Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Charleston, SC

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SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
954 PM EDT WED JUL 1 2015

GAC031-043-020230-
/O.CON.KCHS.SV.W.0076.000000T0000Z-150702T0230Z/
BULLOCH GA-CANDLER GA-
954 PM EDT WED JUL 1 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM EDT
FOR BULLOCH AND CANDLER COUNTIES...

AT 953 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR METTER...
MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
STATESBORO...METTER...WESTSIDE AND MIDDLEGROUND. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

REPORT DAMAGE DIRECTLY TO THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT
1-888-383-2024 WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO.

&&

LAT...LON 3244 8219 3247 8218 3252 8215 3256 8209
      3254 8203 3258 8201 3259 8175 3234 8168
      3238 8222
TIME...MOT...LOC 0153Z 270DEG 31KT 3248 8204 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

JRL

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SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1007 PM EDT WED JUL 1 2015

GAC031-043-020230-
/O.CON.KCHS.SV.W.0076.000000T0000Z-150702T0230Z/
BULLOCH GA-CANDLER GA-
1007 PM EDT WED JUL 1 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM EDT
FOR BULLOCH AND CANDLER COUNTIES...

AT 1007 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER WESTSIDE...
MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... 
STATESBORO...METTER...WESTSIDE...HOPEULIKIT...WESTCHESTER AND 
MIDDLEGROUND. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

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

REPORT DAMAGE DIRECTLY TO THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT
1-888-383-2024 WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO.

&&

LAT...LON 3256 8209 3254 8203 3256 8198 3259 8175
      3234 8168 3237 8204
TIME...MOT...LOC 0207Z 273DEG 33KT 3246 8188 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1019 PM EDT WED JUL 1 2015

GAC043-020226-
/O.CAN.KCHS.SV.W.0076.000000T0000Z-150702T0230Z/
CANDLER GA-
1019 PM EDT WED JUL 1 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CANDLER COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF 
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3254 8195 3259 8175 3234 8168 3236 8194
      3242 8192 3242 8194 3244 8194 3248 8198
      3251 8197 3252 8198
TIME...MOT...LOC 0216Z 270DEG 31KT 3246 8178 

$$

GAC031-020230-
/O.CON.KCHS.SV.W.0076.000000T0000Z-150702T0230Z/
BULLOCH GA-
1019 PM EDT WED JUL 1 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM EDT
FOR BULLOCH COUNTY...

AT 1016 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER STATESBORO...
MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
STATESBORO...WESTSIDE AND MIDDLEGROUND. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

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

REPORT DAMAGE DIRECTLY TO THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT
1-888-383-2024 WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO.

&&

LAT...LON 3254 8195 3259 8175 3234 8168 3236 8194
      3242 8192 3242 8194 3244 8194 3248 8198
      3251 8197 3252 8198
TIME...MOT...LOC 0216Z 270DEG 31KT 3246 8178 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
726 PM EDT WED JUL 1 2015

.SYNOPSIS...
ATLANTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL RESIDE ACROSS THE AREA WHILE A TROUGH
OF LOW PRESSURE PERSISTS INLAND.

&&

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM THURSDAY MORNING/...
OUR ATTENTION THIS EVENING IS FOCUSED ON A LINE OF CONVECTION THAT
HEADING THROUGH CENTRAL GA IN ASSOCIATION WITH MCS THAT IS
SHRINKING IN AREAL COVERAGE AND ALSO THAT HAS WARMING CLOUD TOPS.
THIS FEATURE IS BECOMING FURTHER REMOVED FROM ITS STRONGER MID
LEVEL FLOW AND THUS WE ANTICIPATE THAT IT WILL DWINDLE BEFORE
GETTING INTO OUR CWFA. HOWEVER...MESO-ANALYSIS REVEALS A CONFLUENT
ZONE ORIENTED EAST-WEST OVER SE GA TO THE WEST OF SAVANNAH. THAT
ALO0NG WITH A LATE PUSH FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO SEA BREEZE FROM
THE SW WILL SPUR ISOLATED SHOWERS AND T-STORMS OVER SE GA THIS
EVENING. THEN LATER THIS EVENING FROM ABOUT 10PM-2AM THERE IS A
SUBTLE MID LEVEL IMPULSES IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE DECAYING MCS
THAT ARRIVES. THIS COULD ALSO TRIGGER ADDITIONAL ISOLATED
SHOWERS/T-STORMS. THIS FORECAST THOUGH IS BASED ON THE UPSTREAM
CONVECTION IN CENTRAL GA WANING WITH NOCTURNAL EFFECTS. SHOULD
THAT ACTIVITY HOLD TOGETHER LONGER THAN HIGHER RAIN CHANCES WOULD
BE REQUIRED.

A VERY INTERESTING PHENOMENON IS ONGOING...NOT ONLY LOCALLY BUT
ACROSS A LARGE SWATH OF THE REGION FROM WESTERN AND SOUTHERN
CANADA THROUGH THE UPPER MIDWEST TO THE SE AND THEN RECURVING
NORTHWARD TO OFF NEW ENGLAND. THIS WOULD BE SMOKE ALOFT IN
RESPONSE TO HUGE CANADIAN WILDFIRES. THIS HAS BEEN GIVING THE SKY
A DIRTY APPEARANCE...AND THAT ALONG WITH VARYING AMOUNTS AND
OPAQUENESS TO CIRRUS CLOUDS WILL RESULT IN PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY
SKIES. THAT WILL LIMIT HOW LOW TEMPS GET TONIGHT...AND WE/RE
BANKING ON LOWER AND MIDDLE 70S MOST COMMUNITIES...MAYBE A FEW
PLACES NEAR 70 IN NORMALLY COOLER SPOTS IF CLOUDS THIN OUT ENOUGH.

&&

.SHORT TERM /6 AM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY/...
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...A BROAD MID LVL TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL
EXPAND OVER MUCH OF THE EASTERN CONUS THROUGH LATE WEEK WITH A
SERIES OF H5 SHORTWAVES THAT ROUND ITS SOUTHERN PERIPHERY OVER THE
SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES. AT THE SFC...THE AREA WILL REMAIN
BETWEEN A PIEDMONT TROUGH INLAND AND HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE WESTERN
ATLANTIC. THE SETUP WILL FAVOR A SOUTHWEST FLOW THAT BUILDS DEEP
MOISTURE TO THE AREA WITH PWATS CHARACTERIZED AROUND 2.0 INCHES EACH
DAY. THESE MOISTURE LEVELS ALONG WITH FORCING ALONG THE BASE OF THE
LOW PRESSURE TROUGH CENTERED WELL TO OUR NORTH WILL FAVOR CHANCES OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE AREA. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD
ALSO BE STRONG OR SEVERE WHEN H5 SHORTWAVE ACTIVITY ALONG WITH THE
ARRIVAL OF A 20-30 KT LOW LVL JET SHIFTS OVER THE AREA ON THURSDAY.
WE COULD SEE A SIMILAR RISK OF STRONGER TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON
FRIDAY AS THE PIEDMONT TROUGH MAKES A SLIGHT SHIFT TOWARD THE COAST
IN RESPONSE TO LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING OVER THE MID ATLANTIC REGION.
THE MAIN THREAT ASSOCIATED WITH STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.

OVERALL HIGH TEMPS WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE LOWER 90S EACH DAY.
HOWEVER...TEMPS COULD BE A FEW DEGREES COOLER THAN CURRENTLY
FORECAST ON THURSDAY DUE TO SMOKE FROM FIRES ORIGINATING IN CANADA.
OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL RANGE IN THE LOW TO MID 70S AWAY FROM THE COAST
EACH NIGHT.

SATURDAY...WEAK LOW PRESSURE SHOULD REMAIN OVER THE MID ATLANTIC
STATES INTO THE WEEKEND...RESULTING IN STRONGER LOW LEVEL
CONVERGENCE ALONG A SEABREEZE ACROSS THE CHARLESTON TRI-COUNTY.
CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN IN THE FORECAST
FOR MOST AREAS...BUT EXPECT MOST ACTIVITY IN NORTHERN AREAS ALONG AN
INLAND MOVING SEABREEZE. IN GENERAL...HIGH TEMPS WILL BE IN THE LOW
90S FOR MOST AREAS.

&&

.LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
THE END OF THE WEEKEND WILL CONTINUE TO FEATURE AN INLAND TROUGH AS
HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUES TO BUILD IN FROM THE ATLANTIC. COVERAGE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE RATHER MINIMAL ON SUNDAY WITH
LITTLE IN THE WAY OF STRONG FORCING FOR ASCENT. BY EARLY NEXT
WEEK...MODELS ARE TRENDING A BIT WETTER AS THEY INDICATE MORE IN THE
WAY OF TROUGHING ALOFT. THIS WILL NOT ONLY SUPPORT AT LEAST
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY...BUT COULD ALSO RESULT
IN SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES THAN WHAT IS CURRENTLY FORECAST.

&&

.AVIATION /00Z THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
ODDS FAVOR THE UPSTREAM CONVECTION FALLING APART BEFORE REACHING
EITHER KSAV OR KCHS TONIGHT. BUT WE/LL AMEND IF NECESSARY.

FOR THURSDAY...PROBABILITIES ARE SUFFICIENT ENOUGH TO INCLUDE VCTS
AND CB CLOUDS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH STRONGER
VERTICAL WIND FIELDS AND MID LEVEL ENERGY TO ARRIVE. SHOULD DIRECT
IMPACTS OCCUR THEN FLIGHT RESTRICTIONS AND A TEMPORARY BURST OF
HIGH WINDS WOULD OCCUR...MAINLY IN THE 18-23Z TIME FRAME.

EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...BRIEF FLIGHT RESTRICTIONS ARE POSSIBLE
IN MAINLY AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. OTHERWISE...VFR CONDITIONS ARE GENERALLY EXPECTED TO
PREVAIL.

&&

.MARINE...
TONIGHT...THERE REMAINS A DECENT GRADIENT BETWEEN SUB-TROPICAL
RIDGING TO THE SE AND SOUTH AND A PRONOUNCED TROUGH INLAND TO THE
NW AND NORTH. THIS ALONG WITH NOCTURNAL JETTING WILL KEEP SW
WINDS ELEVATED NEAR 15 OR 20 KT IN THE ATLANTIC AND 15 KT IN
CHARLESTON HARBOR FOR MUCH OF THE NIGHT...BEFORE LAND BREEZE
INFLUENCES CLOCK WINDS AROUND MORE TO THE WEST AT LOWER SPEEDS
LATE. SEAS WILL AVERAGE 2-3 FT NEAR THE IMMEDIATE COAST AND 3-5 FT
FURTHER OUT...DROPPING ABOUT A FOOT LATE.

THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY...ATLANTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL GENERALLY
DOMINATE THE WEATHER PATTERN OVER THE COASTAL WATERS WITH A
PIEDMONT TROUGH SITUATED INLAND. A TIGHTENED PRESSURE GRADIENT
BETWEEN THE TWO FEATURES WILL KEEP WINDS FAIRLY ELEVATED THROUGH
THE PERIOD. IN FACT...IT APPEARS THAT CONDITIONS COULD REACH
MARGINAL SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CRITERIA OVER A PORTION OF THE
WATERS FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. OTHERWISE...SEA BREEZE
CIRCULATIONS AND NOCTURNAL LOW LEVEL JETTING WILL ALLOW
SOUTH/SOUTHWEST WINDS TO PEAK NEAR 15-20 KTS...WITH 25 KTS LOCALLY
AT TIMES IN FAVORED LOCATIONS. SEAS WILL BE 2-4 FEET ON
AVERAGE...BUT COULD REACH 5 FT IN THE OUTER PORTIONS OF THE WATERS
DURING NOCTURNAL SURGES.

RIP CURRENTS...ASTRONOMICAL INFLUENCES FROM A FULL MOON ALONG WITH
SWELL OF 2 FT WITH A PERIOD OF 8-9 SECONDS WILL LEAD TO AN ENHANCED
PERIOD OF RIP CURRENTS ON THURSDAY. A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS
IS THEREFORE POSSIBLE ALONG THE CHARLESTON COUNTY COAST.

&&

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

&&

SYNOPSIS...
NEAR TERM...
SHORT TERM...DPB
LONG TERM...JAQ
AVIATION...
MARINE...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
401 PM EDT WED JUL 1 2015

AMZ330-350-352-354-374-GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-
042>045-047>049-051-052-022015-
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-INLAND BERKELEY-
INLAND JASPER-BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-COASTAL JASPER-
TIDAL BERKELEY-
401 PM EDT WED JUL 1 2015

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

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

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD
DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS THE AREA DURING MID AFTERNOON TO EARLY
EVENING HOURS ON THURSDAY. THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK THAT SOME OF
THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...PRIMARILY CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ASSISTANCE IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

SCZ050-022015-
CHARLESTON-
401 PM EDT WED JUL 1 2015

...MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING
THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

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

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

   MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS.

A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS
THE AREA DURING MID AFTERNOON TO EARLY EVENING HOURS ON THURSDAY.
THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK THAT SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD
BECOME SEVERE...PRIMARILY CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ASSISTANCE IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.