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NWS Charleston, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 29, 1:35 PM EST, 4 hours 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 235 PM EDT SUN MAY 29 2005 .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/...FRNTL BNDRY CURRENTLY EXTENDING FROM SE GEORGIA WWD TO AN AREA OF LOW PRES IN TX. WEAK HIGH PRES TO THE N OF THIS BNDRY PROVIDING MUCH DRIER AIR ACROSS A GOOD PART OF THE OHIO VALLEY...MID ATLNTC AND THE CAROLINAS. MOISTURE OVERRUNNING THE BNDRY ALONG WITH A S/W PRODUCING AN AREA OF SHOWERS FROM NRN GA WWD TO NRN MS. CLOSER TO HOME...INTERACTION OF SEA BREEZE AND FRNTL BNDRIES BEGINNING TO SPARK OFF SOME SH/TSTM ACTIVITY IN SE GA. AS BNDRY BEGINS TO SLOWLY LIFT N OVERNIGHT...DO EXPECT AN INCREASE IN PRECIP ACROSS SE GA AND THEN SE SC. THUS...WILL CARRY CHC POPS EVERYWHERE /50 IN GA AND 40 IN SC/. GREATER LIFT AND DEEPER MOISTURE TOMORROW WARRANTS LIKELY POPS AS THE BNDRY LIFTS JUST N OF THE CWA AND A WAVE APPROACHES FROM THE W. ABUNDANT CLOUD COVER AND PRECIP TO KEEP HIGH TEMPS IN THE LOWER 80S AT BEST TOMORROW WITH MID TO UPPER 60S FOR LOW TEMPS THE NEXT FEW NIGHTS. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...MORE AGREEMENT TODAY B/W THE GFS AND NAM YIELDING A BIT MORE CONFIDENT EXTENDED FCST. CWA LOOKS TO REMAIN IN WARM SECTOR AS WAVES OF LOW PRES RIDE EWD ALONG THE AFOREMENTIONED FRNTL BNDRY. WILL MAINTAIN LIKELY/HIGH CHC POPS FOR TUE AS ONE WAVE OF LOW PRES PASSES OFF THE COAST TO THE N AND UPPER DIFLUENCE AHEAD OF UPPER LOW SPREADS OVER THE AREA. BY THU...ANOTHER AREA OF LOW PRES ASSOCIATED WITH S/W TROUGH BACK NEAR THE MS VALLEY BEGINS TO LIFT ENE TOWARD THE WRN CAROLINAS. ATLTC HIGH PRES TO THE SE SHOULD BE STRONG ENOUGH TO KEEP BNDRY TO THE N OF THE AREA BUT DISTURBANCES RIDING AROUND THE BASE OF THE TROUGH WILL BE CLOSE ENOUGH TO WARRANT LOW END CHC POPS WED/THU. UPPER RIDGE LOOKS TO BUILD IN OVER THE WEEKEND KEEPING POPS IN THE SLGT CHC RANGE. EXPECT A SLOW WARMING TREND TOWARD THE END OF THE WEEK WITH DIMINISHING RAIN CHANCES. && .MARINE...FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS ACROSS THE GA WATERS THIS AFTERNOON...BUT HARD TO PINPOINT EXACT LOCATION AS IT IS BEING MASKED BY THE SEA BREEZE. BUT WITH SHOWERS POPPING IN EXTREME SE GA...LOOKS TO BE NEAR THE ALTAMAHA RIVER. ALSO SEEING A DEFINITE DEWPT FRONT APPROACHING SAV RIVER AT THIS TIME FROM THE N...WITH DEWPTS IN THE 40S AND 50S N...AND 60S AND SOME LOWER 70S TO THE S. FRONTAL BOUNDARY TO LIFT SLOWLY N TONIGHT/MON...BUT DOES NOT LOOK TO REACH N OF THE ENTIRE CWA UNTIL TUE. THIS MAY ONLY BE TEMPORARY HOWEVER AS A HIGH PRES WEDGE DEVELOPS TO THE NNE AND THE FRONT COULD SLIP BACK INTO SC WATERS TUE NIGHT AND EARLY WED. FRONT AGAIN PUSHES N LATER WED...WITH ATLC RIDGING ACROSS FL. FOR NOW WILL GO WITH THIS SCENARIO...BUT THOSE WITH MARINE INTERESTS SHOULD BE AWARE THAT THE FCST COULD CHANGE DRASTICALLY TUE THRU WED DEPENDING UPON EXACT LOCATION OF THE FRONT. THANKFULLY WINDS WILL BE NO MORE THAN 15 KT AND SEAS NO MORE THAN 4 OR 5 FT THE ENTIRE FCST PERIOD. WITH THE ABOVE IN MIND WILL SEE ESE WINDS TONIGHT...BACKING TO NE LATE OVER SC WATERS AHEAD OF WARM FRONT. WINDS TO VEER TO SE ALL AREAS BY MON AFTERNOON...THEN TO SW OR W MON NIGHT. MOSTLY S OR SW WINDS TUE/TUE NIGHT...BUT BACKING TO NE OVER SC WATERS BY WED MORNING AS FRONT DROPS S AGAIN. WINDS TO BECOME SSW ALL AREAS THEREAFTER /THRU FRI/ AS ATLC RIDGING IS EXPECTED TO TAKE HOLD. && .AVIATION...LOWERING AND THICKENING CIGS AT CHS AND SAV TONIGHT...AS SEA BREEZE EFFECTS DROP OFF BY SUNSET AND WINDS BACK TO NE AHEAD OF WARM FRONT TO THE S THAT LIFTS SLOWLY N. HAVE BROUGHT IN SOME IFR OR MVFR CONDITIONS TO SAV STARTING AT 07Z DUE TO CLOSE PROXIMITY TO FRONT...DEEPER MOISTURE AND AMPLE LIFT. HAVE DELAYED THESE CONDITIONS AT CHS UNTIL LATE IN THE FCST PERIOD...AS THERE IS MORE DRY AIR THAT NEEDS TO BE OVERCOME...AND BEST LIFT IS NOT UNTIL CLOSE TO 18Z MON. WILL KEEP CLOSE WATCH ON ANY CONVECTION THAT FORMS ALONG THE SEA BREEZE IN GA THIS AFTERNOON/EVE WHICH MAY IMPACT SAV TERMINAL. PROBABILITY IS TOO LOW TO INCLUDE IN TAF AT THIS TIME. && .CHS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. SC...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && RJB/33
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 311 AM EDT SUN MAY 29 2005 AMZ330-350-352-354-374-GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040- 042>045-047>051-301000- 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- 311 AM EDT SUN MAY 29 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. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MEMORIAL DAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE REQUIRED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 654 PM EDT SUN MAY 29 2005 GAZ114-292345- TATTNALL- 654 PM EDT SUN MAY 29 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT TATTNALL COUNTY THROUGH 745 PM EDT... AT 654 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF REIDSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. THIS CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND REIDSVILLE... COLLINS...MENDES...MANASSAS...LYNN AND HUGHLAND THROUGH 745 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED.
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 110 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:53 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Microburst with wind estimates near 65 mph. 4 structures along and near Mary Todd Road experienced roof damage. Portions of tin roof from one structure caused damage to 1 downstream vehicle. 10 large trees blown over with 30 smaller trees snapped off at the base.
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