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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Charleston, SC

July 2, 2015Bulloch County, Candler County, Screven County, Georgia

NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 2015, 5:47 PM EDT for Bulloch County, Candler County, Screven County, Georgia. It was in force for 58 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: Jul 2, 2015, 5:47 PM EDT (21:47 UTC)
Expired: Jul 2, 2015, 6:45 PM EDT
In force: 58 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Bulloch County, GA, Candler County, GA, Screven County, GA

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:47 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
Jul 2, 6:25 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 E Georgia Southern, GA	NUMEROUS LARGE PINE TREES AND LIMBS DOWN NEAR THE EAST GEORGIA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER

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 2 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 5 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 2, 3:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 170 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: 186 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -140 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1256 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -43 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.

654 
WUUS52 KCHS 022147
SVRCHS
GAC031-043-251-022245-
/O.NEW.KCHS.SV.W.0083.150702T2147Z-150702T2245Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
547 PM EDT THU JUL 2 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF...
  BULLOCH COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA...
  CANDLER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA...
  SCREVEN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT

* AT 547 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM NEAR BUTTS TO NEAR COLLINS...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

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

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 3263 8194 3265 8184 3266 8185 3265 8149
      3252 8152 3250 8154 3247 8154 3246 8153
      3220 8159 3216 8178 3224 8182 3228 8191
      3228 8203
TIME...MOT...LOC 2147Z 262DEG 25KT 3267 8198 3220 8207 

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

FWA

2 follow-up statements

605 
WWUS52 KCHS 022209
SVSCHS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
609 PM EDT THU JUL 2 2015

GAC031-043-251-022245-
/O.CON.KCHS.SV.W.0083.000000T0000Z-150702T2245Z/
BULLOCH GA-CANDLER GA-SCREVEN GA-
609 PM EDT THU JUL 2 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT
FOR BULLOCH...CANDLER AND SCREVEN COUNTIES...

AT 609 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR WOODCLIFF TO NEAR PULASKI...MOVING EAST AT 35
MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

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

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 3263 8194 3265 8184 3266 8185 3265 8149
      3252 8152 3250 8154 3247 8154 3246 8153
      3220 8159 3216 8178 3224 8182 3228 8191
      3228 8203
TIME...MOT...LOC 2209Z 255DEG 28KT 3274 8181 3231 8197 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

FWA

067 
WWUS52 KCHS 022225
SVSCHS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
625 PM EDT THU JUL 2 2015

GAC043-022235-
/O.CAN.KCHS.SV.W.0083.000000T0000Z-150702T2245Z/
CANDLER GA-
625 PM EDT THU JUL 2 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CANDLER COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3260 8184 3265 8184 3266 8185 3265 8149
      3252 8152 3250 8154 3247 8154 3246 8153
      3220 8159 3216 8178 3224 8182 3228 8191
      3229 8195
TIME...MOT...LOC 2225Z 262DEG 25KT 3275 8169 3232 8185 

$$

GAC031-251-022245-
/O.CON.KCHS.SV.W.0083.000000T0000Z-150702T2245Z/
BULLOCH GA-SCREVEN GA-
625 PM EDT THU JUL 2 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT
FOR BULLOCH AND SCREVEN COUNTIES...

AT 625 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR SYLVANIA TO NEAR REGISTER...MOVING EAST AT 30
MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
STATESBORO...MIDDLEGROUND AND BAY. 

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 3260 8184 3265 8184 3266 8185 3265 8149
      3252 8152 3250 8154 3247 8154 3246 8153
      3220 8159 3216 8178 3224 8182 3228 8191
      3229 8195
TIME...MOT...LOC 2225Z 262DEG 25KT 3275 8169 3232 8185 

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

FWA

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 Jul 2, 4:08 PM EDT, 1 hour 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 4:08 PM EDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
408 PM EDT THU JUL 2 2015

.SYNOPSIS...
ATLANTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL PREVAIL AS A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE
LINGERS INLAND THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.

&&

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM FRIDAY MORNING/...
THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT...A BROAD MID LVL TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE
WILL REMAIN OVER MUCH OF THE EASTERN CONUS WITH A SERIES OF H5
SHORTWAVES THAT ROUND ITS SOUTHERN BASE 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 WEST/SOUTHWEST FLOW THAT MAINTAINS DEEP MOISTURE OVER THE
AREA CHARACTERIZED BY PWATS AROUND 2.0 INCHES. THESE MOISTURE LEVELS
ALONG WITH FORCING ALONG THE BASE OF THE LOW PRESSURE TROUGH WILL FAVOR
A PERIOD OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER MOST OF THE AREA THIS
EVENING INTO EARLY OVERNIGHT HOURS.

THE BULK OF PRECIP ACTIVITY WILL COME WITH A H5 SHORTWAVE THAT IS
CURRENTLY DEPICTED ON WATER VAPOR IMAGERY OVER THE UPSTATE OF
SOUTH CAROLINA. EXPECT PRECIP COVERAGE AND INTENSITY TO PEAK WHILE
THIS SHORTWAVE BEGINS TO SHIFT EAST/SOUTHEAST TOWARDS THE AREA
THIS EVENING AND EARLY TONIGHT. A FEW OF THE HIRES MODELS INDICATE
PRECIP ACTIVITY WILL BE IN THE FORM OF A LINE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS THAT PUSH EASTWARD THROUGH THE AREA. SBCAPES RANGING
BETWEEN 2000-3000 J/KG ALONG WITH 20-30 KT LOW LVL WINDS WILL
SUPPORT STRONGER AND/OR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THIS
ACTIVITY...ESPECIALLY WHEN ENCOUNTERING THE SEABREEZE. GIVEN THE
THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS NOW IN
EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
UNTIL 9 PM. THE MAIN THREAT ASSOCIATED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. STRONGER CONVECTION SHOULD GRADUALLY
TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST A FEW HOURS AFTER SUNSET...BUT THERE
ARE HINTS WE COULD SEE A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LINGER INTO
THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD WITH REMAINING SHORTWAVE ACTIVITY THAT PASSES
MAINLY OVER NORTHERN AREAS LATE. A SLIGHT CHANCE TO CHANCE OF
SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THEREFORE BEEN INCLUDED IN THE LATEST
FORECAST THROUGH MUCH OF THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD. LOW TEMPS WILL
RANGE IN THE LOW TO MID 70S.

&&

.SHORT TERM /6 AM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY/...
THIS PERIOD WILL FEATURE MAINLY SUBTLE CHANGES WHICH WILL TRANSLATE
IN VARYING THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.

A BROAD UPPER TROUGH WILL REMAIN IN PLACE FRIDAY. ELEVATED LOWER/MID
TROPOSPHERIC WINDS...VORTICITY MAXIMA EMBEDDED WITHIN THE LONGWAVE
TROUGH...INSTABILITY AND MESOSCALE BOUNDARIES WILL SUPPORT MULTICELL
CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS WHICH WILL PROPAGATE FROM EAST TO WEST.
PER 02/12Z GUIDANCE MAINTAINED AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING POPS
GRADUATED FROM LIKELY NORTH TO CHANCE SOUTH/WEST. THE COMBINATION OF
ELEVATED WINDS/SHEAR AND INSTABILITY WILL SUPPORT AT LEAST
ISOLATED/SPORADIC EPISODES OF SEVERE WEATHER...ESPECIALLY DAMAGING
WIND GUSTS.

POPS GRADUALLY DECREASE/RETREAT TOWARD THE COAST/ADJACENT COASTAL
WATERS FRIDAY NIGHT. THEN...DURING THE FOURTH OF JULY THE ATLANTIC
RIDGE SHOULD EXPAND INTO THE REGION AS THE UPPER TROUGH
AMPLIFIES/SHARPENS UPSTREAM. THUS...LIMITED POPS TO SLIGHT CHANCE
SATURDAY AFTERNOON...AND TEMPERATURES WILL RECOVER INTO THE
LOWER/MID 90S.

SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...THE UPSTREAM UPPER TROUGH WILL PRESS
E/SE TOWARD THE REGION...NUDGING THE ATLANTIC RIDGE OFFSHORE. THIS
COULD PROMOTE THUNDERSTORMS...EITHER DEVELOPING IN PLACE OVER THE
REGION OR ONGOING/UPSTREAM CONVECTIVE COMPLEXES PROPAGATING INTO THE
FORECAST AREA AS EARLY AS LATER SUNDAY NIGHT. ACCORDINGLY...RAISED
POPS TO SLIGHT CHANCE LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. SUNDAY AFTERNOON COULD
BECOME QUITE ACTIVE AS ONE OR MORE MULTICELL CLUSTERS OF
THUNDERSTORMS WITH AT LEAST AN ISOLATED SEVERE THREAT PUSH INTO THE
FORECAST AREA. RAISED MAX POPS INTO THE 45-50 PERCENT RANGE SUNDAY
AFTERNOON...BUT LOCALLY GREATER POPS COULD EVENTUALLY BE REQUIRED.

&&

.LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/...
MEDIUM RANGE GUIDANCE IS IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH THE LONG
TERM PERIOD. AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL DEEPEN OVER THE SOUTHEAST
STATES AND PERSIST THROUGH MID-WEEK. MEANWHILE AT THE SURFACE...
ATLANTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL PREVAIL AS A PIEDMONT TROUGH PERSISTS
INLAND. THIS PATTERN WILL FAVOR CHANCES OF MAINLY DIURNALLY DRIVEN
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY...WITH THE GREATEST COVERAGE
LIKELY TO OCCUR MONDAY AND TUESDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL GENERALLY BE
NEAR NORMAL...WITH HIGHS AROUND 90 OR IN THE LOWER 90S AND LOWS IN
THE LOWER TO MID 70S.

&&

.AVIATION /20Z THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
VFR CIGS/VSBYS SHOULD PREVAIL AT BOTH TERMINALS THROUGH 22Z.
SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS WILL THEN BE POSSIBLE LATE AFTERNOON INTO
EVENING HOURS...PRODUCING A PERIOD OF FLIGHT RESTRICTIONS AT EITHER
TERMINAL. HAVE MAINTAINED A TEMPO GROUP OF MVFR VSBYS ASSOCIATED
WITH THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY BETWEEN 22-01Z AT BOTH CHS AND SAV
TERMINALS. IN ADDITION...STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH 01Z AT BOTH TERMINALS. VFR CIGS/VSBYS WILL
LIKELY RETURN AT BOTH TERMINALS OVERNIGHT AND PERSIST INTO LATE
MORNING HOURS ON FRIDAY.

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...
THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT...ATLANTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL DOMINATE THE
WEATHER PATTERN OVER THE COASTAL WATERS WITH A PIEDMONT TROUGH
SITUATED INLAND. IN GENERAL...SOUTH/SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL REMAIN AT
OR BELOW 15-20 KTS...HIGHEST NEAR A SEABREEZE CIRCULATION AND DURING
NOCTURNAL LOW LEVEL JETTING. SEAS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 2-4 FT. WINDS
AND SEAS WILL VARY WITHIN THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT...ESPECIALLY AS A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS SHIFTS OFFSHORE
SHORTLY AFTER NIGHTFALL. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE STRONG WITH
DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE PRIMARY CONCERN.

FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...A PERSISTENT PATTERN FEATURING ATLANTIC
HIGH PRESSURE AND AN INLAND SURFACE TROUGH WILL CONTINUE WITH ONLY
MINOR FLUCTUATIONS. A TIGHTENED PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN THE TWO
FEATURES WILL MAINTAIN ELEVATED WINDS/SEAS THROUGH THE PERIOD. IN
FACT...IT APPEARS THAT CONDITIONS COULD REACH MARGINAL SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY CRITERIA OVER A PORTION OF THE WATERS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS
AMZ350 AND AMZ374...FRIDAY NIGHT. OTHERWISE...SEA BREEZE
CIRCULATIONS AND NOCTURNAL LOW LEVEL JETTING WILL ALLOW
SOUTH/SOUTHWEST WINDS TO PEAK NEAR 15-20 KTS. 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...ELEVATED S/SW WINDS AND ASTRONOMICAL FACTORS WILL
CONTINUE ESPECIALLY ALONG THE CHARLESTON COUNTY COAST FRIDAY.
THUS...WILL ONCE AGAIN INDICATE A MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS
HERE FRIDAY. AN ELEVATED RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS COULD THEN PERSIST
INTO THE FOURTH OF JULY WEEKEND.

&&

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

&&

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

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 2, 3:58 PM EDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
358 PM EDT THU JUL 2 2015

AMZ330-GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-042>045-047>049-051-
052-032000-
CHARLESTON HARBOR-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-
358 PM EDT THU JUL 2 2015

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 385 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND 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...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME
SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.

.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.

AMZ350-352-354-374-032000-
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-
358 PM EDT THU JUL 2 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG WIND
GUSTS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL IMPACT
COASTAL WATERS THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG WIND
GUSTS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN COULD IMPACT
COASTAL WATERS FRIDAY...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING HOURS.

.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.

SCZ050-032000-
CHARLESTON-
358 PM EDT THU JUL 2 2015

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 385 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...
...MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

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.
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

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.

.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.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 2, 11:57 AM EDT, 5 hours 50 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1157 AM EDT THU JUL 02 2015

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

0300 PM     RIP CURRENTS     1 WSW FOLLY BEACH       32.65N  79.94W
07/01/2015                   CHARLESTON         SC   LIFEGUARD

            A FOLLY BEACH LIFEGUARD REPORTED 1 RESCUE RELATED TO A
            RIP CURRENT NEAR THE FOLLY BEACH PIER.

&&

EVENT NUMBER CHS1500527

DPB

Local storm report, Jul 2, 1:09 PM EDT, 4 hours 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
109 PM EDT THU JUL 02 2015

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

0103 PM     MARINE TSTM WIND 4 ESE CHARLESTON        32.75N  79.87W
07/02/2015  M39 MPH          AMZ330             SC   MESONET

            THE FT. SUMTER WEATHERFLOW SITE MEASURED A 34 KNOT...39
            MPH...WIND GUST.

&&

EVENT NUMBER CHS1500528

BSH

Local storm report, Jul 2, 1:30 PM EDT, 4 hours 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
130 PM EDT THU JUL 02 2015

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

0108 PM     MARINE TSTM WIND 4 ESE CHARLESTON        32.75N  79.87W
07/02/2015  M41 MPH          AMZ330             SC   MESONET

            PEAK GUST OF 36 KNOTS...41 MPH...AT THE FT SUMTER
            WEATHERFLOW SITE FROM THE PASSING THUNDERSTORM.

&&

EVENT NUMBER CHS1500529

BSH

Special weather statement, Jul 2, 5:35 PM EDT, 12 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
535 PM EDT THU JUL 2 2015

GAZ114-022230-
TATTNALL GA-
535 PM EDT THU JUL 2 2015

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF TATTNALL COUNTY UNTIL
630 PM EDT...

AT 534 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR OAK PARK TO NEAR PLANT
HATCH...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
REIDSVILLE...COLLINS...COBBTOWN AND GORDONIA ALTAMAHA STATE PARK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY
LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

&&

LAT...LON 3228 8203 3224 8202 3186 8211 3190 8211
      3189 8212 3189 8213 3191 8213 3190 8215
      3190 8219 3192 8222 3218 8218 3223 8221
      3232 8223
TIME...MOT...LOC 2134Z 269DEG 12KT 3231 8229 3195 8239

FWA

The office that day

Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 1, 9:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Bulloch, Candler	57 min
Jul 1, 10:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Bulloch, Effingham, Screven	55 min
Jul 1, 11:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Effingham	44 min
Jul 2, 5:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Bulloch, Candler, Jenkins	64 min
Jul 2, 5:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Jenkins, Screven	59 min
Jul 2, 5:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Tattnall	55 min
Jul 2, 5:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Evans, Long, Tattnall	67 min
Jul 2, 6:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Bulloch, Effingham, Screven	54 min
Jul 2, 6:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Bryan, Liberty, Long	49 min
Jul 2, 6:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Bryan, Chatham, Effingham, Liberty, McIntosh	53 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.