3 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Charleston, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 26, 5:29 PM EST, 51 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 629 PM EDT WED APR 26 2006 .UPDATE...THE RISK FOR SVR WX IS QUICKLY DIMINISHING AS THE MAIN CONVECTIVE CLUSTER MOVES N/NE INTO THE WTRS OFF NE SC. WL CANCEL THE SVR TSTM WATCH FOR THE REMAINDER OF SRN SC AND THE ADJACENT WTRS SHORTLY. WE CONTINUE TO RECEIVE NUMEROUS REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ACROSS THE FCST AREA THIS EVNG. FCSTRS ARE TRYING TO QUALITY CONTROL AND ISSUE LOCAL STORM REPORTS AS QUICKLY AS PSBL. YOUR PATIENCE IS APPRECIATED. CHARLESTON AND SAVANNAH BROADCAST METS...PLEASE FORWARD ANY STORM REPORTS TO US. THANK YOU. && .CHS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. SC...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && ST
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 625 PM EDT WED APR 26 2006 AMZ330-350-352-354-374-GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040- 042>045-047>051-271000- 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- 625 PM EDT WED APR 26 2006 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT FOR SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA... 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. .SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE PRIMARY THREATS BUT ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. REFER TO ANY WATCHES...WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FOR MORE INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 556 PM EDT WED APR 26 2006 SCZ042-047-051-262245- COASTAL JASPER-HAMPTON-INLAND JASPER- 556 PM EDT WED APR 26 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT HAMPTON COUNTY AND JASPER COUNTY THROUGH 645 PM EDT... AT 556 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RIDGELAND...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND EBENEZER... PURYSBURGH...MORGAN...HARDEEVILLE...DEERFIELD...TILLMAN...SWITZERLAND ...MITCHELLVILLE...OKATIE AND RIDGELAND THROUGH 645 PM EDT. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. JRL
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
558 PM EDT WED APR 26 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0557 PM MARINE TSTM WIND HILTON HEAD ISLAND 32.22N 80.75W
04/26/2006 M38 MPH BEAUFORT SC MESONET
ON THE BEACH AT HILTON HEAD ISLAND.
&&
STSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 610 PM EDT WED APR 26 2006 SCZ045-262245- BERKELEY- 610 PM EDT WED APR 26 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHERN BERKELEY COUNTY THROUGH 645 PM EDT... AT 610 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 14 MILES SOUTH OF MANNING...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THIS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND PRIOLEAU...WILSONS LANDING...EADYTOWN...PINEVILLE...JUDGE TOWN...RUSSELLVILLE AND SAINT STEPHEN THROUGH 645 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. DANGEROUS CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN VICINITY OF LAKE MOULTRIE. BOATS SHOULD GET OFF THE WATER NOW 24
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
655 PM EDT WED APR 26 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0545 PM HAIL LOBECO 32.55N 80.74W
04/26/2006 E1.00 INCH BEAUFORT SC PUBLIC
QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC.
0645 PM HAIL LOBECO 32.55N 80.74W
04/26/2006 E1.00 INCH BEAUFORT SC PUBLIC
QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC.
&&
DPBPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
656 PM EDT WED APR 26 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0650 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 SW WADMALAW ISLAND 32.63N 80.23W
04/26/2006 CHARLESTON SC TRAINED SPOTTER
TREES BLOWN NEAR NEAR WADMALAW ISLAND. TREES SEVERELY
DAMAGED SPOTTERS CAR.
&&
STPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
705 PM EDT WED APR 26 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0650 PM TSTM WND GST 5 W JOHNS ISLAND 32.72N 80.16W
04/26/2006 E50 MPH CHARLESTON SC TRAINED SPOTTER
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STThe Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 105 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:20 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees down near intersection of Sam Rittenburg and Ashley Road.
Several trees down across Oakbrook.
Traffic lights down on Highway 78. Railroad crossing arms broke off. Trees across railroad tracks at intersection of Highway 78 and Lincolnville Road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in South Carolina in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in South Carolina, April 2006
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5504770, 5504769, 5504768.