1 thunderstorm wind, 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 18, 1:15 PM EST, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 215 PM EDT WED SEP 18 2002 S/W TROF AND ASSOCIATED UPPER JET MAX WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS UPSTATE SC THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. WHILE MOST OF THE RAIN AND CONVECTION SHOULD REMAIN TO OUR NORTH...WILL CONTINUE TO CARRY CHC POPS THROUGH THE NIGHT INTO THU. THE JET MAX MOVES SOUTHEAST OFF THE COAST ON THU PUTTING US IN A FAVORABLE RR QUAD. BY LATE THU AN UPPER RIDGE WILL BUILD NORTH FROM FL UP THE COAST INTO THE CAROLINAS AS A STRONG UPPER TROF DIGS THOUGH THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES. THIS WILL LOWER PRESSURES ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND KEEP US IN A LIGHT TO MODERATE SOUTHEAST SFC FLOW. MAV AND ETA MOS ARE TRENDING THE POPS DOWNWARD UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE UPPER RIDGE AND SEE NO REASON TO DISAGREE. FRI AND SAT WILL LIKELY REMAIN DRY. EXTENDED...ISIDORE BECOMES THE WILDCARD. UPPER TROF MOVING THROUGH THE COUNTRY ON FRI LOOKS TO BE TOO FAR NORTH TO HAVE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ON STEERING ISIDORE. AS ISIDORE MOVES NORTHWEST INTO THE GULF...THE NORTHERN STREAM RETREATS TO THE NORTHERN TIER OF THE U.S. LEAVING FAIRLY WEAK STEERING FLOW OVER THE SOUTHEAST REGION. WITH LONG RANGE FORECASTS OF ISIDORE KEEPING THE SYSTEM IN THE GULF OUT TO DAY 7...WILL KEEP IN MENTION OF SOME CLOUDS AND CHC POPS THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. MARINE...NO FLAGS EXPECTED THROUGH THE FORECAST. GRADIENT WILL REMAIN WEAK WITH SEAS AVERAGING 2 TO 3 FEET. CHS 73 86 71 86 / 30 30 10 00 SAV 72 87 71 87 / 30 30 10 00 CHL 77 83 76 83 / 30 30 10 00 NBC 74 86 74 86 / 30 30 10 00 RBW 71 88 71 90 / 30 30 10 00 MHP 72 89 72 91 / 30 30 10 00 .CHS... GA...NONE. SC...NONE. PY
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 85 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:45 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several farm buildings were destroyed. Also, several large limbs and power lines were down.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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