1 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 Sep 28, 3:03 AM EST, 5 hours 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 403 AM EDT WED SEP 28 2005 .SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH THU NIGHT/...CURRENTLY AT THE SURFACE...WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDS FROM THE SC COASTAL WATERS...EASTWARD INTO SOUTHERN SC AND CENTRAL GA. KCLX 88D SHOWING QUITE A BIT OF SHOWER DEVELOPMENT THIS MORNING ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS...WITH MORE ACTIVITY NOW BEGINNING TO DEVELOP ACROSS CENTRAL GA IN ASSOCIATION WITH FRONTAL BOUNDARY. MAIN SHORT TERM CONCERN FOR TODAY WILL REVOLVE AROUND POPS. TODAY...WITH FRONTAL BOUNDARY AND SOME WEAK UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT LINGERING ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING...EXPECT THAT MORE SHWR/TSTM ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA...AND WILL HAVE HIGHEST CHC POPS FOR SHWRS RIGHT ALONG FRONTAL BOUNDARY...WITH SLGT CHC POPS ELSEWHERE. THIS AFTERNOON EXPECT THAT FRONTAL BOUNDARY ALONG WITH DIFFERENTIAL HEATING BOUNDARIES WILL SERVE AS A FOCUS FOR SHWR/TSTM DEVELOPMENT. WILL KEEP HIGHEST CHC POPS ACROSS SOUTHEAST GA...WHERE BEST INSOLATION IS EXPECTED. EXPECT HIGH TEMPERATURES TO TOP OUT IN THE MIDDLE 80S TODAY WITH A BIT MORE SUNSHINE ANTICIPATED THAN ON TUE. TONIGHT...AS FRONTAL BOUNDARY BEGINS TO APPROACH THE AREA FROM THE WEST...WINDS WILL SWING AROUND TO THE SOUTH INCREASING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE ACROSS THE REGION. WITH SOME WEAK UPPER LEVEL FORCING REMAINING IN PLACE ACROSS THE AREA AS WELL...CAN/T RULE OUT SOME LIGHT SHOWERS PUSHING INTO COASTAL COUNTIES OFF THE ATLANTIC...SO WILL MAINTAIN SLGT CHC POPS HERE. ACROSS WESTERN ZONES...EXPECT DRY CONDITIONS TO PREVAIL AS FRONT REMAINS WEST OF THE REGION AND BEST LOW LEVEL MOISTURE RETURN REMAINS CLOSER TO THE COAST. LOW TEMPERATURES SHOULD BOTTOM OUT IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S ACROSS THE AREA. THURSDAY...VIGOROUS SHORTWAVE ACROSS THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES REGION THU MORNING...WILL SHIFT EASTWARD INTO NEW ENGLAND BY THU EVENING. THIS WILL PUSH A STRONG COLD FRONT INTO WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA BY LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. BOTH THE NAM AND GFS SOLUTIONS HAVE TRENDED FURTHER SOUTH AND STRONGER WITH H5 SHORTWAVE ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST...AND EXPECT THAT WITH A BIT MORE FAVORABLE DYNAMICS PUSHING INTO THE FORECAST AREA...THAT SHWR/TSTM CHANCES WILL INCREASE. WILL BEEF UP POPS A BIT...AND LATER SHIFTS MAY NEED TO NUDGE THEM UP MORE IF MODELS CONTINUE TO TREND STRONGER AND FURTHER SOUTH WITH SHORTWAVE ENERGY. AS FRONTAL BOUNDARY APPROACHES...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE AND SHIFT TO THE SOUTHWEST...AND THIS SHOULD HELP SCOUR OUT A BIT OF THE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE. WITH A BIT MORE SUNSHINE ANTICIPATED AHEAD OF APPROACHING COLD FRONT...EXPECT THAT HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL TOP OUT IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 80S. THURSDAY NIGHT...AS STRONG SHORTWAVE ACROSS NEW ENGLAND BECOMES INCREASINGLY NEGATIVELY TILTED AS IT SHIFTS NORTHEASTWARD INTO CANADA...UPPER FLOW WILL BECOME MORE ZONAL ACROSS THE SE CONUS. EXPECT THAT FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL PUSH OFFSHORE OVERNIGHT...BUT WITH UPPER FLOW BECOMING MORE ZONAL...DON/T ANTICIPATE IT MAKING MUCH PROGRESS EASTWARD. WILL KEEP HIGHEST POPS FOR SHWRS/TSTMS GOING IN THE EVENING...AND TAPER TO LOW CHC/SLGT CHC POPS FOR SHWRS OVERNIGHT. WILL CONTINUE WITH MIN TEMPERATURES SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN GUIDANCE...AS MODELS TEND TO RUSH COOLER AIRMASSES IN TOO QUICKLY. LOWS SHOULD RANGE FROM THE LOWER 60S NORTHWEST ZONES TO AROUND 70 SOUTHEAST ZONES. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO STALL OUT JUST EAST OF THE COASTAL WATERS FRIDAY AND CONTINUE TO LINGER OFFSHORE INTO THE WEEKEND. FIRST FALL LIKE AIRMASS OF THE YEAR IS EXPECTED TO SETTLE INTO THE AREA FRI AND SAT...WITH LOWER HUMIDITY AND TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 70S TO AROUND 80 DEGREES. HIGH PRESSURE WILL STRENGTHEN AS IT BUILDS INTO NEW ENGLAND THIS WEEKEND INCREASING NORTHEASTERLY FLOW ACROSS THE AREA. WITH LONG NORTHEAST FETCH AND STRENGTHENING HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS NEW ENGLAND...AM A BIT CONCERNED THAT A LOT OF STRATUS WILL DEVELOP AS A BIT OF A WEDGE SETS UP ACROSS THE AREA. WILL INCREASE CLOUD COVER BOTH FRI AND SAT...WITH MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES EXPECTED. WITH PERSISTENT NORTHEAST FLOW AND FRONTAL BOUNDARY JUST OFFSHORE...CAN/T RULE OUT A FEW SHOWERS ADVECTING IN OFF THE OCEAN...SO WILL CONTINUE WITH SLGT CHC POPS ACROSS THE AREA. AS HIGH PRESSURE SLIDES EASTWARD INTO THE ATLANTIC SUNDAY...EXPECT THAT INFLUENCE OF WEDGE WILL BEGIN TO BREAK DOWN...SO WILL GO WITH PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND MAINTAIN A SLGT CHC OF SHWRS ALONG COASTAL ZONES. WILL CONTINUE WITH DRY FORECAST BOTH MON AND TUE FOR NOW...BUT LATER SHIFTS MAY NEED TO ADD SOME SHWR/TSTM CHANCES AS A FEW MODELS ARE INDICATING A TROPICAL WAVE MAY AFFECT THE REGION EARLY NEXT WEEK. && .MARINE...FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS THE SRN SC WATERS AT THIS TIME MORNING WILL SHIFT INTO THE GA WATERS THIS MORNING...THEN SLOWLY LIFT BACK TO THE N TONIGHT AND THU. WILL SEE A SLIGHT INCREASE IN WINDS WITH THE FRONT TODAY AS WINDS BECOME NE ALL AREAS THIS MORNING...THEN VEER TO E OR ESE THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS CONTINUE VEERING TONIGHT AND THU AS ATLC RIDGE SETS UP ACROSS FL. GRADIENT IS WEAK ENOUGH THAT WE WILL HAVE A RESULTANT SEA BREEZE FOR THU AFTERNOON NEAR THE IMMEDIATE COASTAL AREAS. WINDS NO HIGHER THAN 10-15 KT WITH SEAS 4 FT OR LESS TODAY THRU THU. THEN LOOK FOR A STRONGER COLD FRONT TO MOVE IN FROM THE NW THU NIGHT/FRI MORNING. THE FRONT MAY STALL OUT NEAR OR JUST S OF THE GA WATERS...BUT EITHER WAY STRONG HIGH PRES WILL BUILD FROM THE N IN ITS WAKE. PROBABLY LOOKING AT A PINCHED GRADIENT AT TIMES FRI THRU SUN...BUT EXACT TIMING AT THIS POINT IS DIFFICULT TO PIN DOWN. FOR NOW WILL FCST AT LEAST 15 OR 20 KT OF NE AND ENE WINDS DURING THIS TIME AS SEAS CLIMB UP TO 5 FT ON THE WATERS 0-20 NM OUT...AND UP TO 6 FT ON THE OUTER GA WATERS...WHERE WE WILL LIKELY NEED A SCA AT A LATER TIME. && .AVIATION...KEEPING A CLOSE WATCH ON POTENTIAL SHRA AT BOTH SITES THIS MORNING WITH FRONTAL BOUNDARY JUST N OF NBC EARLY THIS MORNING AND MOVING LITTLE. CONFIDENCE NOT HIGH ENOUGH TO INCLUDE A TEMPO...SO INSTEAD HAVE OPTED FOR VCSH. OTHERWISE WILL SEE MVFR VSBYS AT SAV DUE TO LIGHT FOG. CLOUD COVER AND BETTER MIXING TO LIKELY PREVENT ANY VSBYS LOWER THAN 6SM AT CHS...UNLESS WE STAY MOSTLY CLEAR FOR AWHILE WITH BACK EDGE OF ALTOCUMULUS NEAR THE LATITUDE OF CHS AT THIS TIME. && .RIP CURRENTS...LOOKING AT A BORDERLINE MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY...WITH INCREASING ONSHORE WINDS AND SMALL SWELLS. HOWEVER...WITH SEAS BECOMING MORE OF A WIND WAVE RATHER THAN A SWELL...ACCORDING TO THE LOCAL RIP CURRENT WORKSHEET THIS KEEPS US IN A LOW RISK FOR TODAY. AFTER COORDINATION WITH WFO JAX AND ILM WILL STAY WITH LOW RISK FOR CONSISTENCY BETWEEN NEIGHBORING OFFICES. && .CHS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. SC...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && 33/JRJ
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 636 AM EDT WED SEP 28 2005 AMZ330-350-352-354-374-GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040- 042>045-047>051-291000- 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- 636 AM EDT WED SEP 28 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. .STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...THERE IS A CHANCE OF A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAINS. PLEASE REFER TO PERIODIC SHORT TERM FORECASTS THAT WILL DESCRIBE THE LOCATION OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS DURING TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. 33
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
846 AM EDT WED SEP 28 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0646 AM FLOOD JAMES ISLAND 32.73N 79.93W
09/28/2005 CHARLESTON SC LAW ENFORCEMENT
MINOR FLOODING REPORTED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF CAMP
ROAD AND FOLLY ROAD.
0800 AM HEAVY RAIN CHARLESTON 32.78N 79.94W
09/28/2005 1.17 INCH CHARLESTON SC OFFICIAL NWS OBS
DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON WEATHER SENSOR.
0800 AM MARINE TSTM WIND 3 ENE FOLLY BEACH 32.68N 79.89W
09/28/2005 31 MPH AMZ350 SC C-MAN STATION
31 MPH PEAK WIND GUST MEASURED AT FOLLY BEACH C-MAN
/FBIS1/.
&&
STPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
905 AM EDT WED SEP 28 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0900 AM HEAVY RAIN CHARLESTON 32.78N 79.94W
09/28/2005 2.18 INCH CHARLESTON SC OFFICIAL NWS OBS
DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON WEATHER SENSOR. OBSERVATIONS FROM
MIDNIGHT THROUGH 9 AM EDT.
&&
STPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
926 AM EDT WED SEP 28 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0925 AM FLOOD JAMES ISLAND 32.73N 79.93W
09/28/2005 CHARLESTON SC LAW ENFORCEMENT
INTERSECTION OF FOLLY ROAD AND CAMP ROAD CLOSED DUE TO
HIGH WATER. NO OTHER REPORTS OF FLOODING REPORTED TO
CHARLESTON COUNTY WARNING POINT AT THIS TIME.
&&
STPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
946 AM EDT WED SEP 28 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0945 AM HEAVY RAIN JAMES ISLAND 32.73N 79.93W
09/28/2005 4.75 INCH CHARLESTON SC NWS EMPLOYEE
&&
STThe Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 104 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 13:55 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A narrow band of heavy rain produced significant street flooding on James Island and in the downtown and West Ashley areas of Charleston. 6.12 inches of rain was measured on James Island with radar estimates up to 8 inches.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in South Carolina in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in South Carolina, September 2005
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