1 lightning, 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 Sep 5, 3:05 PM EST, 2 hours 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 405 PM EDT WED SEP 5 2001 PER HURR CONF CALL...WILL REMOVE MENTION OF ERIN IN THE EXTENDD. UPR TROF WILL CONT TO EXIT THE NE COAST AND WK FRONT WILL SLOWLY PUSH INTO THE CWA TONIGHT. STILL NOT THE GREATEST CONFIDENCE ON SRN REACH OF FRONT...BUT EXPCT IT WEAKEN AND DIMINISH NEAR OR ACROSS THE SRN TIER OF COUNTIES LATE ON THU. TAIL END OF UPR ENERGY WILL STRETCH E/W JUST A BIT FURTHER S THAN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT ON THU IN CONJUNCTION WITH A LITTLE DEEPER UPR LVL DRYING ACROSS THE NRN HALF OF THE AREA. IN THE SHORT TERM...WILL NEED TO CARRY SLGT CHC FOR ALL BUT EXTREME NRN ZONES...AND CHC ACRS SE GA. FOR THU AND THU NIGHT...WILL HANG ON TO A SLGT CHC ACRS SRN ZONES AND WILL DROP POPS FOR SC ZONES AS UPR RDG MOVES OVER. AS SFC HIGH PUSHES OFF THE MID- ATLC COAST...LOW AND MID FLO LEVELS BECOMES ONSHORE AND MSTR BEGINS TO DEEPEN AGAIN FOR FRI. WILL THEREFORE REINTRODUCE A SLIGHT POP NRN ZONES AND INCREASE SRN ZONES THEN. PLAN TO STAY CLOSE TO THE MAV TEMPS. COULD SEE SEVERAL HOURS OF FOG TONIGHT WITH LLVL MSTR HANGING ON AND WINDS LIGHT. WILL HAVE THAT MENTIONED IN ALL ZONES. IN THE EXTENDD...UPR LO/AMPLIFIED TROF WORKS THRU THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE COUNTRY SWEEPING A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE MS VLY BY EARLY SUN. BROAD HIGH BEHIND IT MAY PUSH THAT FRONT WELL S OF THE CWA DURING THE EARLY PART OF TUE. MAINLY AFTN CHC OF PCPN THIS WEEKEND AND SLOWLY UP POPS FOR MON TO CHC. WILL GO WITH A PROGRESSIVE PUSH OF THAT FRONT AND LIMIT POPS TO SRN ZONES DAY 6 AND 7. CWF...LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS INITIALLY AND WILL BRING THEM AROUND TO NE THRU LATE FIRST PD. WINDS WILL CONT TO SHIFT ON THU TO MAINLY E AND THEN EVENTUALLY SE BY FRI. NO BIG SURGE EXPECTED AT ANY TIME AND NO FLAGS. FCSTID = 25 CHS 71 86 70 88 / 20 10 10 20 SAV 72 87 71 87 / 30 20 20 30 CHL 74 85 75 85 / 20 10 10 20 NBC 71 87 72 87 / 20 10 10 20 RBW 70 87 71 88 / 10 10 10 20 .CHS... GA...NONE. SC...NONE. MJR
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 43 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:58 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Effingham County emergency manager was struck by lightning as he left his home to go outside to get his wife inside.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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