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NWS Charleston, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 4, 1:15 PM EST, 2 hours 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 215 PM EDT MON AUG 4 2003 ANOTHER DAY OF WATERSPOUTS...WITH SEVERAL SIGHTED OFF FOLLY BEACH AND KIAWAH ISLAND AGAIN. THANK GOODNESS FOR OUR SPOTTERS. LINES OF BUILDING CUMULUS AND VERY LIGHT WINDS IN THE LOWEST FEW THOUSAND FEET...COMBINED WITH WEAK CONVERGENCE AND SLIGHT VEERING IN THE LOWER TROPOSPHERE TO PRODUCE THE SPOUTS. RECENT SATELLITE AND RADAR SHOWING LIMITED COVERAGE OF CONVECTION SO FAR...WITH MOST ACTIVITY ALONG THE COAST OF MCINTOSH COUNTY. STORM MOTION IS E NEAR 20 KT. PLENTY OF CONVECTION STARTING TO SPREAD ACROSS GA AND WITH RESULTANT SEA BREEZE JUST GETTING STARTED...COVERAGE OF CONVECTION WILL BEGIN ONCE THE CAP BREAKS. THE BLOCKED PATTERN ALOFT WILL PERSIST AGAIN THIS FCST PERIOD...WITH AMPLIFIED TROUGH IN THE E AND THE SUB TROPICAL RIDGE IN THE ATLC HOLDING FIRM. SURFACE AND LOW LEVEL RIDGE IS SUPPRESSED ACROSS FL AND WILL MOVE LITTLE OR EVEN SHIFT A LITTLE FURTHER S THROUGHOUT THE WEEK. ONE SHORT WAVE...NOW IN THE TN VALLEY WILL MOVE THRU LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY TUE...WITH NVA IN ITS WAKE. ANOTHER SHORT WAVE TO MOVE IN LATE WED AND WED NIGHT...WITH A POSSIBLE THIRD WAVE ALOFT ON FRI. UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE IS ASSOCIATED WITH EACH WAVE...BUT BEST UPWARD MOTION IS DURING THE MID WEEK AND LATE WEEK SHORT WAVES. THIS POINTS TO HIGHER POPS DURING THESE TIME PERIODS...WITH NEAR NORMAL POPS THE REST OF THE FCST PERIOD. TOMORROWS CONVECTION IS A LITTLE BOTHERSOME HOWEVER. COMBINATION OF NVA AND LESS MEAN RH AND PWAT POINTS TO LESS COVERAGE OF ACTIVITY THAN LATE. HOWEVER...WIND FIELDS ALOFT WILL INCREASE AND MID LEVEL DRY AIR WOULD LEAD TO A BETTER CHANCE OF SOME DOWNBURST WINDS. AND SPC DOES HAVE THE NW PART OF THE CWA IN A SLGT RISK ARE OF SEVERE WX FOR TUE. RESULTANT SEA BREEZE BOUNDARY WILL BE PINNED CLOSER TO THE COAST THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS...WITH BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS MAINLY FROM THE SW AT 10 TO 15 KT OR GREATER. SC NOCTURNAL MARINE CONVECTION WILL LIKELY REMAIN IN THE ATLC WITH PARALLEL FLOW TO THE ORIENTATION OF THE COASTLINE. TEMPS NOT FAR FROM NORMAL...EXCEPT A LITTLE LOWER DURING THE DAYTIME. MARINE....SOUTHWEST FLOW CONTINUES THROUGH THE PERIOD AROUND THE BERMUDA HIGH. WIND SPEEDS WILL PICK UP SOMEWHAT BY THURSDAY NIGHT AS UPPER TROUGH SHARPENS JUST TO OUR WEST. AT THE SAME TIME A SURFACE LOW AND ASSOCIATED FRONT DROPS INTO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AND TIGHTENS UP THE SURFACE GRADIENT. THIS IS MORE EVIDENT ON THE GFS THAN THE ETA. THE GFS LOOKS A BIT TOO HIGH SO WILL TREND TOWARD THE ETA. SITUATION REMAINS UNCHANGED HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND WITH ELONGATED UPPER TROUGH REMAINING IN PLACE AND THE FRONT DISSIPATING JUST WEST OF HERE. NO FLAGS. .CHS... GA...NONE. SC...NONE. PM/HSA
AMZ330-350-352-354-374-GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040- 042>045-047>051-041100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1155 AM EDT MON AUG 4 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA... SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS FROM SOUTH SANTEE RIVER SOUTH CAROLINA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. .HEAVY RAIN/FLASH FLOODING...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE AREA INTO THIS EVENING. A FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 3 INCHES OR MORE OF RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD. THIS MAY RESULT IN ISOLATED AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING. .RIVER FLOODING...RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE SAVANNAH RIVER AT CLYO...THE EDISTO RIVER AT GIVHANS FERRY AND FOR THE OGEECHEE RIVER AT EDEN. THE RIVER FLOOD WARNING FOR THE LOWER SANTEE RIVER AT JAMESTOWN HAS BEEN CANCELLED. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST RIVER FLOOD STATEMENTS FOR MORE SPECIFIC INFORMATION. .RIP CURRENTS...RIP CURRENT RISK IS MODERATE THIS AFTERNOON. WIND AND OR WAVE CONDITIONS SUPPORT STRONGER OR MORE FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS. ONLY EXPERIENCED SURF SWIMMERS SHOULD ENTER THE WATER. PLEASE REFER TO THE 1145 AM MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT AND THE SURF ZONE FORECAST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. .WATERSPOUTS...THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF SEVERAL WATERSPOUTS THIS MORNING OFF OF KIAWAH AND FOLLY BEACH. UNTIL THE SEA BREEZE DEVELOPS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...THERE IS STILL A SLIGHT RISK OF WATERSPOUTS...MAINLY FROM TYBEE ISLAND TO ISLE OF PALMS. WATERSPOUTS USUALLY DEVELOP FROM THE LARGER CLOUD BUILDUPS...ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH DARK AND FLAT BASES. WIND SPEEDS CAN EASILY REACH 35 OR 40 KNOTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. .RIVER FLOODING...RIVER FLOODING WILL LIKELY CONTINUE ON THE EDISTO RIVER AT GIVHANS FERRY...THE SAVANNAH RIVER AT CLYO AND THE OGEECHEE RIVER AT EDEN. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST RIVER FLOOD STATEMENTS AND RIVER FORECAST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE REQUIRED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
GAZ140-141-042130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 458 PM EDT MON AUG 4 2003 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT MCINTOSH COUNTY THROUGH 530 PM EDT... AT 458 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...FROM 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF COX TO 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DARIEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND TOWNSEND...DARIEN...COX...ARDICK...HUXFORD...MERIDIAN...AND EULONIA THROUGH 530 PM EDT. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. MOVE INSIDE A SAFE BUILDING IMMEDIATELY IF STORMS APPROACH YOUR LOCATION. PM
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 114 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:03 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds knocked down large limbs across power lines.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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