1 thunderstorm wind, 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 Aug 13, 2:36 PM EST, 1 hour 24 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 336 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2005 .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT AND SUNDAY/...SEA BREEZE SLOWLY BEGINNING TO PUSH INLAND THIS EVENING ACROSS THE AREA...WITH A FEW SHWRS/TSTMS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE AREA AS NOTED ON KCLX 88D. IR/VIS SAT IMAGERY INDICATES A GOOD DEAL OF HIGH CLOUD ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA...ESPECIALLY SC...LIKELY INHIBITING CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT. MAIN SHORT TERM CONCERNS THIS EVENING REVOLVE AROUND POPS. TONIGHT...HIGH CLOUD SEEMS TO BE LIMITING CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON...AND EXPECT THIS TO REMAIN THE CASE INTO THE EVENING HOURS. EXPECT WITH LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING CONVECTION WILL COME TO AN END QUICKLY THIS EVENING. WILL CARRY CHC POPS ACROSS GA ZONES EARLY THIS EVENING...AND SLGT CHC POPS ACROSS SC ZONES. WILL TAPER TO SLGT CHC POPS ACROSS ENTIRE CWA LATE THIS EVENING THEN GO DRY FOR THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. MODELS INDICATING THAT SHORTWAVE ENERGY WILL ROTATE BACK TOWARD THE COAST BY MORNING AND WILL GO WITH SLIGHT CHC POPS LATE TONIGHT ALONG THE COAST. SUNDAY...SHORTWAVE ENERGY EXPECTED TO BE OVER THE FORECAST AREA DURING THE MORNING...AND WILL CONTINUE WITH SLGT CHC POPS ACROSS THE COASTAL ZONES. WITH STEERING FLOW A BIT WEAKER TOMORROW ANTICIPATE SEA BREEZE WILL BE ABLE TO PUSH INLAND A BIT BETTER. AS SEA BREEZE PUSHES INLAND DURING THE LATE MORNING EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS...WILL MENTION LOW CHC POPS ACROSS INTERIOR ZONES AND SLGT CHC POPS ALONG THE COAST. && .LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...WEAK SFC TROF WILL REMAIN OVR THE COASTAL PLAIN INTO MON MRNG THEN GIVE WAY TO AN APCHG FNTL BNDRY FROM THE NW LATE MON. THIS BNDRY LOOKS TO STALL OUT N OF THE AREA MON NIGHT THRU THU WHILE IT SLOWLY DISSIPATES. UPR LVL FLOW WILL BE FAIRLY ZONAL...WHICH WILL ALLOW FOR SEVERAL SHTWVS TO RIDE THRU THE AREA WHICH WILL ADD WEAK DYNAMICS TO THE DAILY SEABREEZE CONVECTION SCHEME. HARD TO GO WITH POPS HIGHER THAN 30/40 WITH SUCH A SCENARIO...BUT WITH WEAK WIND FIELDS THE POTENTIAL STILL EXISTS THRU MIDWEEK FOR ISOLD HIGH RAINFALL AMTS. NO AIRMASS CHANGE IS ANTICIPATED...SO CONTINUED HIGH MOISTURE AND PWATS WITH HIGH INSTABILITY WILL ALLOW FOR CONTINUED AFTN/EVE SHWRS/TSTMS OVR LAND AND OVRNGT ACTIVITY OVR THE COASTAL WATERS. ANOTHER FNTL BNDRY MAY APCH FROM THE NW ON FRI...BUT THIS ALSO APPEARS TO STALL OUT INLAND. TEMPS WILL STILL RUN A BIT WARMER THAN CLIMO THRU THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. && .MARINE...FAIRLY BENIGN MARINE PATTERN XPCTD THRU THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK AS THE ONLY POSSIBLE INFLUENCE...TS IRENE...WILL CONTINUE TO TURN AWAY FROM THE MARINE AREA AND HEAD BACK INTO THE NRN ATLC. AS COMPACT AS IRENE IS...WAVE INFLUENCES WILL BE MINIMAL SO WILL BE ABLE TO CAP WAVE HEIGHTS AT 4 FT THRU TUE THEN NO HIGHER THAN 3 FT WED-FRI. WINDS WILL GENERALLY REMAIN SWLY OUTSIDE OF THE DIURNAL BACKING TO SLY NEAR SHORE WITH THE DAILY SEABREEZE DEVELOPMENT. SPEEDS WILL ALSO REMAIN ON THE LIGHT SIDE WITH LACK OF ANY SIGNIFICANT FORCING. ALL NEARSHORE WATERS SHOULD REMAIN AOB 10 KT AND THE GA OUTER WATERS AOB 15 KT. && .AVIATION...WILL CONTINUE TO HOLD MVFR VSBY/S AT CHS TERMINAL FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON...AS MORNING RAINFALL AND HIGH HUMIDITY KEEPING GOOD AMOUNT OF HZ AROUND. SHWRS/TSTMS HAVE DEVELOPED CLOSE TO BOTH TERMINALS THIS AFTERNOON AND HAVE INCLUDED TEMPO GROUP FOR TSRA AT SAV TERMINAL AND VCSH AT CHS TERMINAL. EXPECT ANY SHWR/TSTM ACTIVITY WILL END QUICKLY IN THE EVENING...WITH JUST SOME CONVECTIVE DEBRIS CLOUD LEFT AROUND. EXPECT THAT SKIES WILL CLEAR OUT AFTER SUNSET...AND WITH GEOSTROPHIC WINDS OF 10 KTS OR LESS...ANTICIPATE SOME MVFR/IFR FOG WILL DEVELOP TOWARD MORNING ONCE AGAIN. WITH HIGH HUMIDITY AROUND AGAIN SUNDAY...WILL KEEP MVFR VSBY/S IN THROUGH MID MORNING AT SAV TERMINAL...AND THROUGH 18Z AT CHS TERMINAL. && .CHS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SC...NONE. GA...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && JRJ
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1125 AM EDT SAT AUG 13 2005 AMZ330-350-352-354-374-GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040- 042>045-047>051-131000- 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- 1125 AM EDT SAT AUG 13 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 TODAY. THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .HEAT INDICES...HIGH HEAT INDICES WILL RETURN TO THE AREA TODAY WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO TOP OUT IN THE LOWER 90S. THE COMBINATION OF HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL RESULT IN AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES AROUND 105 DEGREES AWAY FROM WHERE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP. .RIVER FLOODING...MINOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE SAVANNAH RIVER AT CLYO AND THE OGEECHEE RIVER NEAR MIDVILLE. REFER TO THE LATEST RIVER FLOOD STATEMENT FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. .HEAT INDICES...HIGH HEAT INDICES WILL CONTINUE NEXT WEEK WITH MAXIMUM HEAT INDICES NEAR 105 EACH AFTERNOON. .RIVER FLOODING...MINOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE SAVANNAH RIVER AT CLYO AND THE OGEECHEE RIVER NEAR MIDVILLE. REFER TO THE LATEST RIVER FLOOD STATEMENT FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER NETWORK ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY OR TONIGHT. JPC
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 450 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2005 SCZ048-051-132115- BEAUFORT-COASTAL JASPER- 450 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT JASPER COUNTY AND BEAUFORT COUNTY THROUGH 515 PM EDT... AT 450 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JASPER...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND JASPER...CHELSEA AND RIVERDALE THROUGH 515 PM EDT. EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED.
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 45 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:57 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds knocked down numerous trees, many of which fell on houses. Eight homes were damaged in the Sun City community near the intersection of Highways 170 and 278.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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