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NWS Charleston, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 23, 1:23 PM EST, 4 hours 3 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 223 PM EDT FRI JUL 23 2004 .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT AND SATURDAY/...SCATTERED CONVECTION DEVELOPING OVER THE SC MIDLANDS ALONG 850MB VORT AXIS AND MOVING SOUTH SOUTHEAST. MESO-ETA AND RUC40 SHOW THIS FEATURE VERY WELL...MOVING IT INTO THE FORECAST AREA THIS EVENING. PLAN ON KEEPING CHANCE POPS INTO THIS EVENING THEN TRIMMING BACK TO SLIGHT CHANCE OVERNIGHT AS OVERALL DYNAMICS ARE RATHER WEAK. COLD FRONT MOVING SOUTHEAST WILL MOVE INTO THE FORECAST AREA ON SATURDAY LINKING UP WITH THE PERSISTENT TROF OF LOW PRESSURE. EXPECT THE FRONT TO BECOME STATIONARY ALONG OR NEAR THE COAST DURING THE DAY SATURDAY. PLAN TO BUMP UP POPS A TAD TO 40 PERCENT ALL AREAS. && .LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THRU FRIDAY/...PATTERN WILL CONTINUE UNSETTLED THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD. FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THEN LIFT NORTH ON MONDAY AS UPPER TROF SWINGS INTO THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. FRONT WILL BECOME STATIONARY ONCE AGAIN IN THE LEE OF THE APPALACHIANS AS UPPER TROF MOVES EAST VERY SLOWLY AND BOUNDARY STAYS ALIGNED UNDER UPPER FLOW. RATHER WEAK SURFACE LOW WILL MOVE UP ALONG THE FRONT MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY CONTINUING TO DRAW WARM VERY HUMID AIR INTO THE AREA. GFS HINTING AT RATHER STRONG UPPER WAVE COMING THROUGH TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. FOR NOW WILL KEEP POPS AROUND 40 PERCENT. PMDEPD MENTIONS POSSIBILITY OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE REGION NEXT WEEK. WILL BE INTERESTED TO SEE HOW THIS PANS OUT. && .MARINE...LOW PRESSURE TROUGH ACROSS THE PIEDMONT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE PERIOD WHICH WILL KEEP LIGHT S-SW FLOW INTACT. ON TUESDAY THE APPROACH OF ANOTHER FRONT WILL CAUSE PRESSURE FALLS INLAND. THEREFORE EXPECT SLIGHTLY STRONGER WINDS ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS OF 10-15 KT TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. SEAS WILL RESPOND AS WELL...BUILDING TO 2-3 FT...POSSIBLY TO 4-5 FT AT 41004. && .AVIATION...WITH LITTLE MIXING OR CHANGE OF AIRMASS ACROSS THE AREA...MVFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AT BOTH TAF SITES DUE TO HAZE. OVERALL...VSBYS WILL BE AROUND 5 SM...BUT COULD FALL TO 3SM OR SO WITH BR OVERNIGHT. && .CHS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. SC...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && AUSTIN/JRA
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 420 AM EDT FRI JUL 23 2004 AMZ330-350-352-354-370-374-GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040- 042>045-047>051-240930- ALLENDALE-BEAUFORT-BERKELEY-BULLOCH-CANDLER-CHARLESTON-COASTAL BRYAN- COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL COLLETON-COASTAL JASPER-COASTAL LIBERTY- COASTAL MCINTOSH-DORCHESTER-EFFINGHAM-EVANS-HAMPTON-INLAND BRYAN- INLAND CHATHAM-INLAND COLLETON-INLAND JASPER-INLAND LIBERTY- INLAND MCINTOSH-JENKINS-LONG-SCREVEN-TATTNALL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLENDALE...BEAUFORT...CHARLESTON... CLAXTON...DARIEN...EDISTO BEACH...GOOSE CREEK...HAMPTON... HILTON HEAD ISLAND...HINESVILLE...LUDOWICI...MCCLELLANVILLE... METTER...MILLEN...MONCKS CORNER...PEMBROKE...REIDSVILLE... RICHMOND HILL...RIDGELAND...SAINT GEORGE...SAINT STEPHEN... SAVANNAH...SPRINGFIELD...STATESBORO...SUMMERVILLE...SYLVANIA... WALTERBORO AND YEMASSEE 420 AM EDT FRI JUL 23 2004 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. .HEAT INDICES...TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S AND DEWPOINTS IN THE 70S WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE HEAT INDEX VALUES THAT APPROACH 105 OVER PORTIONS OF INLAND GEORGIA AND INTO INLAND SOUTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON. .STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO EVENING. A FEW OF THE STORMS THAT DEVELOP AND INTERACT WITH THE SEA BREEZE AND SURFACE COLD FRONT MAY BECOME STRONG...WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS. LITTLE OR NO MOVEMENT IS EXPECTED TO THESE STORMS WHICH MAY RESULT IN LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 446 PM EDT FRI JUL 23 2004 SCZ043-044-232130- DORCHESTER-INLAND COLLETON- 446 PM EDT FRI JUL 23 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT DORCHESTER COUNTY AND COLLETON COUNTY THROUGH 530 PM EDT... AT 446 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES EAST OF RIDGEVILLE TO 3 MILES SOUTH OF PREGNALL...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF SUMMERVILLE TO 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SAINT GEORGE...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. THIS CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND RIDGEVILLE... PRINGLETOWN...PREGNALL...DORCHESTER...BYRD...JEDBURG...SUMMERVILLE... ORCHARD HILL...BROWNSVILLE AND LOTTS CROSSROADS 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. JR
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
512 PM EDT FRI JUL 23 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0435 PM TSTM WND DMG RIDGEVILLE 33.10N 80.32W
07/23/2004 DORCHESTER SC EMERGENCY MNGR
3 TREES DOWN.
0444 PM TSTM WND DMG CROCKETVILLE 32.92N 81.08W
07/23/2004 HAMPTON SC EMERGENCY MNGR
TREE DOWN ON POWERLINES.
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JRSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 539 PM EDT FRI JUL 23 2004 GAZ088-232230- SCREVEN- 539 PM EDT FRI JUL 23 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SCREVEN COUNTY THROUGH 630 PM EDT... AT 539 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF GREEN HILL...OR ABOUT 6 MILES EAST OF SYLVANIA...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND GREEN HILL...FARMDALE... WHITE HILL...HUNTERS...SHEPPARDS AND MIDDLEGROUND THROUGH 630 PM EDT. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. PY
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 550 PM EDT FRI JUL 23 2004 SCZ050-232215- CHARLESTON- 550 PM EDT FRI JUL 23 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT CHARLESTON COUNTY THROUGH 615 PM EDT... AT 550 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 2 MILES NORTH OF CAPWELLS CROSSROADS... OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SUMMERVILLE...MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND CAPWELLS CROSSROADS...OSBORN...JERICHO...BERRY HILL...RAVENEL...MEGGETT... HOLLYWOOD...BAPTIST HILL...YONGES ISLAND AND WADMALAW ISLAND THROUGH 615 PM EDT. EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. JR
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
611 PM EDT FRI JUL 23 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0500 PM TSTM WND DMG HAMPTON 32.88N 81.13W
07/23/2004 HAMPTON SC LAW ENFORCEMENT
LARGE LIMBS AND TREES DOWN IN THE AREA FROM HAMPTON OVER
TO VARNVILLE
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PYSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 616 PM EDT FRI JUL 23 2004 SCZ048-232300- BEAUFORT- 616 PM EDT FRI JUL 23 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT BEAUFORT COUNTY THROUGH 700 PM EDT... AT 616 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED OVER GARDENS CORNER...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF YEMASSEE...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND TOMOTLEY...SHELDON... GARDENS CORNER...BREWTON...BRIARS...CHISOLMS...DALE...COOSAW...LOBECO AND WILKINS THROUGH 700 PM EDT. EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. JR
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 56 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:24 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees down along Ogeechee Rd. near Highway 301.
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