Much of WFO Charleston's CWA was impacted by the remnants of Tropical Storm Bill as it tracked to the northeast across the extreme northern section of Georgia. m.
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The episode as NWS CHS wrote it up.
Much of WFO Charleston's CWA was impacted by the remnants of Tropical Storm Bill as it tracked to the northeast across the extreme northern section of Georgia. The mini outbreak of tornadoes started around 8 p.m. on the night of July 1st and did not stop until after 115 a.m. on the morning of July 2nd. Fortunately, there were no deaths with the tornadoes. Screven County was hardest hit with three separate tornadoes and three areas of wind damage.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Charleston, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 1, 9:25 AM EST, 2 hours 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1025 AM EDT TUE JUL 01 2003 PUBLIC...REMNANTS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION BILL TO THE W OF THE AREA AND SHOULD BE FEELING THE EFFECTS MORE THIS AFTN INTO TONIGHT AS IT PASSES BY THE CWA...BUT THE CENTER REMAINS JUST W AND N. CWA CURRENTLY UNDER AN AREA OF LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS OVER SC PORTION AND SERLY FLOW OVER GA PORTION. A REMNANT SFC BNDRY EXISTS OVER THE MIDLANDS OF SC. ATMOSPHERE VERY MOIST WITH PW VALUES AROUND 2 INCHES. RATHER UNSTABLE AS WELL. WIND PROFILES SHOW FAVORABLE SHEAR IN THE LOWEST LAYERS THAT COULD SUPPORT AN ISOLATED TORNADO OR WATER SPOUT. LATEST RADAR IMAGERY INDICATES ALMOST A BANDING NATURE TO PRECIP TRYING TO DEVELOP IN THE AREA. HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL WITH SOME OF THESE STORMS GIVEN AMOUNT OF AVAILABLE MOISTURE IN ATMOSPHERE. SHORTWAVE ENERGY TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA TODAY AHEAD OF MAIN VORT ASSOCIATED WITH BILL. CONVECTION SHOULD INCREASE IN COVERAGE AS THE DAY PROGRESSES. STRONGEST STORMS IN OUR CWA MAY WELL BE INITIALLY OVER THE SE GA PORTION GIVEN POTENTIAL FOR MORE SUNSHINE IN THAT REGION THIS AFTN. LATEST CONFERENCE CALL FROM TPC INDICATES A SHIFT TO A SLIGHTLY MORE SRLY TRACK AND SLIGHTLY FASTER. THIS BRINGS BILL REMNANTS A LITTLE CLOSER TO THE CWA. CURRENT FCST SEEMS TO HAVE CONDITIONS HANDLED WELL WITH LIKELY PRECIP OVER MOST OF THE AREA AND CHANCE FOR THE GA COAST. CURRENT FCST LOOKS REASONABLE WITH NO UPDATE PLANNED TO WORDED FCST BUT MAY UPDATE A FEW GRIDS BASED ON LATEST OBS. WILL UPDATE HWO PRODUCT AND ISSUE AN SPS TO INDICATE POTENTIAL FOR AT LEAST ISOLATED SEVERE THIS AFTN INTO EVENING. MARINE...ZONE FORECAST OVERALL LOOKS GOOD. WINDS CALM TO LIGHT ACROSS SOUTH CAROLINA WATERS AT PRESENT BUT EXPECT WINDS TO PICK UP DURING THE MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON SO WILL NOT TAMPER WITH THE FORECAST. WINDS ACROSS GEORGIA LOOK FINE. SEAS IN GOOD SHAPE THROUGHOUT. .CHS... GA...NONE. SC...NONE. 18/9
GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-042>045-047>051-011745- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED RIVER FLOODING FOR DAY ONE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1205 PM EDT TUE JUL 1 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. .SEVERE WEATHER...THERE IS A CHANCE OF ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. THE ATMOSPHERE IS QUITE UNSTABLE...ESPECIALLY OVER GEORGIA. THEREFORE THE CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE SLIGHTLY HIGHER IN GEORGIA. .RIVER FLOODING...A RIVER FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR TEH OGEECHEE RIVER AT EDEN. RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE SAVANNAH RIVER AT CLYO AND THE SANTEE RIVER AT JAMESTOWN. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST RIVER FLOOD STATEMENT FOR MORE SPECIFIC INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. .ISOLATED HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE AS THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM BILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS TENNESSEE...NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHERN VIRGINIA. THE HEAVY RAIN COULD CAUSE ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS FOR RIVERS ALREADY NEAR OR ABOVE BANKFUL. .RIVER FLOODING...RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE ABOVE MENTIONED RIVERS OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST RIVER FLOOD STATEMENT FOR MORE SPECIFIC INFORMATION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-042>045-047>051-020230- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1100 AM EDT TUE JUL 1 2003 ...SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING... THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION BILL WILL MOVE FROM CENTRAL ALABAMA INTO NORTHERN GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON THEN INTO THE UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA TONIGHT. THE AIRMASS OVER SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTH COASTAL SOUTH CAROLINA IS ALREADY VERY MOIST AND EXPECTED TO BECOME MODERATELY UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON. THIS UNSTABLE AIRMASS COMBINED WITH THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION BILL WILL INCREASE CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MAINLY OVER SOUTHEAST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON EXTENDING INTO SOUTH COASTAL SOUTH CAROLINA TOWARDS EVENING. VERTICAL WIND PROFILES INDICATE THE POTENTIAL FOR AN ISOLATED TORNADO OR WATERSPOUT THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING AS CONVECTION INCREASES. HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE LEADING TO FLOODING PROBLEMS IN THOSE LOCATIONS WHERE STORMS PERSIST. LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS AND SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...TV...OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS SOURCE FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AT WCHS.CSC.NOAA.GOV. 18
GAZ100-115-116-011630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1126 AM EDT TUE JUL 1 2003 A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE NORTH NORTHEAST ACROSS EVANS AND BULLOCH COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA THROUGH 1230 PM. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL AVERAGE ONE HALF TO ONE INCH. SOME SPOTS COULD PICK UP AS MUCH AS AN INCH AND A HALF IN THE HEAVIEST RAIN. MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS IS LIKELY. AUSTIN
SCZ049-050-011630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1159 AM EDT TUE JUL 1 2003 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN HEADED FOR CHARLESTON AND SOUTHERN COLLETON COUNTIES... THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE ONSHORE INTO LOWER CHARLESTON COUNTY NEAR FOLLY BEACH TO SOUTHERN COLLETON COUNTY NEAR ST HELENA SOUND BETWEEN 12 AND 1230 PM. RESIDENTS IN THIS AREA CAN EXPECT RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH TO ONE INCH. AMOUNTS AS HIGH AS ONE AND A HALF TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN A FEW SPOTS. IN ADDITION...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS UP TO 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. AUSTIN
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 85 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:32 UTC.
6 thunderstorm wind, 6 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees and large limbs were knocked down.
Trees and power lines were knocked down.
Trees were knocked down.
A tornado caused extensive damage to trees in the northeast part of the county.
Trees were knocked down.
Thunderstorm winds downed power lines.
A tornado knocked down trees and damaged mobile homes
A tornado moved out of Bulloch county into the extreme southern part of the county. Numerous trees were knocked down.
A tornado knocked down numerous trees and power lines and overturned a car.
A tornado knocked down numerous trees.
A tornado moved from Bulloch county into extreme southern part of the county. Numerous trees were knocked down.
Trees were knocked down.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Georgia in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Georgia, 2003Warnings in Georgia, July 2003
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5374024, 5370142, 5370143, 5374025, 5370135, 5370136, 5370137, 5370138, 5370139, 5370140, 5370141, 5370229.