Alert archive / South Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 2013
Flash Flood Warning 30, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this flash flood warning at Jul 29, 2013, 5:52 PM EDT for Berkeley County, Charleston County, Dorchester County, South Carolina. It was in force for 4 hr. 16 reports 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 29, 2013, 5:52 PM EDT (21:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 29, 2013, 9:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Berkeley County, SC, Charleston County, SC, Dorchester County, SC
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 6:15 PM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.31 | 2 Wsw Ladson, SC | SPOTTER REPORTED 2.31 INCHES OF RAIN FALLING IN ONE HOUR ON LADSON ROAD. |
| Jul 29, 6:22 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Crowfield Plantation, SC | WESTVIEW BLVD NEAR PINEVIEW ROAD AND ALL OF SPRING HALL ROAD BETWEEN WESTVIEW BLVD AND CROWFIELD BLVD IS CLOSED AND FLOODED. SEVERAL CARS ARE FLOODED. |
| Jul 29, 6:35 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 Wsw Ladson, SC | TROLLEY ROAD ROAD NEAR OAKBROOK FLOODED. CARS FLOATING. WATER AT LEAST WAIST HIGH. |
| Jul 29, 6:38 PM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.33 | 5 Nne Sangaree, SC | 2.33 INCHES IN 25 MINUTES. |
| Jul 29, 6:41 PM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 4.66 | Goose Creek, SC | |
| Jul 29, 6:44 PM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.92 | 2 S Summerville, SC | |
| Jul 29, 6:47 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Ne Summerville, SC | FARM SPRINDS ROAD FLOODED. |
| Jul 29, 6:50 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 N College Park, SC | WARNING POINT REPORTED FLOODING AT THE INTERSECTION OF TJ LANE AND COLLEGE PARK ROAD. ONE WATER RESCUE WAS NEEDED. |
| Jul 29, 6:50 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 W Crowfield Plantatio, SC | WARNING POINT REPORTED FLOODING AT THE INTERSECTION OF CROWFIELD BOULEVARD AND CORPORATE ROAD. ONE WATER RESCUE WAS NEEDED. |
| Jul 29, 7:05 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 E Ladson, SC | FLOODING AT 9400 BLOCK OF HIGHWAY 78. WATER RESCUE WAS NEEDED. |
| Jul 29, 7:50 PM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 6.53 | 1 Ssw Crowfield Plantat, SC | NWS EMPLOYEE REPORTED RAINFALL TOTAL OF 6.53 INCHES. MOST FELL WITHIN A PERIOD OF THREE HOURS. |
| Jul 29, 8:00 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 S Summerville, SC | HIGHWAY PATROL REPORTS FLOODING AT THE INTERSECTION OF SAVANNAH ROUND AND OLD TROLLEY ROAD. ROAD IS CLOSED. |
| Jul 29, 8:00 PM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 4.12 | 2 Wsw Ladson, SC | SPOTTER REPORTED 4.12 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE COURSE OF ABOUT TWO HOURS. |
| Jul 29, 8:14 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Wsw Ladson, SC | HIGHWAY PATROL REPORTS ROADWAY WASHOUT AT MARYLAND DRIVE AND GLENDA VIEW DRIVE. |
| Jul 29, 8:35 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | College Park, SC | TRINITY ROAD FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE. BRIDGE COMPLETELY SUBMERGED. OXFORD ROAD IMPASSABLE. |
| Jul 29, 9:43 PM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 4.44 | 2 S Summerville, SC |
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 9 storm reports to this flash flood 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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 16 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
- 1843 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 946 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
485 WGUS52 KCHS 292152 FFWCHS SCC015-019-035-292345- /O.NEW.KCHS.FF.W.0030.130729T2152Z-130729T2345Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 552 PM EDT MON JUL 29 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN BERKELEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA... CENTRAL CHARLESTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA... SOUTHEASTERN DORCHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA... * UNTIL 745 PM EDT * AT 551 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINS MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN DORCHESTER COUNTY. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 645 PM. RADAR ESTIMATES AS MUCH AS 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN THIS AFTERNOON...MUCH OF WHICH HAS FALLEN IN THE GOOSE CREEK AREA. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO LOCALLY 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 745 PM...RESULTING IN SOME SIGNIFICANT URBAN AND FLASH FLOODING. * FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND... GOOSE CREEK...LADSON...CROWFIELD PLANTATION...COLLEGE PARK... NORTH CHARLESTON...NORTHWOODS MALL...MIDDLETON PLACE... CHARLESTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AVOID DRIVING INTO WATER ON THE ROAD. THE WATER IS USUALLY DEEPER THAN IT APPEARS AND THE ROAD MAY BE WASHED OUT. ONLY ONE FOOT OF WATER WILL STALL A VEHICLE AND LESS THAN TWO FEET OF WATER CAN FLOAT AND CARRY AWAY A VEHICLE. FLOODING IS THE NUMBER ONE WEATHER-RELATED CAUSE OF DEATH IN THE UNITED STATES. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. TO REPORT FLOODING...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024. && LAT...LON 3309 8026 3315 7990 3291 7988 3284 8019 $$
5 follow-up statements
135 WGUS72 KCHS 292227 FFSCHS FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 627 PM EDT MON JUL 29 2013 SCC015-019-035-292345- /O.CON.KCHS.FF.W.0030.000000T0000Z-130729T2345Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DORCHESTER SC-CHARLESTON SC-BERKELEY SC- 627 PM EDT MON JUL 29 2013 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN BERKELEY...CENTRAL CHARLESTON AND SOUTHEASTERN DORCHESTER COUNTIES... AT 621 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINS FALLING FROM NORTH CHARLESTON TO SUMMERVILLE TO GOOSE CREEK. RADAR ESTIMATES AS MUCH AS 2 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN SOME AREAS OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS. THE HEAVIEST RAINS SO FAR HAVE FALLEN IN THE GOOSE CREEK AREA. REPORTS OF SOME ROADS BEING FLOODED AND CLOSED HAVE BEEN RECEIVED IN THE SUMMERVILLE AND GOOSE CREEK AREAS. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND CHARLESTON INTL AIRPORT... COLLEGE PARK...GOOSE CREEK...HANAHAN...JEDBURG...LADSON...SANGAREE... SUMMERVILLE...ARCHDALE...CROWFIELD PLANTATION...DON HOLT BRIDGE... I-26/I-526 INTERCHANGE...MAGNOLIA GARDENS...MIDDLETON PLACE AND NAVAL WEAPONS STATION CHARLESTON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HOMES AND BUSINESSES MAY BEGIN TO FLOOD DUE TO THE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. IF YOU ARE IN A LOW-LYING AREA...BE PROACTIVE. RAISE SENSITIVE ITEMS OFF THE GROUND BEFORE FLOODING BEGINS. TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV. REPORTS CAN ALSO BE SENT THROUGH TWITTER USING #WXREPORT. && LAT...LON 3309 8026 3315 7990 3291 7988 3284 8019 $$
899 WGUS72 KCHS 292303 FFSCHS FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 703 PM EDT MON JUL 29 2013 SCC015-019-035-292345- /O.CON.KCHS.FF.W.0030.000000T0000Z-130729T2345Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DORCHESTER SC-CHARLESTON SC-BERKELEY SC- 703 PM EDT MON JUL 29 2013 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN BERKELEY...CENTRAL CHARLESTON AND SOUTHEASTERN DORCHESTER COUNTIES... AT 703 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED RAIN GRADUALLY ENDING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...THE RISK FOR FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES. LAW ENFORCEMENT...SPOTTER AND SOCIAL MEDIA REPORTS INDICATE SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING ACROSS PARTS OF SUMMERVILLE AND GOOSE CREEK WHERE RADAR ESTIMATES AS MUCH AS 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN. SOME ROADS ARE CLOSED AND FLOOD WATERS HAVE ENTERED SOME HOMES AND BUSINESSES. FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY ONGOING IN OTHER AREAS...INCLUDING PARTS OF NORTH CHARLESTON. IT WILL TAKE SEVERAL OURS FOR FLOOD WATERS TO RECEDE AND THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND CHARLESTON INTL AIRPORT... COLLEGE PARK...GOOSE CREEK...HANAHAN...JEDBURG...LADSON...SANGAREE... SUMMERVILLE...ARCHDALE...CROWFIELD PLANTATION...DON HOLT BRIDGE... I-26/I-526 INTERCHANGE...MAGNOLIA GARDENS...MIDDLETON PLACE AND NAVAL WEAPONS STATION CHARLESTON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE MAJORITY OF FLOOD DEATHS ARE DUE TO PEOPLE DRIVING INTO WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. EVEN MODERN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES ARE VULNERABLE TO FLOODING. TO AVOID THE RISK OF DEATH...FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE IF THE ROAD IS FLOODED. KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM STORM DRAINS...WATER CATCHMENTS...AND STREAMS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF MOVING WATER CAN KNOCK A CHILD OFF THEIR FEET AND SWEEP THEM TO THEIR DEATH. TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV. REPORTS CAN ALSO BE SENT THROUGH TWITTER USING #WXREPORT. && LAT...LON 3309 8026 3315 7990 3291 7988 3284 8019 $$
548 WGUS52 KCHS 292338 FFWCHS SCC015-019-035-300145- /O.EXT.KCHS.FF.W.0030.000000T0000Z-130730T0145Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 738 PM EDT MON JUL 29 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS EXTENDED THE * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN BERKELEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA... CENTRAL CHARLESTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA... SOUTHEASTERN DORCHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA... * UNTIL 945 PM EDT * AT 731 PM EDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS...SPOTTERS AND SOCIAL MEDIA REPORTS INDICATE FLASH FLOODING PERSISTS IN MANY AREAS EARLY THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY IN THE SUMMERVILLE AND GOOSE CREEK AREAS. RADAR ESTIMATES AS MUCH AS 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN THESE AREAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ALTHOUGH THE RISK FOR ADDITIONAL RAIN HAS ENDED FOR NOW...IT WILL TAKE SOME TIME FOR FLOOD WATERS TO RECEDE. THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS THEREFORE BEEN EXTENDED. * FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND... LADSON...NAVAL WEAPONS STATION CHARLESTON...GOOSE CREEK...CROWFIELD PLANTATION...NORTH CHARLESTON... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE MAJORITY OF FLOOD DEATHS ARE DUE TO PEOPLE DRIVING INTO WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. EVEN MODERN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES ARE VULNERABLE TO FLOODING. TO AVOID THE RISK OF DEATH...FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE IF THE ROAD IS FLOODED. KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM STORM DRAINS...WATER CATCHMENTS...AND STREAMS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF MOVING WATER CAN KNOCK A CHILD OFF THEIR FEET AND SWEEP THEM TO THEIR DEATH. TO REPORT FLOODING...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024. && LAT...LON 3309 8026 3315 7990 3291 7988 3284 8019 $$
242 WGUS72 KCHS 300105 FFSCHS FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 905 PM EDT MON JUL 29 2013 SCC015-019-035-300145- /O.CON.KCHS.FF.W.0030.000000T0000Z-130730T0145Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DORCHESTER SC-CHARLESTON SC-BERKELEY SC- 905 PM EDT MON JUL 29 2013 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM EDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN BERKELEY...CENTRAL CHARLESTON AND SOUTHEASTERN DORCHESTER COUNTIES... ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS NOT IMMEDIATELY EXPECTED IN THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING AREA. HOWEVER...FLASH FLOODING PERSISTS IN A FEW AREAS DUE TO EARLIER TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. AT 905 PM EDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS...SPOTTERS AND SOCIAL MEDIA REPORTS INDICATE FLASH FLOODING PERSISTS IN MANY AREAS THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY IN THE SUMMERVILLE AND GOOSE CREEK AREAS. RADAR ESTIMATES AS MUCH AS 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN THESE AREAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ALTHOUGH THE RISK FOR ADDITIONAL RAIN HAS ENDED FOR NOW...IT WILL TAKE SOME TIME FOR FLOOD WATERS TO RECEDE. THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THEREFORE REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND... LADSON...NAVAL WEAPONS STATION CHARLESTON...GOOSE CREEK...CROWFIELD PLANTATION...NORTH CHARLESTON... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WATER DEPTH IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO DETERMINE AT NIGHT. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER ON THE ROADWAY EVEN IF IT APPEARS SHALLOW. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. A SHORT DELAY IN YOUR TRAVEL PLANS IS BETTER THAN LOSING YOUR CAR...OR YOUR LIFE. && LAT...LON 3309 8026 3315 7990 3291 7988 3284 8019 $$
179 WGUS72 KCHS 300139 FFSCHS FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 939 PM EDT MON JUL 29 2013 SCC015-019-035-300148- /O.EXP.KCHS.FF.W.0030.000000T0000Z-130730T0145Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DORCHESTER SC-CHARLESTON SC-BERKELEY SC- 939 PM EDT MON JUL 29 2013 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 945 PM EDT FOR FOR SOUTHWESTERN BERKELEY...CENTRAL CHARLESTON AND SOUTHEASTERN DORCHESTER COUNTIES... REPORTS OUT OF BERKELEY AND DORCHESTER COUNTIES INDICATE CONDITIONS ARE SLOWLY IMPROVING IN THE GOOSE CREEK AND SUMMERVILLE AREAS. FOR THIS REASON...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. ALTHOUGH THE MOST SIGNIFICANT FLOODING HAS ENDED...DRAINAGE SYSTEMS AND CULVERTS WILL REMAIN FULL. PONDING WATER WILL PERSIST IN LOW-LYING AREAS AND MAY POSE A HAZARD TO MOTORISTS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL-HAZARDS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. LAT...LON 3309 8026 3315 7990 3291 7988 3284 8019 $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood 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 flash flood warning went out at Jul 29, 3:32 PM EDT, 2 hours 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 29, 3:32 PM EDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 332 PM EDT MON JUL 29 2013 .SYNOPSIS... A WEAK INLAND SURFACE TROUGH...OFFSHORE HIGH PRESSURE AND A MID AND UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL SLOWLY STRENGTHEN FRIDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM TUESDAY MORNING/... THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING...CONVECTION IS ONGOING AND WILL INCREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE...DRIVEN BY THE SEA BREEZE...AN INLAND STATIONARY FRONT OFF TO THE NEARBY NW AND VARIOUS DEVELOPING MESO-SCALE BOUNDARIES. MEANWHILE THERE IS A DECENT SHORT WAVE EMBEDDED WITHIN THE WEST AND NW FLOW ALOFT THAT WILL MOVE THROUGH BY 00Z. THE END RESULT WILL BE FOR SCATTERED SHOWERS AND T-STORMS TO OCCUR THROUGH SUNSET...WITH THE HIGHEST PROBABILITIES OF 40-50 PERCENT TO OCCUR INLAND. WHILE OUR LAPSE RATES ARE NOT THAT IMPRESSIVE...THERE ARE SOME NOTICEABLE THERMODYNAMICS THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE AS PER SOUNDINGS AND THE SPC MESO-ANALYSIS PAGE. SBCAPES ARE AS HIGH AS 3500 J/KG...LIFTED INDICES ARE -6 TO -8C...NORMALIZED CAPE VALUES ARE NEAR 0.2 J/KG SUGGESTIVE OF DECENT UPWARD PARCEL ACCELERATIONS. DCAPES RANGE FROM ABOUT 700-1000 J/KG AND THE WET MICROBURST SEVERITY INDEX IS CLOSE TO 70. WE WILL HOLD ONTO THE MENTION OF ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS IN THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK. IN ADDITION...PWATS ARE CLOSE TO 2 INCHES...AND THE STORM MOTION TO THE EAST IS NO MORE THAN AROUND 10 KT. THIS SUPPORTS THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED FLOODING AS WELL INTO THIS EVENING. FOR TONIGHT...THE NOSE OF THE UPPER LEVEL JET ACCOMPANIED BY A WEAKENING SHORT WAVE WORKING ITS WAY ACROSS THE OHIO/TENNESSEE VALLEYS WILL MOVE IN THIS EVENING AND SHOULD MAINTAIN AT LEAST SOME CONVECTION THROUGH THE LATE EVENING HOURS. HOWEVER...INCREASING CINH BY 03Z AND THE NOCTURNAL STABILIZATION WILL ALLOW FOR LINGERING ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND T-STORMS TO WIND DOWN BY MIDNIGHT. THEREAFTER...OUR ATTENTION SHIFTS TO THE ATLANTIC WATERS WHERE OVERNIGHT CONVECTION WILL FORM. WE FEEL THAT THE MAJORITY OF ANY LATE NIGHT SHOWERS AND T-STORMS WILL REMAIN IN THE OCEAN...BUT THERE MIGHT BE JUST ENOUGH LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE WITHIN THE SOUTH TO SW SYNOPTIC FLOW TO ALLOW FOR A FEW TO REACH COASTAL CHARLESTON. PROBABILITIES THOUGH WILL BE HELD UNDER 15 PERCENT SINCE THE DEPTH/STRENGTH OF THE ONSHORE TRAJECTORIES IS LIMITED. NONE OF THE HIGH RESOLUTION MODELS ARE BULLISH ON FOG DEVELOPING...BUT SOME OF THE MOS GUIDANCE HITS THE VISIBILITIES INLAND QUITE HARD LATE...WITH CAT 1 VISIBILITIES. THERE CERTAINLY WILL BE SOME FOG IN LOCATIONS THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED RAIN...BUT COVERAGE IS NOT ENOUGH TO WARRANT INCLUDING AT THIS TIME. ALTHOUGH WE HAVE ADJUSTED THE TEMP CURVE TO ACCOUNT FOR RAIN-COOLED CONDITIONS...LOWEST TEMPS WILL BE WHERE THEY HAVE BEEN THE PAST SEVERAL WEEKS. LOWER AND MIDDLE 70S JUST ABOUT EVERYWHERE...COOLEST ALONG THE NW TIER. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY/... TUESDAY...A GENERAL SUMMERTIME PATTERN IS ANTICIPATED AS THE AREA REMAINS ALONG THE WESTERN EDGE OF ATLANTIC HIGH PRESSURE AT THE SFC WHILE MID LVL RIDGING EXPANDS FROM THE DEEP SOUTH OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES. WEAK DOWNSLOPING WINDS OFF THE SFC ALONG HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE FORECAST AREA SHOULD KEEP A RELATIVELY DRY FORECAST THROUGH THE MORNING. WEAK MID/UPPER LVL WIND FIELDS ALONG WITH LIGHT SOUTH/SOUTHEAST WINDS AT SFC WILL LIKELY LEAD TO AN INLAND MOVING SEABREEZE WITH A FEW SHOWERS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS INTO THE EVENING HOURS AS IT ADVANCES INLAND. ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY DIMINISH WITHIN A FEW HOURS OF SUNSET AS DIURNAL HEATING IS LOST. 1000-850MB THICKNESSES SUPPORT OVERALL HIGH TEMPS IN THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S...HIGHEST OVER INLAND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL RANGE IN THE LOW 70S INLAND TO MID/UPPER 70S ALONG THE COAST. WEDNESDAY...A SFC TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE SHOULD ENHANCE CONVERGENCE OVER THE MIDLANDS...AND LEAD TO INCREASING PRECIP CHANCES OVER INLAND AREAS BY LATE MORNING AS ACTIVITY GRADUALLY SHIFTS SOUTHEAST WITH A LEADING H5 SHORTWAVE. BY THE AFTERNOON...ISENTROPIC ASCENT AHEAD OF THE TROUGH WILL LIKELY PRODUCE SOME CLOUD COVER...LIMITING OVERALL HIGH TEMPS TO THE MID/UPPER 80S OVER SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND UPPER 80S TO AROUND 90 OVER SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. DESPITE THE INCREASING CLOUD COVER...PRECIP COVERAGE WILL LIKELY EXPAND DURING THE AFTERNOON/EVENING WITH INCREASED CONVERGENCE FROM THE H5 SHORTWAVE SLIDING TO THE COAST AND A SEABREEZE ADVANCING INLAND. ALTHOUGH MID LVL LAPSE RATES DO NOT APPEAR FAVORABLE FOR WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER...WEAK WIND FIELDS ALONG WITH PWATS BETWEEN 2.0 TO 2.25 INCHES SUPPORT SLOW MOVING PULSE TYPE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL. THURSDAY...MID LVL RIDGING OVER THE DEEP SOUTH WILL GRADUALLY SLIDE WEST AS A MORE PRONOUNCED TROUGH SHIFTS OVER THE MID ATLANTIC AND SOUTHEASTERN STATES BEHIND A LEADING H5 SHORTWAVE. CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN IN THE FORECAST THROUGH THE EVENING AS A WEAK SFC TROUGH BECOMES ELONGATED AND PERSISTS ALONG THE SOUTHEAST COAST WHILE TEMPS PEAK IN THE MID/UPPER 80S UNDER PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES. THE POSITION OF THE SFC TROUGH SUGGESTS THAT MOST PRECIP SHOULD REMAIN FOCUSED ALONG COASTAL COUNTIES DURING THE AFTERNOON...BEFORE GRADUALLY SHIFTING OFFSHORE IN THE EVENING. WEAK WIND FIELDS AND PWATS NEAR 2.0 INCHES FAVOR SLOW MOVING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL. && .LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/... ZONAL FLOW FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY ACCOMPANIED BY SURFACE RIDGING WILL SUPPORT A SLIGHT WARMING TREND WITH LESSER RAIN CHANCES. UPPER HEIGHTS BEGIN TO FALL SUNDAY INTO MONDAY WITH A SURFACE TROUGH REDEVELOPING. CLOUDS AND PRECIP WILL INCREASE A BIT AS A RESULT. && .AVIATION /20Z MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE AND STRENGTH THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING...DRIVEN SEVERAL MESO- SCALE BOUNDARIES...THE SEA BREEZE AND SHORT WAVES ALOFT. WITH A STORM MOTION TOWARD THE EAST WE FEEL CONFIDENT ENOUGH THAT THE TERMINALS WILL BE IMPACTED INTO THIS EVENING. MVFR CONDITIONS WILL BE OCCASIONALLY LIKELY AND ALTHOUGH WE HAVE NOT SHOWN IT WITH THE 18Z TAFS...THERE COULD BE GUSTY WINDS IF A STRONGER CELL OCCURS AT THE AIRFIELDS. CONDITIONS WILL TURN OUT TO BE MAINLY VFR TONIGHT THROUGH 18Z TUESDAY...ALTHOUGH THERE IS A LOW-END CHANCE OF MVFR VISIBILITIES IN FOG CLOSE TO DAYBREAK AND/OR ISOLATED CONVECTION EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...MODERATE CHANCES FOR MVFR CEILINGS ON WEDNESDAY INTO EARLY THURSDAY. OTHERWISE...PERIODIC RESTRICTIONS IN VISIBILITY AND CEILING ARE EXPECTED FROM AFTERNOON/EVENING SHOWERS AND TSTMS. && .MARINE... TONIGHT...THE COASTAL WATERS WILL BE SITUATED BETWEEN ATLANTIC HIGH PRESSURE TO THE EAST AND SE...WITH A STATIONARY FRONT INLAND TO THE WEST AND NW. EVEN WITH A VERY SUBTLE NOCTURNAL SURGE SOUTH AND SW WINDS WILL REACH NO MORE THAN 10-15 KT. SEAS WILL HOLD FAIRLY STEADY AROUND 2 TO 3 FT. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND T-STORMS WILL OCCUR...A FEW OF WHICH WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAINS AND LIGHTNING STRIKES. TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN WELL BELOW SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVELS WITH ATLANTIC HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE WATERS. IN GENERAL...SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL PREVAIL AND REMAIN AT OR BELOW 10 KTS WHILE SEAS RANGE BETWEEN 2-4 FT...HIGHEST IN OFFSHORE GEORGIA WATERS. BY THURSDAY...SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 15 KTS AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT BECOMES ENHANCED OVER NORTHERN SC WATERS ALONG THE WESTERN EDGE OF ATLANTIC HIGH PRESSURE AND A SURFACE TROUGH INLAND. CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY DETERIORATE INTO THE WEEKEND AS A SURFACE TROUGH APPROACHES THE WATERS. HOWEVER...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS ARE STILL NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .CHS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. SC...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && SYNOPSIS... NEAR TERM... SHORT TERM...DPB LONG TERM...JRL AVIATION... MARINE...
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 29, 3:44 PM EDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 344 PM EDT MON JUL 29 2013 GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-042>045-047>052-301945- 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-INLAND BERKELEY- INLAND JASPER-BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- TIDAL BERKELEY- 344 PM EDT MON JUL 29 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAINFALL...THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS COULD ALSO BRIEFLY BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS...TV OR THE INTERNET FOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE WATCHES AND WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... PLEASE RELAY ANY REPORTS OF HAZARDOUS WEATHER INCLUDING...BUT NOT LIMITED TO LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON AT 1-888-383-2024. AMZ330-350-352-354-374-301945- 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- 344 PM EDT MON JUL 29 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 29, 2:33 PM EDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
233 PM EDT MON JUL 29 2013
SCZ045-050-052-291900-
CHARLESTON-INLAND BERKELEY-TIDAL BERKELEY-
233 PM EDT MON JUL 29 2013
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF CHARLESTON AND
BERKELEY COUNTIES THROUGH 300 PM EDT...
AT 229 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM...2 MILE NORTH NORTHEAST OF DANIEL
ISLAND...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
BERESFORD...JAMES EDWARD BRIDGE...RIVERTOWNE...CAINHOY...DUNES
WEST...PARK WEST...MOUNT PLEASANT HOSPITAL...WHITEHALL TERRACE...
CAPERS ISLAND...CAPERS INLET...
PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS...
GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3285 7969 3284 7991 3293 7994 3306 7973
3287 7965
TIME...MOT...LOC 1832Z 254DEG 12KT 3290 7986Special weather statement, Jul 29, 3:40 PM EDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
340 PM EDT MON JUL 29 2013
SCZ045-292015-
INLAND BERKELEY-
340 PM EDT MON JUL 29 2013
...MARINERS ON LAKE MOULTRIE SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR...
AT 339 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NORTHERN LAKE
MOULTRIE TO CHICORA...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS...
GUSTY WINDS TO 30 KNOTS...
HEAVY RAIN REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO 1 NM OR LESS...
CLOUD TO WATER LIGHTNING...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPACT LAKE MOULTRIE. BOATERS
SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY. IF CAUGHT ON THE OPEN
WATERS...STAY AS LOW AS POSSIBLE AND WEAR A PERSONAL FLOATATION
DEVICE. SWIMMERS SHOULD GET OUT OF THE WATER AND INTO A STURDY
BUILDING. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER YOU ARE AT RISK OF
BEING STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
&&
LAT...LON 3339 7998 3329 7998 3322 8001 3321 8007
3324 8010 3327 8012 3328 8015 3333 8014
3336 8010 3339 8009
TIME...MOT...LOC 1940Z 278DEG 17KT 3337 8008 3323 8008Special weather statement, Jul 29, 5:16 PM EDT, 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 516 PM EDT MON JUL 29 2013 SCZ043-044-049-050-292145- CHARLESTON-COASTAL COLLETON-DORCHESTER-INLAND COLLETON- 516 PM EDT MON JUL 29 2013 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF DORCHESTER... CHARLESTON AND COLLETON COUNTIES THROUGH 545 PM EDT... AT 513 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM...NEAR NEYLES...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE... NEYLES...RITTER...GLOVERVILLE...GLOVERVILLE...JACKSONBORO...BECK LANDING...CANADY LANDING... PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS... GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH... FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && LAT...LON 3294 8029 3271 8028 3272 8066 3289 8065 TIME...MOT...LOC 2117Z 266DEG 14KT 3281 8055
Special weather statement, Jul 29, 5:27 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
527 PM EDT MON JUL 29 2013
GAZ099-100-114-115-292200-
BULLOCH-CANDLER-EVANS-TATTNALL-
527 PM EDT MON JUL 29 2013
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF TATTNALL...EVANS...
BULLOCH AND CANDLER COUNTIES THROUGH 600 PM EDT...
AT 522 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM...NEAR CANOE POND...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
CANOE POND...OLIFFTOWN...ALINE...METTER...METTER MUNICIPLE AIRPORT...
PARISH...COBBTOWN...
PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS...
GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3240 8221 3244 8219 3247 8218 3249 8217
3250 8216 3254 8212 3236 8181 3220 8208
3238 8224
TIME...MOT...LOC 2127Z 318DEG 17KT 3241 8212Special weather statement, Jul 29, 5:34 PM EDT, 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 534 PM EDT MON JUL 29 2013 SCZ043>045-050-292200- CHARLESTON-DORCHESTER-INLAND BERKELEY-INLAND COLLETON- 534 PM EDT MON JUL 29 2013 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF DORCHESTER... CHARLESTON...BERKELEY AND COLLETON COUNTIES THROUGH 600 PM EDT... AT 531 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM RIDGEVILLE TO PARKERS FERRY...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE... GETTYSVILLE...GIVHANS...SUMMERVILLE AIRPORT...CLUBHOUSE CROSSROADS... LOTTS CROSSROADS...CANAAN...SLANDS BRIDGE...SLANDSVILLE...NEW HOPE... NEW HOPE... PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS... STRONG WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH... FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING... 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. && LAT...LON 3316 8000 3269 8011 3276 8049 3318 8034 TIME...MOT...LOC 2134Z 276DEG 16KT 3310 8030 3278 8040
Special weather statement, Jul 29, 5:35 PM EDT, 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 535 PM EDT MON JUL 29 2013 SCZ043>045-050-292200- CHARLESTON-DORCHESTER-INLAND BERKELEY-INLAND COLLETON- 535 PM EDT MON JUL 29 2013 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF DORCHESTER... CHARLESTON...BERKELEY AND COLLETON COUNTIES THROUGH 600 PM EDT... AT 531 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM RIDGEVILLE TO PARKERS FERRY...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE... GETTYSVILLE...GIVHANS...SUMMERVILLE AIRPORT...CLUBHOUSE CROSSROADS... LOTTS CROSSROADS...CANAAN...SLANDS BRIDGE...SLANDSVILLE...NEW HOPE... SUMMERVILLE...DELMAR CROSSROADS... PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS... STRONG WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH... FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING... 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. && LAT...LON 3316 8000 3269 8011 3276 8049 3318 8034 TIME...MOT...LOC 2134Z 276DEG 16KT 3310 8030 3278 8040
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Charleston | 27 min |
| Jul 29, 2:39 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Charleston | 96 min |
| Jul 29, 3:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Berkeley | 35 min |
| Jul 29, 5:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Colleton | 29 min |
| Jul 29, 5:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Dorchester | 26 min |
| Jul 29, 5:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Dorchester | 25 min |
| Jul 29, 5:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester | 65 min |
| Jul 29, 6:36 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Colleton | 84 min |
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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.