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 Aug 5, 2:05 PM EST, 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 305 PM EDT SUN AUG 5 2001 CLOUD SHIELD WORKING ITS WAY N ACROSS THE GA PORTION OF THE CWA SPREADING SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS N OF THE ALTAMAHA. SEA BREEZE BNDRY MOVING INLAND OVER SC. AS BARRY DRIFTS N THIS SHOULD ALLOW PRECIP TO MOVE FRTHR INTO GA AND SC BEFORE DYING DOWN A BIT TONIGHT. SHOULD SEE ACTIVITY OVER THE WATERS CONTINUE TONIGHT AND BRING MORE RAIN TO COASTAL SECTIONS TOWARDS MORNING. WILL GO WITH GOOD CHANCE TO LIKELY POPS FOR MON BEFORE PRECIP PULLS W AS BARRY DRIFTS WNW LATER ON MON INTO MON NIGHT. AVN CONTINUES TO BE FASTER WITH THE SHIFTING OF LOW LVL AND SFC WINDS AND DEEPER MOISTURE NWD. PREFER THE SLOWER MOVEMENT OF THE ETA. SUSPECT MODELS ARE IN GENERAL UNDERDONE WITH THEIR MOISTURE CONV ACROSS THE CWA. POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR HEAVY ISOLATED RAINFALL PARTICULARLY OVER GA PORTION BUT SUSPECT THAT ANY FLOODING PROBLEMS WILL BE VERY LOCALIZED GIVEN THE NATURE OF THE ACTIVITY THUS FAR AS WELL AS LATEST GUIDANCE. DO NOT THINK A WATCH IS NEEDED AT THIS TIME. WILL MENTION HEAVY AT TIMES IN GA PORTION OF FORECAST. EXPECT A RETURN TO MORE TYPICAL DIURNAL TYPE ACTIVITY TUE WITH INLAND LEE TYPE TROF TO HELP FOCUS ACTIVITY. CWF...WILL KEEP E WIND TONIGHT LESS THAN 15 KT WITH SEAS 2 TO 3 FT FOR SC PORTION. FOR GA E TO SE WITH SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. FLOW BECOMING SRLY ALL WATERS MON LESS THAN 15 KT. MON NIGHT INTO EARLY TUE FLOW WILL BECOME VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT. LIGHT WINDS CONT ON TUE WITH SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. FCSTID = 18 CHS 73 88 73 91 / 40 50 20 30 SAV 73 89 72 90 / 60 60 30 40 CHL 76 85 76 86 / 40 50 20 30 NBC 73 88 73 90 / 50 50 20 30 RBW 70 88 70 92 / 30 50 20 30 .CHS... GA...NONE. SC...NONE. SLF/RVT
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 103 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:57 UTC.
1 waterspout. Local standard time, as filed.
Waterspout sited off Kiawah Island moved northeast and then dissipated.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in South Carolina in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in South Carolina, August 2001
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