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NWS Charleston, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 30, 1:25 PM EST, 4 hours 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 225 PM EDT SAT JUL 30 2005 .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/... PATTERN TO BE DOMINATED BY DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE AND A STALLED OUT BOUNDARY THROUGH THE PERIOD. MAJORITY OF CURRENT CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY OCCURRING FAIRLY FAR INLAND AND AS THE SEAS BREEZE CONTINUES TO ADVANCE INLAND...BEST CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING IS WELL INLAND....WILL CONTINUE WITH LIKELY POPS FOR THIS AREA. THEN OVERNIGHT EXPECT MOST OF CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY OVER LAND TO DISSIPATE WHILE NOCTURNAL CONVECTION DEVELOPS OVER THE WATERS. HIGHEST POPS LATER TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING WILL BE OVER THE WATER AND IMMEDIATE COASTAL AREAS. ON SUNDAY...HAVE RAISED POPS TO LIKELY FOR INLAND AREAS AS CONVECTION AGAIN REDEVELOPS OVER THE LAND. LOWEST CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION DURING THIS PERIOD IS AT AREA BEACHES DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. CLOUDS AND PRECIPITATION TO KEEP HIGH TEMPERATURES SLIGHTLY BELOW SEASONAL NORMS. SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS ARE POSSIBLE...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. && .LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/... WEAK FRONTAL TROF/BOUNDARY EXPECTED TO REMAIN ACROSS OR VERY NEAR MY COUNTY WARNING THROUGH MOST IF NOT ALL OF THIS PERIOD. PRECIPITAL WATER VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP SOMEWHAT DURING THIS PERIOD AND AS A RESULT EXPECT PRECIPITATION CHANCES BOTH OVER LAND AND OVER THE WATER TO DROP TO MORE TYPICAL LEVELS BY THE END OF THE WEEK. IN ADDITION...HIGHS SHOULD CLIMB BACK TO NEAR SEASONAL VALUES BY THE MIDDLE OR END OF THE WEEK. && .MARINE...FEW CHANGES TO ONGOING THINKING. INVERTED PRE-FNTL SFC TROF WILL REMAIN OVR THE WATERS THROUGH SUN...KEEPING WINDS SLY... THEN DISSIPATE WHILE THE WEAK FNT APCHS THE WATERS. FNT WILL THEN SETTLE DOWN INVOF THE MARINE AREA AND ALLOW A MORE PERSISTENT ONSHORE FLOW THRU THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. WIND SPEEDS WILL REMAIN AOB 15 KT AND SEAS AOB 4 FT. && .AVIATION...CONVECTION AGAIN THE MAIN PROBLEM...BUT KCHS IS SEEING THE ACTION TDA AS OPPOSED TO KSAV WHICH SAW IT YDA. TSRA ALREADY OCCURRED AT KCHS AND WITH TSTM ACTIVITY SW OF THE AIRPORT WILL CONTINUE TSRA MENTION THRU 30/20Z. OTHERWISE...WILL LOOK FOR DIURNALLY DRIVEN ACTIVITY TO SETTLE DOWN SHORTLY AFTER DARK BUT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY CONVECTION OVR THE COASTAL WATERS THAT MAY MOVE INLAND. KCHS HAS THE BETTER SHOT SO WILL MAINTAIN CB MENTION AFTER 31/07Z. MVFR VSBYS CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE OVRNGT...FOLLOWED BY MORE CONVECTION TMRW. && .CHS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SC...NONE. GA...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && MTE/JPC
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 606 PM EDT SAT JUL 30 2005 AMZ330-350-352-354-374-GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040- 042>045-047>051-311000- CHARLESTON HARBOR- WATERS FROM SOUTH SANTEE RIVER TO EDISTO BEACH SC OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM EDISTO BEACH SC TO SAVANNAH GA OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM SAVANNAH GA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GA OUT 20 NM...INCLUDING GRAYS REEF NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY- WATERS FROM SAVANNAH GA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GA EXTENDING FROM 20 TO 60 NM-JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS- INLAND BRYAN-COASTAL BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-COASTAL CHATHAM-LONG- INLAND LIBERTY-COASTAL LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH-COASTAL MCINTOSH- ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER-BERKELEY-INLAND JASPER-BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- 606 PM EDT SAT JUL 30 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA... SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTH SANTEE RIVER SOUTH CAROLINA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. .THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE AREA EARLY TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN CHARLESTON AND BERKELEY COUNTIES...AS WELL AS IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. FREQUENT LIGHTNING... LOCALIZED GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAINS AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH SOME OF THESE STORMS. THERE IS ALSO A SMALL CHANCE OF WIND GUSTS PAST 60 MPH AND LARGE HAIL IN ONE OR TWO OF THE STORMS. .RIVER FLOODING...MINOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE SAVANNAH RIVER AT CLYO. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST RIVER FLOOD STATEMENT FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. .THUNDERSTORMS...THERE IS A CHANCE OF A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE AREA. FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAINS WITH BE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT HAZARDS. .RIVER FLOODING...MINOR FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ALONG THE THE SAVANNAH RIVER AT CLYO. REFER TO THE LATEST RIVER FLOOD STATEMENT FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED ACROSS MCINTOSH...LONG AND LIBERTY COUNTIES EARLY TONIGHT. 33
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
532 PM EDT SAT JUL 30 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0532 PM HAIL 2 ENE SHAWNEE 32.49N 81.38W
07/30/2005 0.25 INCH EFFINGHAM GA TRAINED SPOTTER
PEA-SIZE HAIL AND SMALL TREE LIMBS SCATTERED ON GROUND.
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JPCSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 551 PM EDT SAT JUL 30 2005 GAZ099-100-114-115-302230- BULLOCH-CANDLER-EVANS-TATTNALL- 551 PM EDT SAT JUL 30 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT EVANS COUNTY...TATTNALL COUNTY... CANDLER COUNTY AND BULLOCH COUNTY THROUGH 630 PM EDT... AT 551 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM ADABELLE TO BELLVILLE TO 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF REIDSVILLE...OR FROM 9 MILES NORTH OF CLAXTON TO 4 MILES WEST OF CLAXTON TO 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF REIDSVILLE...AND MOVING LITTLE. THIS CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...AND OTHERS THAT WILL DEVELOP...WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND UNION...UNDINE... SHAMROCK...PULASKI...PARISH...ALINE...METTER...MANASSAS... EXCELSIOR...CLAXTON...COLLINS AND COBBTOWN THROUGH 630 PM EDT. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. MOVE INSIDE A SAFE LOCATION IMMEDIATELY IF STORMS APPROACH WHERE YOU ARE. 33
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 624 PM EDT SAT JUL 30 2005 GAZ114-115-302300- EVANS-TATTNALL- 624 PM EDT SAT JUL 30 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT EVANS COUNTY AND TATTNALL COUNTY THROUGH 700 PM EDT... AT 624 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...FROM 3 MILES EAST OF DAISY TO 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF HUGHLAND...OR FROM 7 MILES EAST OF CLAXTON TO 5 MILES EAST OF REIDSVILLE...MOVING LITTLE.STATIONARY. THIS CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND MIDWAY...MENDES...JENNIE...HUGHLAND...DANIELS...BAY BRANCH... UNDINE...MANASSAS...HAGAN AND EDNA THROUGH 700 PM EDT. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. MOVE INSIDE A SAFE LOCATION IMMEDIATELY IF STORMS APPROACH WHERE YOU ARE. 33
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 636 PM EDT SAT JUL 30 2005 GAZ137-302330- LONG- 636 PM EDT SAT JUL 30 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT LONG COUNTY THROUGH 730 PM EDT... AT 636 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS JUST SOUTH OF THE ALTAMAHA RIVER...MOVING NORTH NEAR 15 MPH. MEANWHILE...A BOUNDARY FROM THUNDERSTORMS NEAR CLAXTON AND DENMARK IS PROGRESSING SOUTH. AS THESE TWO AREAS MERGE THIS EVENING ACROSS LONG COUNTY THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT CAN EXPECT THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE...NOBLE...BEARDS CREEK...DONALD...WEFANIE...LUDOWICI... ELIM AND AIMAR THROUGH 730 PM EDT. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. MOVE INSIDE A SAFE LOCATION IMMEDIATELY IF STORMS APPROACH WHERE YOU ARE. 33
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 642 PM EDT SAT JUL 30 2005 GAZ138>141-302330- COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH-INLAND LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH- 642 PM EDT SAT JUL 30 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT MCINTOSH COUNTY AND LIBERTY COUNTY THROUGH 730 PM EDT... AT 642 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...FROM 8 MILES WEST OF COX TO 11 MILES SOUTH OF DARIEN...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. THIS CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND COX...DARIEN...EULONIA...RIDGEVILLE...ASHINTILLY...TOWNSEND... ARDICK...SAPELO ISLAND...MERIDIAN...HUXFORD...HALFMOON LANDING AND CARNIGAN THROUGH 730 PM EDT. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. MOVE INSIDE A SAFE LOCATION IMMEDIATELY IF STORMS APPROACH WHERE YOU ARE. 33
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 650 PM EDT SAT JUL 30 2005 GAZ114-115-302330- EVANS-TATTNALL- 650 PM EDT SAT JUL 30 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT EVANS COUNTY AND TATTNALL COUNTY THROUGH 730 PM EDT... AT 650 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED CLUSTERS OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH OF EVANS COUNTY AND PARTS OF TATTNALL COUNTY. STORMS WERE MOVING IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS AT THIS TIME. IF YOU ARE IN EITHER OF THESE COUNTIES THIS EVENING EXPECT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE IN AND AROUND GLENNVILLE... MIDWAY...FIVE POINTS...UNDINE...TISON...MENDES...MANASSAS... LYNN...HUGHLAND...CLAXTON AND HAGAN THROUGH 730 PM EDT. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. MOVE INSIDE A SAFE LOCATION IMMEDIATELY IF STORMS APPROACH WHERE YOU ARE. 33
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 126 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:20 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Ludowici police reported damage to sheds and car ports. Damage in Sand Hills subdivision.
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