1 tornado, 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 May 30, 1:45 AM EST, 4 hours 52 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 245 AM EDT MON MAY 30 2005 .SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...RATHER WET 36 HR PD ON TAP AS WMFNT SLOWLY TRAVERSES NWD ACRS THE CWFA WHICH WILL HELP REESTABLISH WIDESPREAD ISENTROPIC LIFT AND SE-S SFC FLOW TO INCRS MOISTURE COLUMN. DESPITE GFS SHOWING CONTINUED FEEDBACK PROBS...BOTH NAM AND GFS INDICATE WIDESPREAD LIFT AND PVA ACRS THE AREA ALONG WITH A SHARPLY DEEPENING H5 TROF AXIS UPSTREAM. HAVE INCRD POPS TO CATEGORICAL INLAND AND KEPT LIKELY POPS COAST AND SE GA TDA AND INCRD QPF PER HPC PROGS. SFC FNT WILL ALSO ACT AS GOOD SFC CONVERGENCE AXIS...AND IT LOOKS TO BE ALONG THE FNTL BNDRY WHERE TSTMS HAVE BEST SHOT AT OCCURRING. AM NOT IMPRESSED WITH CONVECTIVE PARAMETERS AS INSTABILITY AND SFC INSOLATION WILL BE LACKING ALTHOUGH LAST EVE DID HAVE RIGHT-MOVG STORM CELLS THAT CAUSED POSSIBLE TORNADIC ACTIVITY. LIKELY POPS TO CONT INTO TNGT FOR NRN HALF OF CWFA AS WMFNT SHOULD BE N OF THE AREA BY DAYBREAK TUE AND ELONGATED LOW PRES AREA REMAINS WELL INLAND. MAY BE A SLIGHT LULL IN THE PRECIP DURG THE EARLY MRNG HRS BUT PRECIP WILL RETURN IN EARNEST TUE AS ENTIRE AREA IS WARM SECTORED AND H5 TROF AXIS PIVOTS TO THRUST A STRONG SHTWV THRU THE CWFA. OMEGA LIFT BECOMES WIDELY PREVALENT AND MOISTURE COLUMN REMAINS RATHER FULL. WILL RUN WITH 70 POPS TUE. MAX TEMPS TO REMAIN WELL BELOW NORMAL THRU TUE WITH CLOUD/RAIN COMPLICATIONS THRU THE PD. LITTLE VARIANCE IN MIN TEMPS. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/...CONTINUED WET FCST TUE NGT THRU WED AS SFC LOW PRES AREA REMAINS W OF THE CWFA AND ANOTHER STRONG H5 SHTWV ROTATES ARND MAIN TROF AXIS. HAVE KEPT 70 POPS FOR TUE NGT INTO WED. BY THU MRNG...LOW PRES SYS MOVES OFF TO THE MID ATLC STATES AND HIGH PRES IN THE ATLC SLOWLY BUILDS WWD OVR THE SE CONUS. ATTENDANT FNTL BNDRY THAT REMAINED W OF THE CWFA WILL BE SLOW TO RETROGRADE NWD AWAY FROM THE AREA...THUS WILL NEED TO KEEP CHC POPS IN FOR WED NGT AND THU. FOR THE END OF THE WEEK...H5 RIDGING LOOKS TO OCCUR BUT WITH MODEST INSTABILITY AND POSSIBLY LINGERING FNTL BNDRY...WILL NEED TO KEEP 20/30 POP SCHEME GOING. TEMPS WILL SLOWLY RETURN FROM BELOW NORMAL TO NEAR NORMAL LEVELS THRU THE LATTER HALF OF THE WEEK INTO THE WEEKEND. && .MARINE...WMFNT IS ALONG THE COAST THIS MRNG WITH A SUBTLE SFC LOW NOTED BTWN KABY AND KAMG. WNDS ARE CURRENTLY SE ACROSS THE ENTIRE MARINE AREA AND XPCT WNDS TO VEER TO THE S THROUGH THE DAY AS THE WMFNT LIFTS SLOWLY TO THE N. WNDS MAY ACTUALLY BACK BRIEFLY TO THE E/NE OVR THE SC WTRS OVR THE NXT FEW HRS AS THE SUBTLE SFC LOW DRIFTS NORTHWARD ALONG THE WMFNT. WMFNT WL BE WELL TO THE N BY TUE AS LOW PRES MOVES INTO WRN TN. PESKY FNTL BNDRY MAY TRY AND BACKDOOR INTO THE WTRS N OF EDISTO BEACH ON WED...HWVR CONFIDENCE IS LOW ON WHETHER THE BNDRY WL MAKE IT THIS FAR S ESP DURING THE DAYLIGHT HRS. WL KEEP ANY WIND SHIFT N OF THE AREA FOR NOW. && .AVIATION...TSRA ARE BEGINNING TO FIRE ACROSS SE GA THIS MRNG. WL NEED TO KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON RADAR TRENDS OVR THE NXT FEW HRS BUT FOR NOW HAVE KEPT PCPN OUT OF BOTH TERMINALS UNTIL LTR THIS MRNG. BEST LIFT WL OCCUR BTWN 15-20Z TDA AS AN UPR LVL DISTURBANCE PASSES ACROSS THE AREA AND A WMFNT MOVES FARTHER INLAND. THE OVERALL CONVECTIVE PATTERN REMAINS TRICKY AND PINNING DOWN WHEN OR IF CONVECTION WL IMPACT THE TERMINALS HAS BEEN DIFFICULT. WENT WITH TEMPO 4SM SHRA FOR KSAV BTWN 14-18Z AND 16-20Z AT KCHS FOR NOW. PCPN COULD CONT BEYOND THIS PERIOD...ESP AT KCHS BUT WOULD LIKE TO GET A LOOK AT THE 06Z MODEL RUNS BEFORE INTRODUCING PCPN BEYOND 20Z. && .CHS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. SC...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && JPC/ST
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 450 AM EDT MON MAY 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- 450 AM EDT MON MAY 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...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE REQUIRED TODAY OR TONIGHT. JPC
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 616 AM EDT MON MAY 30 2005 SCZ044-045-301045- BERKELEY-DORCHESTER- 618 AM EDT MON MAY 30 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHERN BERKELEY COUNTY AND NORTHERN DORCHESTER COUNTY INCLUDING LAKE MOULTRIE THROUGH 645 AM EDT... AT 618 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF EBENEZER TO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPRING HILL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND EBENEZER...SPRING HILL...SANDRIDGE...WILSONS LANDING...PRIOLEAU...EADYTOWN AND CROSS CROSS ROADS THROUGH 645 AM EDT. THIS INCLUDES LAKE MOULTRIE. GUSTY WINDS TO 35 MPH AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED. THUNDERSTORMS POSE A VARIETY OF THREATS TO BOATERS ON LAKE MOULTRIE. YOUR BEST COURSE OF ACTION DURING A THUNDERSTORM IS TO SEEK SAFE HARBOR. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE OPEN LAKE WATERS...STAY BELOW DECK...AND IF POSSIBLE...AWAY FROM UNGROUNDED METAL OBJECTS.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 652 AM EDT MON MAY 30 2005 SCZ044-045-301115- BERKELEY-DORCHESTER- 652 AM EDT MON MAY 30 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT BERKELEY COUNTY AND DORCHESTER COUNTY INCLUDING LAKE MOULTRIE THROUGH 715 AM EDT... ...MARINERS ON LAKE MOULTRIE SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY... AT 652 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM EADYTOWN TO GIVHANS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND PRIOLEAU...GIVHANS...WILSONS LANDING...EADYTOWN...MOOREFIELD...LOTTS CROSSROADS...CROSS CROSS ROADS...CROSS...JEDBURG AND WILDER THROUGH 715 AM EDT. GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MPH AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED. IF YOU ARE ON LAKE MOULTRIE...SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY. THUNDERSTORMS POSE A VARIETY OF THREATS TO BOATERS ON LAKE MOULTRIE. YOUR BEST COURSE OF ACTION DURING A THUNDERSTORM IS TO SEEK SAFE HARBOR. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE OPEN LAKE WATERS...STAY BELOW DECK...AND IF POSSIBLE...AWAY FROM UNGROUNDED METAL OBJECTS.
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 104 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 11:38 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Several large road signs were damaged or destroyed, power lines were downed, and numerous trees uprooted or snapped off. Vinyl siding was ripped off of several homes and gutters were destroyed. There was some roof damage and a porch was partially destroyed.
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