1 waterspout, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Charleston, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 29, 8:28 AM EST, 1 hour 12 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 928 AM EDT FRI JUN 29 2001 12Z AREA SOUNDINGS SHOWING MORE INSTABILITY THIS MORNING THAN YESTERDAY...WITH BULLSEYE SITTING OVER SRN PTN OF CWA. MOST OF THE AREA MEASURED YESTERDAY WITH WIDESPREAD AFTN COVERAGE ESP OVER INLAND SE GA. EXPECT SIMILAR CONDITIONS THIS AFTN WITH BEST COVERAGE AGAIN ACROSS INLAND SE GA. BEST MOISTURE CONVERGENCE AND THETA-E LURKING JUST TO OUR SE THIS MORNING...BUT MSAS SHOWING THAT AREA BEGINNING TO MOVE INTO THE CWA. WITH MORE FAVORABLE STABILITY INDICES/MOISTURE PRESENT TODAY...WILL UP POPS ACROSS THE BOARD...RANGING FROM 40 ON THE SC COAST TO 60 ACROSS INLAND SE GA. BIGGEST CONCERN AGAIN WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WITH VERY WEAK STEERING WINDS. HIGH TEMPS GENLY MID/UPPER 80S. LIGHT WINDS WILL BECOME S-SE THIS AFTN. CWF...GOOD CONDITIONS OVER THE WATERS THIS MORNING WITH WEAK HIGH PRES CENTERED JUST TO THE N. LIGHT PG WILL VEER TO THE SE THIS AFTN. CURRENT FCST LOOKING FINE. WILL MAKE A MINOR TWEAK OR TWO TO ACCOUNT FOR INITIAL CONDITIONS. FCSTID = 20 CHS 88 72 89 73 / 40 20 30 20 SAV 88 71 89 71 / 60 30 40 20 CHL 86 76 86 76 / 40 20 30 20 NBC 88 72 89 73 / 40 20 30 20 RBW 88 71 90 71 / 50 20 30 20 .CHS... GA...NONE. SC...NONE. TJR
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 waterspout. Local standard time, as filed.
Waterspout appeared to be moving ashore but dissipated before coming ashore.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Georgia in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, June 2001
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