1 flash flood, 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 Jul 26, 1:11 PM EST, 44 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 200 PM EDT SAT JUL 25 2003 .PUBLIC... LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...WHATS LEFT OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION 7...IS CONTINUING TO DRIFT SLOWLY TO THE WEST THROUGH CENTRAL GA. AREA OF CONVECTION OF THE COAST APPEARS TO BE UNDER THE DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE BERMUDA HIGH AND IS MOVING TO THE NORTH OVER THE ATLANTIC. THE HEAVIEST RAIN OCCURRING RIGHT NOW IS NEAR THE CENTER OF CIRCULATION...AND IS DEPICTED VERY WELL BY THE WSETA AND META. THESE MODELS ALSO INDICATE THE PRECIP WILL TAPER OFF THIS EVENING FROM EAST TO WEST...AND THE FLOOD WATCH WILL LIKELY BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. THEN THE LOW WILL HANG OUT OVER CENTRAL GA AND BECOME ABSORBED INTO THE LONG WAVE TROUGH OVER THE NE US TOMORROW. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN OVER THE REGION THROUGH TUESDAY...WITH SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. A COLD FRONT WILL THEN MOVE TOWARDS THE AREA ON TUESDAY NIGHT...WEAKENING AS IT DOES SO. WITH THE FRONTAL REMAINS OVER THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY...EXPECT GREATEST CHANCES OF CONVECTION. BROAD SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE BERMUDA HIGH WILL THEN RETURN ON THURSDAY AND REMAIN THROUGH THE PERIOD. .MARINE... SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW OVER THE WATERS SHOULD KEEP SEAS BELOW SCA CRITERIA THROUGH THE PERIOD. NO BIG CHANGES FROM PREVIOUS PACKAGE. .PRELIMINARY NUMBERS... CHS 74 90 74 90 74 / 50 40 40 30 30 SAV 73 89 72 91 74 / 40 40 40 30 30 CHL 76 86 78 86 78 / 50 40 40 30 30 NBC 74 88 74 91 75 / 40 40 40 30 30 RBW 72 89 72 92 72 / 60 40 40 30 30 MHP 72 89 74 92 72 / 60 40 40 30 30 .CHS... GA...FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL ZONES THROUGH 6 PM SATURDAY. SC...FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL ZONES THROUGH 6 PM SATURDAY. JR
AMZ350-352-354-374-GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-042>045- 047>051-261800- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1201 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2003 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH 6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... 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...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. .FLOODING...THERE IS A RISK OF FLASH FLOODING THIS AFTERNOON...AS RICH TROPICAL MOISTURE FROM DEPRESSION NUMBER SEVEN HELPS TO FORM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. REFER TO THE LATEST FLASH FLOOD WATCH PRODUCT FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. .RIVER FLOODING...RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE SANTEE RIVER AT JAMESTOWN...THE SAVANNAH RIVER AT CLYO AND BURTONS FERRY ...THE EDISTO RIVER AT GIVHANS FERRY...AND FOR THE OGEECHEE RIVER AT SCARBORO. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST RIVER FLOOD STATEMENTS FOR MORE SPECIFIC INFORMATION. .RIP CURRENTS...A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS EXISTS TODAY FOR THE BEACHES OF SOUTH COASTAL SOUTH CAROLINA. THIS INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED BY LIFEGUARDS IN CHARLESTON COUNTY SOUTH CAROLINA. PLEASE REFER TO LATEST MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. .RIVER FLOODING...RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE SANTEE RIVER AT JAMESTOWN...THE SAVANNAH RIVER AT CLYO AND AT BURTONS FERRY...THE EDISTO RIVER AT GIVHANS FERRY...AND THE OGEECHEE RIVER AT SCARBORO. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST RIVER FLOOD STATEMENTS FOR MORE SPECIFIC INFORMATION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT. PY
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
0913 AM EDT SAT JUL 26 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0850 AM 1 NNE MONCKS CORNER SC FLASH FLOOD
07/26/03 BERKELEY HIGHWAYS 402 AND 52.
ROADWAYS COVERED IN WATER.
REPORTED BY 911 OFFICIALS.
JPCThe Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 87 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:52 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Very heavy rain caused flooding which washed out Savannah Road and Spencer Road. Highway 25 to the north of Millen was also flooded.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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