROUTE 78.

0701 PM     HAIL             SUMMERVILLE             33.02N 80.18W
05/04/2009  E0.75 INCH       DORCHESTER         SC   PUBLIC

0703 PM     HAIL             SUMMERVILLE             33.02N 80.18W
05/04/2009  E1.75 INCH       DORCHESTER         SC   PUBLIC

            HAIL FELL IN THE CARRIAGE LANE SUBDIVISION.

0706 PM     HAIL             SUMMERVILLE             33.02N 80.18W
05/04/2009  E1.00 INCH       DORCHESTER         SC   PUBLIC

0710 PM     HAIL             SANGAREE                33.04N 80.13W
05/04/2009  E1.00 INCH       BERKELEY           SC   PUBLIC

&&

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
730 PM EDT MON MAY 04 2009

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

0710 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     SUMMERVILLE             33.02N 80.18W
05/04/2009                   DORCHESTER         SC   PUBLIC

            FUNNEL CLOUD WAS SPOTTED NEAR THE AZALEA SHOPPING CENTER.

0714 PM     HAIL             MONCKS CORNER           33.20N 80.01W
05/04/2009  E0.88 INCH       BERKELEY           SC   PUBLIC

0714 PM     HAIL             MONCKS CORNER           33.20N 80.01W
05/04/2009  E0.88 INCH       BERKELEY           SC   PUBLIC

            HAIL WAS REPORTED IN THE BROOK VALLEY SUBDIVISION.

0721 PM     HAIL             MONCKS CORNER           33.20N 80.01W
05/04/2009  E0.88 INCH       BERKELEY           SC   PUBLIC

            HAIL WAS REPORTED AT THE ALT 17 AND ROUTE 176
            INTERSECTION AT THE WINDWARD SUBDIVISION.

&&

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
751 PM EDT MON MAY 04 2009

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

0650 PM     HAIL             1 NE SUMMERVILLE        33.03N 80.16W
05/04/2009  E1.75 INCH       DORCHESTER         SC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HAIL FELL AT INTERSTATE 26 EXIT 199. TIME ESTIMATED FROM
            RADAR.

&&

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
754 PM EDT MON MAY 4 2009

SCZ044-045-050045-
BERKELEY-DORCHESTER-
754 PM EDT MON MAY 4 2009

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT EAST CENTRAL DORCHESTER AND WEST
CENTRAL BERKELEY COUNTIES THROUGH 845 PM EDT...

AT 752 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL...AND GUSTY
WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR JEDBURG...OR
ABOUT OVER PINEWOOD PREPARATORY...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

AREAS IN AND AROUND COLLEGE PARK...JEDBURG...KNIGHTSVILLE...PINEWOOD
PREPARATORY...SANGAREE AND SUMMERVILLE WILL BE IMPACTED THROUGH 845
PM EDT.

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

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. THUNDERSTORMS CAN
PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES
SUDDENLY...SOMETIMES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY
CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE READY TO ACT QUICKLY IF SEVERE
WEATHER IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.

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.