Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Charleston, SC

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WWUS52 KCHS 190233
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SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1033 PM EDT MON MAR 18 2013

GAC031-109-190242-
/O.CAN.KCHS.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130319T0300Z/
EVANS GA-BULLOCH GA-
1033 PM EDT MON MAR 18 2013

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF EVANS AND BULLOCH
COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 3203 8174 3240 8115 3273 8102 3266 8078
      3247 8068 3209 8111 3189 8149
TIME...MOT...LOC 0232Z 284DEG 38KT 3265 8093 3240 8099
          3223 8117 3195 8155

$$

GAC029-051-103-179-SCC013-049-053-190300-
/O.CON.KCHS.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130319T0300Z/
EFFINGHAM GA-HAMPTON SC-LIBERTY GA-BRYAN GA-JASPER SC-CHATHAM GA-
BEAUFORT SC-
1033 PM EDT MON MAR 18 2013

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
FOR PORTIONS OF EFFINGHAM...HAMPTON...LIBERTY...BRYAN...JASPER...
CHATHAM AND BEAUFORT COUNTIES...

AT 1032 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
KRESS TO SWITZERLAND TO O'LEARY TO TRINITY...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS...
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH...
HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE...

AT 1032 PM EDT...SURROUNDING AREAS ALREADY AFFECTED BY THIS STORM 
HAVE REPORTED NUMEROUS TREES DOWN WITH LARGE HAIL. THIS STORM HAS A 
HISTORY OF PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO AS IT 
MOVES TO THE EAST.

SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
BLITCHTON...BLOOMINGDALE...EDEN...ELLABELL...GARDEN CITY...I-16/I-95
INTERCHANGE...LANIER...MEINHARD...MELDRIM...MONTEITH...POOLER...PORT
WENTWORTH...RINCON...SAVANNAH AIRPORT...BEAUFORT MARINE CORPS AIR
STATION...BURTON...CALAWASSIE ISLAND...CLARENDON...COOSAWHATCHIE...
GARDENS CORNER...GILLISONVILLE...GRAHAMVILLE...GRAYS...HARDEEVILLE...
JASPER...LAUREL BAY...LEMON ISLAND...MCPHERSONVILLE...OLD HOUSE...
POCOTALIGO...PRITCHARDVILLE...PURYSBURGH...RIDGELAND...SHELDON...SUN
CITY...SWITZERLAND AND TILLMAN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3203 8174 3240 8115 3273 8102 3266 8078
      3247 8068 3209 8111 3189 8149
TIME...MOT...LOC 0232Z 284DEG 38KT 3265 8093 3240 8099
          3223 8117 3195 8155

$$

BSH

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
823 PM EDT MON MAR 18 2013

.SYNOPSIS...
A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST EARLY
TUESDAY...FOLLOWED BY BRIEF HIGH PRESSURE THROUGH WEDNESDAY...WITH
ANOTHER COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. RAIN CHANCES WILL
INCREASE LATE IN THE WEEK AS A COUPLE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS MOVE
OVER OR JUST SOUTH OF THE AREA.

&&

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM TUESDAY MORNING/...
THIS EVENING...THE APPROACHING UPSTREAM LINE OF CONVECTION HAS
DEVELOPED NICELY SINCE THIS AFTERNOON AND IS SURGING TO THE
SOUTHEAST. BASED ON THE MATURITY OF THE LINE...ITS HISTORY OF
PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...AND ITS BRISK FORWARD
PACE SPC HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 55 WHICH GOES
THROUGH 06Z FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST GA AND THE SOUTHEAST SC COUNTIES
ALONG THE SAVANNAH RIVER.

ALTHOUGH THIS LINE IS GOING TO BE AFFECTING THE AREA AT A
CLIMATOLOGICALLY UNFAVORABLE TIME OF DAY FOR SEVERE WEATHER...ITS
CURRENT STATE AND INTENSITY WILL ALLOW IT TO MAINTAIN INTO THE
FORECAST AREA THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. CURRENTLY THERE ARE
DISCRETE CELLS DEVELOPING OUT AHEAD OF THE LINE...BUT WITH THE
LOSS OF HEATING AND OVERALL LACK OF SURFACE BASED INSTABILITY THE
PRIMARY MODE OF CONVECTION WILL BE LINEAR. SOUNDINGS AND VARIOUS
PLAN VIEW MESOSCALE ANALYSES SHOW AN EXCELLENT MID LEVEL
ENVIRONMENT MARKED BY STEEP LAPSE RATES AND LIFTED INDICES AS LOW
AS -3. DEEP LAYER SHEAR IS ON THE ORDER OF 50-60 KTS BASED ON LAPS
ANALYSIS WITH A TONGUE OF CAPE VALUES UPWARDS OF 800 J/KG ACROSS
THE WATCH AREA. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE PRIMARY
THREAT AND A BRIEF TORNADO CANNOT BE TOTALLY RULED OUT BASED ON
THE DEGREE OF AMBIENT SHEAR. WITH THE LINE MOVING AS FAST AS IT
IS...IT WILL PROGRESS QUICKLY THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA. I HAVE
FOLLOWED THE HRRR FOR TIMING OF THE LINE AS IT SEEMS TO BE
INITIALIZING THE BEST. THE LINE WILL BEGIN AFFECTING
JENKINS/CANDLER COUNTIES IN THE 01-02Z TIME FRAME AND IS EXPECTED
TO BE INTO THE COASTAL WATERS BY 05-06Z.

&&

.SHORT TERM /6 AM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY/...
THE COLD FRONT SHOULD BE MOVING OFF THE COAST FAIRLY EARLY IN THE
MORNING IN RESPONSE TO AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING INTO THE
NORTHEAST AND MID ATLANTIC STATES. ANY LINGERING SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD SHIFT OFF THE COAST BY MID TO LATE MORNING. THE
COLD ADVECTION LAGS SOME BEHIND THE FRONT...SO WITH CLEARING SKIES
AND DOWNSLOPE FLOW...TUESDAY AFTERNOON LOOKS TO BE QUITE WARM.
PUSHED HIGH TEMPERATURES INTO THE MID AND UPPER 70S IN MOST
LOCATIONS AWAY FROM THE COAST. IT WILL BE A LITTLE BREEZY BEHIND THE
FRONT ON TUESDAY...WITH SOME GUSTS UP TO AROUND 20 MPH.

THE SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL QUICKLY BUILD INTO THE SOUTHEASTERN
STATES TUESDAY NIGHT. EVEN THOUGH SKIES WILL BE CLEAR AND DEWPOINTS
WILL BE FALLING INTO THE 30S IN MOST LOCALS...THINK THERE WILL BE
ENOUGH WIND IN MOST PLACES TO KEEP FROM DECOUPLING. AS A
RESULT...BELIEVE THAT MIN TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE 40S IN MOST
LOCALS.

THERE IS INCREASING UNCERTAINTY IN THE FORECAST FOR WEDNESDAY...
MAINLY AS A RESULT OF THE 12Z NAM SOLUTION WHICH BRINGS A COLD RAIN
TO MAINLY COASTAL COUNTIES. GFS KEEPS RAIN OFF THE COAST AND IS NO
WHERE NEAR AS IMPRESSIVE WITH ISENTROPIC LIFT AS NAM. CANADIAN AND
ECMWF ARE EVEN LESS IMPRESSIVE WITH THE ISENTROPIC LIFT AND MORE
QUICKLY MOVE ANY LIFT EAST OF THE AREA. TRENDED A LITTLE LOWER FOR
HIGH TEMPERATURES AND INCREASED CLOUD COVER ON WEDNESDAY AS A RESULT
OF NAM SOLUTION. WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE NAM MAINTAIN THIS TREND AND
OTHER MODELS TO JUMP ON BOARD BEFORE MAKING ANY MORE SIGNIFICANT
CHANGES. IF THE NAM IS CORRECT...MOST AREAS THAT SEE RAIN WILL
LIKELY REMAIN IN THE 40S ON WEDNESDAY. FOR NOW MAINLY CARRIED HIGHS
IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S.

LIKE FOR THE WEDNESDAY FORECAST...GENERALLY FOLLOWED
GFS/ECMWF/CANADIAN SOLUTION FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. COOLER
AND DRIER AIR WILL ADVECT INTO THE AREA...WITH HIGHS ON THURSDAY
MAINLY IN THE LOWER TO MID 60S.

&&

.LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/...
CONFIDENCE IS LOW IN THE EXACT DETAILS THIS PERIOD AS THERE ARE
STILL MODEL DISCREPANCIES REGARDING THE LATE WEEK/WEEKEND PERIOD.
HOWEVER...CONFIDENCE IS HIGH THAT A COUPLE WAVES OF LOW PRESSURE
WILL MOVE OVER OR JUST SOUTH OF THE AREA THROUGH THE WEEKEND LEADING
TO HIGH RAIN CHANCES AND BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES. RAINFALL TOTALS
THROUGH THE PERIOD COULD REACH ONE OR TWO INCHES...ESPECIALLY ACROSS
SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.

TEMPERATURES WILL BE RATHER TRICKY BUT LOOK TO REMAIN BELOW NORMAL
THROUGH THE PERIOD. IT IS CERTAINLY POSSIBLE THAT SOME AREAS...
ESPECIALLY INTERIOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST SC/GA...DO NOT GET OUT
OF THE 50S THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. ALSO...THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE
THAT CONDITIONS COULD BE FAVORABLE FOR SOME FROST FRIDAY MORNING
ACROSS INLAND AREAS DEPENDING ON HOW QUICKLY THE RAIN MOVES IN.

&&

.AVIATION /00Z TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
CURRENT RADAR AT 00Z SHOWS A LINE OF CONVECTION ACROSS CENTRAL GA.
LATEST HIGH RES GUIDANCE SHOWS THAT THIS LINE WILL MAKE IT TO THE
COAST...WITH TIMING OF ARRIVAL IN THE KSAV VICINITY AROUND 03Z.
BEST POTENTIAL FOR THUNDER LOOKS TO BE AT KSAV...SO HAVE NO
MENTION IN KCHS TAF AT THIS TIME. LOWER VSBYS/FLIGHT RESTRICTIONS
ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN HEAVIEST RAINFALL...AND HAVE INCLUDED A TEMPO
GROUP AT KSAV TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS AND POTENTIAL STRONG GUSTS WITH
THIS LINE. ONCE THE LINE MOVES THROUGH MODEL GUIDANCE HINTS THE
DEVELOPMENT OF IFR CIGS THROUGH DAYBREAK. HAVE KEPT MVFR FOR NOW
BUT WILL MONITOR TRENDS AND AMEND AS NECESSARY.

EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...
VFR CONDITIONS WILL GENERALLY PREVAIL. LOW END PROBABILITIES OF
LOWER CIGS/VSBYS FOR WEDNESDAY ALONG WITH BREEZY CONDITIONS.

&&

.MARINE...
IN AN EXPANDING WARM SECTOR AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM
THE NW A TIGHTENING SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT AND STRENGTHENING LOW
LEVEL WINDS WILL SUPPORT INCREASING S/SW WINDS ACROSS THE COASTAL
WATERS...ALTHOUGH COOL SHELF WATERS WILL DETER A SIGNIFICANT MIXING
ENVIRONMENT. WE THINK VERY MARGINAL SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS
ARE POSSIBLE OVER OUR OUTER GEORGIA WATERS CLOSER TO THE GULF STREAM
AS THE LOW LEVEL JET STRENGTHENS. WE HAVE MAINTAINED AN ADVISORY
OVER AMZ374 BEGINNING LATER THIS EVENING.

OTHERWISE...LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL VEER TO SW OVERNIGHT WITH SEAS
BUILDING TO 3 TO 4 FT NEAR SHORE TONIGHT AND UP TO 5 FT WELL OFF
THE GEORGIA COAST.

TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE WATERS
TUESDAY MORNING WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING FROM THE NORTHWEST
TUESDAY NIGHT. THE HIGH WILL WEAKEN WEDNESDAY AS ANOTHER COLD FRONT
APPROACHES AND EVENTUALLY PUSHES OFFSHORE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. HIGH
PRESSURE WILL THEN BUILD BACK IN THURSDAY WITH AT LEAST ONE AREA OF
LOW PRESSURE TO TRACK OVER OR JUST SOUTH OF THE WATERS THROUGH LATE
WEEK.

THIS PATTERN WILL YIELD SEVERAL BOUTS OF INCREASED WINDS AND SEAS
BUT OVERALL THE CHANCES OF ADVISORY CONDITIONS APPEAR LOW AT THIS
TIME...AT LEAST THROUGH FRIDAY. THE BEST CHANCE OF AN SCA WILL
LIKELY BE IN CHARLESTON HARBOR TUE AND/OR WED AFTERNOON DUE TO
BREEZY CONDITIONS ALONG THE LAND/SEA INTERFACE.

&&

.CHS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.
SC...NONE.
MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 8 AM EDT TUESDAY FOR AMZ374.

&&

NEAR TERM...BSH
SHORT TERM...MTE
LONG TERM...MTE
AVIATION...ECT/BSH
MARINE...MTE

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
737 PM EDT MON MAR 18 2013

GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-042-047-048-051-190900-
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-
737 PM EDT MON MAR 18 2013

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 55 IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT TUESDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA 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...

SPOTTER ASSISTANCE IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

AMZ330-350-352-354-374-SCZ043>045-049-050-052-190900-
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-INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER-INLAND BERKELEY-COASTAL COLLETON-
CHARLESTON-TIDAL BERKELEY-
737 PM EDT MON MAR 18 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

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

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ASSISTANCE IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
834 PM EDT MON MAR 18 2013

GAZ087-088-099-100-SCZ040-190145-
ALLENDALE-BULLOCH-CANDLER-JENKINS-SCREVEN-
834 PM EDT MON MAR 18 2013

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SCREVEN...JENKINS...
BULLOCH...CANDLER AND ALLENDALE COUNTIES THROUGH 945 PM EDT...

AT 827 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 31 MILES NORTHWEST
OF BIRDSVILLE TO 28 MILES WEST OF HERNDON TO 49 MILES WEST OF
ALINE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL LIKELY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
ALTMAN...BURTONS FERRY  LANDING...BUTTS...
DOVER...HILLTONIA...HUNTERS...METTER...MILLEN...MILLHAVEN...
PERKINS...PORTAL...PULASKI...ROCKY FORD...
SCARBORO...STATESBORO...SYLVANIA...MARTIN AND MILLETT...

PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS...
STRONG WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH...
NICKEL SIZE HAIL...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3252 8216 3256 8209 3255 8203 3260 8201
      3266 8209 3282 8215 3288 8213 3292 8209
      3293 8196 3296 8188 3292 8175 3304 8157
      3310 8162 3316 8154 3311 8136 3268 8147
      3228 8199 3233 8224 3236 8225
TIME...MOT...LOC 0031Z 281DEG 32KT 3318 8241 3281 8257
          3254 8293