1 lightning, 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 Jul 24, 1:36 PM EST, 3 hours 24 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 236 PM EDT MON JUL 24 2006 .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THRU TUESDAY NIGHT/...SH/TSTMS HAVE BROKEN OUT ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTN...MAINLY ACROSS OUR SC ZONES WHERE THE BEST SFC CONVG IS DUE TO THE NEARBY FRNTL BNDRY AND THE SEA BREEZE. MORE ACTIVITY IS ON THE DOORSTEP OF OUR GA ZONES. THUS...PLAN TO KEEP LIKELY POPS INTO THIS EVE WITH CHC POPS OVERNIGHT AS WEAK UPPER LVL DISTURBANCES CONTINUE TO MOVE THRU THE AREA. LOWS WILL RANGE FROM THE LOWER 70S INLAND TO THE MID/UPPER 70S NEAR THE COAST. FRNTL BNDRY LOOKS TO REMAIN IN ROUGHLY THE SAME LOCATION TOMORROW AS UPPER FLOW BECOMES MORE ZONAL. THUS...XPCT ANOTHER WARM AND HUMID DAY WITH SCT SH/TSTMS ACROSS THE AREA. HIGHS WILL ONCE AGAIN BE MODULATED IN LARGE PART BY THE AMOUNT OF CLOUD COVER BUT FEEL THAT LOWER 90S IS ATTAINABLE ACROSS MUCH OF OUR INLAND ZONES...ESPCLY ACROSS SE GA WHERE MORE WLY FLOW IS XPCTD. LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING AND WEAK FORCING TOMORROW NIGHT POINTS TO ONLY SLGT CHC POPS. LOWS WILL AGAIN BE IN THE LOWER 70S INLAND...WITH MID TO UPPER 70S NEAR THE COAST. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...SHOULD START TO SEE A DECREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE OF STORMS BY MID WEEK AS FORECAST PW DROPS BELOW TWO INCHES. SOME MID LEVEL WESTERLY FLOW ON WED WILL BACK TO THE SW BY THU AS A WEAKNESS AT 500 MB HANGS OVER THE SE UNITED STATES. THIS WEAKNESS SHOULD ALLOW FOR A DAILY CHANCE OF POP...WILL CAP AT 30 PERCENT...WITH 20S AT NIGHT. WITH NO MAJOR RIDGING FORECAST TO AFFECT THE AREA...SEE NO REASON TO DEVIATE FROM THE TYPICAL CLIMATE PATTERN OF DIURNAL SEABREEZE CONVECTION. TEMPS WILL REMAIN NEAR NORMAL WITH 70S AND 90S. && .AVIATION...INCLUDED A TEMPO GROUP FOR SH/TSTMS AT BOTH TAF SITES FOR THIS AFTN. OTHERWISE...MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS XPCTD AS DAYTIME CONVECTION WINDS DOWN. CUD SEE SOME LOW CIGS COME INTO THE TERMS TWD DAYBREAK...ESPCLY AT KSAV. && .MARINE...THE FRNTL BNDRY IS LYING ALONG THE NRN PORTION OF OUR MARINE ZONES THIS AFTN AND THIS WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE CASE INTO TUE AS THE UPPER FLOW BECOMES MORE W-E. WILL FCST ANOTHER NOCTURNAL SURGE TONIGHT BUT KEEP WINDS AOB 15 KT. WINDS LOOK TO BECOME MORE WLY TWD SUNRISE AS A LAND BREEZE SETS UP...THEN BECOME S/SWLY DURING THE AFTN. SEAS WILL REMAIN IN THE 2-3 FT RANGE THRU TUE NIGHT...ALTHO SOME SE SWELL MAY BE ENOUGH TO GET SOME 4 FTRS IN THE OUTER GA ZONE. WILL KEEP SEAS AT 2-3 FEET IN THE EXTENDED PORTION OF THE FORECAST. SHOULD SEE SOME LIGHT LAND BREEZE WESTERLY DIRECTIONS WED AND THU MORNINGS. AFTERNOON S AND SW DIRECTIONS IN THE AFTERNOON AS SFC RIDGE AXIS EXTENDS FROM THE ATLANTIC INTO GA/SC. && .CHS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. SC...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && RJB/PAY
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 340 AM EDT MON JUL 24 2006 AMZ330-350-352-354-374-GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040- 042>045-047>051-251000- 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- 340 AM EDT MON JUL 24 2006 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...A MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIRMASS TODAY IN COMBINATION WITH AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL SPARK SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG...PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND SOME SMALL HAIL. EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING WILL ALSO BE LIKELY WITH MOST OF THE STORMS THAT DEVELOP. SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WILL CREATE THE POSSIBILITY OF LOCALIZED FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. THE BEST CHANCE OF STRONG STORMS WILL BE LATE THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. .STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ON TUESDAY. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG... PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS AND SOME HAIL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. JRL
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 504 PM EDT MON JUL 24 2006 GAZ118-242145- INLAND CHATHAM- 504 PM EDT MON JUL 24 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT CHATHAM COUNTY THROUGH 545 PM EDT... AT 504 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED OVER TUTENS...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF RICHMOND HILL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND... BLOOMINGDALE...GARDEN CITY...MEINHARD...MONTEITH...POOLER AND PORT WENTWORTH THROUGH 545 PM EDT. EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED. POSTPONE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES PROMPTLY. GO QUICKLY INSIDE A COMPLETELY ENCLOSED BUILDING.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 506 PM EDT MON JUL 24 2006 GAZ116-242130- INLAND BRYAN- 506 PM EDT MON JUL 24 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT WESTERN BRYAN COUNTY THROUGH 530 PM EDT... AT 506 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CENTERED 2 MILES SOUTH OF REKA...OR ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PEMBROKE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 8 MPH. THIS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND...ELLABELL...GROVELAND...LANIER AND PEMBROKE THROUGH 530 PM EDT. EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED. POSTPONE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES PROMPTLY. GO QUICKLY INSIDE A COMPLETELY ENCLOSED BUILDING.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 514 PM EDT MON JUL 24 2006 GAZ138>141-242145- COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH-INLAND LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH- 514 PM EDT MON JUL 24 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT MCINTOSH COUNTY AND LIBERTY COUNTY THROUGH 545 PM EDT... AT 514 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED CLUSTERS OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN EULONIA AND SUNBURY... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. CLUSTERS OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND...CRESCENT...HALFMOON LANDING...PINE HARBOR...SHELLMAN BLUFF...SOUTH NEWPORT AND SUNBURY THROUGH 545 PM EDT. EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED. POSTPONE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES PROMPTLY. GO QUICKLY INSIDE A COMPLETELY ENCLOSED BUILDING. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CREATE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 545 PM EDT MON JUL 24 2006 GAZ101-118-242215- EFFINGHAM-INLAND CHATHAM- 545 PM EDT MON JUL 24 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT EFFINGHAM COUNTY AND CHATHAM COUNTY THROUGH 615 PM EDT... AT 545 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED CLUSTERS OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM EDEN TO BLOOMINGDALE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND...BLOOMINGDALE... EDEN...GARDEN CITY...MARLOW...MEINHARD...MELDRIM...MONTEITH... PINEORA...POOLER...PORT WENTWORTH AND RINCON THROUGH 615 PM EDT. EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING STRIKES AND LOCALIZED WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS.
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 72 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:00 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning strike caused fire at Lawrence Baptist Church on Jones Road. Estimate of damage unknown.
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