2 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 Jun 3, 2:50 PM EST, 3 hours 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 350 PM EDT FRI JUN 3 2005 .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/...RATHER ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AT THIS HOUR ACROSS MAINLY THE COASTAL GA PORTION OF THE WARNING AREA MAKING THEIR WAY TO THE NE. MID LVL DRY PUNCH WORKING ITS WAY THROUGH GA. EXPECT MUCH OF THIS ACTIVITY TO WEAKEN A BIT WITH LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING HOWEVER SHOWER ACTIVITY CANNOT BE RULED OUT WELL INTO THE EVENING HOURS AS ACTIVITY OVER THE SRN GA PORTION SHIFTS NE. FOR THE WEEKEND THE UPPER TROF WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT N AND E AND FLATTEN FOR THE WEEKEND. THE BULK OF THE DYNAMICS WILL THEN MAINLY PASS N OF THE AREA. OVERALL THE WINDS OFF THE SFC WILL HAVE MORE OF A WRLY COMPONENT THAN PREV DAYS SO ANY CONVECTION THAT DEVELOPS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO MOVE BACK TOWARDS THE COAST. EXPECT THE SEA BREEZE AND LEE TROUGH TO BE THE MAIN FOCUSING ELEMENTS FOR ACTIVITY. LOW LVL MOISTURE AND WARM TEMPS WELL INTO THE 80S WILL CONTINUE. OVERALL WINDS FIELDS WILL NOT BE VERY STRONG AND WET BULB ZERO VALUES WILL REMAIN HIGH. THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BECOME QUITE UNSTABLE BOTH DAYS WITH MORE SUNSHINE EXPECTED THAN THE PAST FEW DAYS AND COVERAGE WILL BE LESS. && .LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...THE GFS CONTINUES TO HINT AT THE LOW PRES SYSTEM AT MID LVLS MOVING OUT OF THE TROPICS AND INTO THE GULF COAST STATES HOWEVER THIS RUN SHOWS IT A BIT FRTHR TO THE W. WILL DOWNPLAY THE EFFECTS FROM THIS SYSTEM THAN THE GFS INDICATES AS IT CONTINUES TO FLIP FLOP ON ITS SOLN. AT ANY RATE...SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY CANNOT BE RULED OUT WITH CONTINUED HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS BUT SHOULD SEE A RETURN TO MORE OF THE TYPICAL MORE DIURNAL SCENARIO OF AFTN AND EVENING ACTIVITY. MAY SEE TEMPS APPROACH THE 90 DEGREE MARK EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH PLENTY OF SUNSHINE. && .MARINE... NOT MUCH CHANGE IN THE OVERALL PATTERN OR FROM PREVIOUS FORECAST THINKING. THE ONLY CHANGE WE MADE WAS TO ENHANCE THE SFC RIDGE AXIS THROUGH THE SAVANNAH RIVER. THE LOW LEVEL FLOW ACROSS OUR GEORGIA WATERS SHOULD BE A BIT MORE DIURNALLY SE DURING THE AFTN THIS WEEKEND. EVEN THOUGH THERE IS SOME POTENTIAL FOR MORE OF A PINCHED GRADIENT AT TIMES...SPEEDS WILL MAINLY BE AOB 15 KT AND SEAS BTWN 2 AND 4 FT INTO THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT WEEK. && .AVIATION...WATCHING PRECIP CURRENTLY ACROSS MAKING GA RUN FOR SAV. SO FAR VERY LITTLE THUNDER SO DID NOT INCLUDE IN 18Z TAFS BUT WILL AMMEND AS NEEDED. CHS TEMPORARILY HAS BROKEN OUT INTO VFR CONDITIONS BUT EXPECT LOW CLOUDS/PRECIP TO MOVE IN LATER THIS AFTN. MAV GUIDANCE HINTING AT ANOTHER ROUND OF LIFR CIGS OVERNIGHT BUT STUCK WITH IFR CIGS WITH MVFR VSBYS FOR NOW. PRECIP COVERAGE TO DIMINISH TOMORROW WITH UPPER TROUGH PUSHING E OF THE AREA AND HIGH PRES BUILDING IN. && .CHS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. SC...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && 18/24/44
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 955 AM EDT FRI JUN 3 2005 AMZ330-350-352-354-374-GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040- 042>045-047>051-040915- 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- 955 AM EDT FRI JUN 3 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...TODAY AND TONIGHT .THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG WITH GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. A GREATER HAZARD WITH THE STORMS APPEARS TO BE THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. WITH ALREADY SATURATED SOILS IN MANY AREAS....ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS WILL CAUSE MINOR TEMPORARY FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND ROADWAYS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY OR TONIGHT. 24
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 358 PM EDT FRI JUN 3 2005 SCZ044-032030- DORCHESTER- 358 PM EDT FRI JUN 3 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT DORCHESTER COUNTY THROUGH 430 PM EDT... AT 358 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF ROSINVILLE...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF SAINT GEORGE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND ROSINVILLE AND DUNCAN CHAPEL THROUGH 430 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. RB
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 437 PM EDT FRI JUN 3 2005 SCZ044-032100- DORCHESTER- 437 PM EDT FRI JUN 3 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT DORCHESTER COUNTY THROUGH 500 PM EDT... AT 437 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SAINT GEORGE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS BETWEEN HIGHWAY 61 AND 78 AND THROUGH 500 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. RJB
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 512 PM EDT FRI JUN 3 2005 SCZ045-032145- BERKELEY- 512 PM EDT FRI JUN 3 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT BERKELEY COUNTY THROUGH 545 PM EDT... AT 512 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED OVER WILDER...OR ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SAINT STEPHEN...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND LAKE MOULTRIE INCLUDING WILDER...RUSSELLVILLE...BONNEAU BEACH...BONNEAU...SAINT STEPHEN AND ALVIN THROUGH 545 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. RJB
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
535 PM EDT FRI JUN 03 2005
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..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0730 PM HAIL 3 NW SPRINGFIELD 32.40N 81.41W
06/02/2005 0.88 INCH EFFINGHAM GA PUBLIC
NICKEL SIZE HAIL AT RESIDENCE OFF HIGHWAY 21
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PYThe Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 79 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:23 UTC.
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A nearly stationary thunderstorm dropped torrential rainfall for several hours on Pembroke and surrounding areas. A spotter in the area recorded 7.85 inches of rain. This led to extensive flooding of roads with Highways 67 and 119 being closed. A creek in the town also flooded.
Very heavy rainfall caused flooding in the southern part of the county. Nevils-Denmark road was flooded.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 5459194, 5459195.