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 Aug 9, 1:50 PM EST, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 250 PM EDT WED AUG 9 2006 .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/...SHWRS/TSTMS HAVE BROKEN OUT IN THE MIDLANDS WHICH IS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO A SWD SAGGING FNTL BNDRY AND THE CENTER OF A WEAK AREA OF LOW PRES OVR WRN SC AND ERN GA. THE FNTL BNDRY IS ACTING AS A FAIRLY IDEAL REGION OF SFC CONVERGENCE...TAKING GOOD ADVANTAGE OF THE HIGH PWATS AND DECENT INSTABILITY OVR THE AREA. A FEW SHTWVS ROTATING ARND THE ERN PERIPHERY OF A GULF COAST UPR LVL RIDGE ARE ALSO HELPING SPARK CONVECTION. THE FNTL BNDRY WILL CONTINUE TO SHIFT TWD THE COAST...THUS SHIFTING THE CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY INTO NRN/INLAND PORTIONS OF THE CHS CWFA. THEREFORE...WILL MAINTAIN HIGH CHC POPS THRU THE EVE HRS AS COVERAGE SHOULD BE AS GOOD AS IF NOT BETTER THAN YDA...AND YDA HAS MOST OF THE CWFA SEEING SHWRS/TSTMS. AS THE FNT MOVES CLOSER TNGT...THE CONVERGENCE ZONE MAY ACT TO FIRE OFF A FEW MORE SHWRS/TSTMS OVRNGT SO WILL MAINTAIN SLGT CHC POPS AFTER MIDNIGHT. SIMILAR SETUP IS XPCTD FOR TMRW INTO TMRW NGT AS THE FNTL BNDRY DRIFTS EVER SO SLIGHTLY S AND CLOSER TO THE CWFA. COVERAGE AND TIMING ARE STILL A BIT IN QUESTION...BUT CANNOT ARGUE WITH THE ONGOING 50 POPS WHICH MATCH MOST OF THE MOS GUIDANCE SO WILL KEEP IT GOING...FOLLOWED BY LOWER CHC POPS TMRW NIGHT. THE OTHER CONCERN FOR THE REST OF TDA IS THE HEAT. EARLIER INDICATIONS WERE THAT MAX TEMPS WOULD CLIMB INTO THE MID 90S WITH DEWPOINTS HOLDING IN THE LOWER TO MID 70S WHICH WOULD PRODUCE HEAT INDICES ARND 105 AND POSSIBLY UP TO 109 FOR MUCH OF SE GA AND EXTREME SRN SC. THUS FAR...THE HIGHEST HEAT INDEX VALUES SEEN HAS BEEN 103. AM STILL HOLDING OUT THAT THE AREAS CURRENTLY UNDER THE HEAT ADVISORY WILL SEE SUCH HEAT INDEX VALUES BECAUSE CU DEVELOPMENT HAS NOT REALLY TAKEN HOLD ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-16 SO WILL KEEP HEAT ADVISORY GOING AS IT IS CURRENTLY DELINEATED. WHERE CU CLOUD DEVELOPMENT HAS COMMENCED...ALONG WITH SHWRS/TSTMS...TEMPERATURE RISE LOOKS TO BE HALTED. ANOTHER CONSIDERATION IS THE SEABREEZE WHICH HAS TAKEN SHAPE ON THE KCLX RADAR TO HELP KNOCK DOWN TEMPS SO HEAT INDEX VALUES SHOULD END UP IN THE 100-105 DEGREE AREA FOR MUCH OF SE SC AND N OF I-16. LOWS TNGT WILL NOT DROP MUCH AND SHOULD BE SIMILAR TO LAST NIGHT WITH MUCH OF THE AREA IN THE MID TO UPR 70S...AND COASTAL LOCALES IN THE LOWER 80S. TMRW LOOKS TO BE ANOTHER CLOSE CALL WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES APPROACHING 105. HOWEVER...MAX TEMPS WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE LOWER 90S AND ADDITIONAL CLOUD/PRECIPITATION COMPLICATIONS SHOULD KEEP HEAT INDEX VALUES CLOSER TO 100. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...MEDIUM RANGE GUIDANCE IS IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD THIS AFTERNOON. MODELS CONTINUE TO ADVERTISE UPPER TROUGHING IN PLACE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE EXTENDED. AT THE SFC...A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL APPROACH THE FORECAST AREA FROM THE NORTH FRI AND FRI NIGHT. THE BOUNDARY WILL THEN PUSH THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA SAT AND SAT NIGHT AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION. THE 12Z GFS/00Z ECMWF/00Z UKMET/12Z CANADIAN ALL SHOW FRONTAL BOUNDARY STALLING OUT SOUTH OF THE FORECAST AREA...WITH SEVERAL MODELS INDICATING AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP OFF THE SE COAST EARLY NEXT WEEK. GIVEN FAVORABLE UPPER LEVEL WINDS AND VERY WARM WATERS...WILL NEED TO CLOSELY MONITOR ANY AREA OF LOW PRESSURE THAT FORMS ALONG THE STALLED OUT BOUNDARY FOR POTENTIAL TROPICAL DEVELOPMENT. AS FOR SENSIBLE WEATHER...WILL CONTINUE HIGHEST POPS FRI AND SAT WITH FRONTAL BOUNDARY IN THE VICINITY...THEN GO WITH SLGT CHC/LOW CHC POPS SUN THROUGH WED. TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE EXTENDED ARE EXPECTED TO RUN NEAR TO SLIGHTLY BELOW CLIMO. && .AVIATION...MAINTAINED VFR CONDS AT BOTH TERMINALS BUT HAVE SEEN TWO GROWING PROBLEMS THIS AFTN...CONVECTION AND HAZE. INITIALIZED BOTH TERMINALS WITH 6SM HZ ALTHOUGH TERMINALS IN NRN SC AND SRN NC HAVE REPORTED MVFR VSBY. WILL KEEP AN EYE ON THE 5-MIN OBS AND IF THE NEED ARISES...WILL AMEND FOR THE VSBY RESTRICTION. OTHERWISE... FOCUS WILL BE ON DEVELOPING TSTMS. TSTMS HAVE BROKEN OUT NEAR KCAE AND KOGB...BUT SCATTERED NATURE PREVENTS ANYTHING MORE THAN CB MENTION IN THE 09/18Z. WILL KEEP AN EYE ON KCLX RADAR AND AMEND IF TSTMS APPEAR TO THREATEN EITHER TERMINAL. MID AND UPR LVL CLOUDS... MAINLY FROM CONVECTIVE BLOWOFF...ARE XPCTD TO MOVE OVR THE AREA OVRNGT THEN THIN OUT A BIT TWD DAYBREAK. FOG COULD BE A PROBLEM OVRNGT SHOULD EITHER TERMINAL RECEIVE RAINFALL AS WINDS WILL BE LGT. && .MARINE...GENERALLY A PERSISTENCE FCST THRU TMRW NIGHT WITH THE FNTL BNDRY REMAINING N OF THE WATERS AND HIGH PRES CENTERED OFFSHORE. SWLY WINDS AOB 15 KT WILL BE THE RULE ALONG WITH SEAS AOB 4 FT. NOCTURNAL SURGE TNGT IS POSSIBLE BRINGING GUSTS CLOSE TO 20 KT BUT SHORT DURATION AND LOW CONFIDENCE ON TIMING PREVENTS MENTION. THE WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL APPROACH THE REGION FROM THE NORTH FRI AND FRI NIGHT...THEN PUSH THROUGH THE WATERS SAT AND SAT NIGHT AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION. THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO STALL OUT JUST SOUTH OF THE WATERS...WITH AN AREA LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING ALONG THE BOUNDARY BY EARLY NEXT WEEK. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN AOB 15 KT FRI THROUGH WED. COULD SEE SCEC OR EVEN SCA CONDITIONS NEEDED FOR SEAS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WATERS SUN THROUGH MON GIVEN FAVORABLE NE FETCH. && .CHS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. SC...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && JPC/JRJ
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1055 AM EDT WED AUG 9 2006 AMZ330-350-352-354-374-GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040- 042>045-047>051-101000- 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- 1055 AM EDT WED AUG 9 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...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS..AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS CANNOT BE RULED OUT WITH GUSTY WINDS OVER 60 MPH AND PENNY SIZE HAIL OR LARGER. .HEAT INDICES...THE COMBINATION OF HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER TO MID 90S AND HIGH HUMIDITY VALUES WILL LEAD TO HEAT INDICES IN THE 105 TO 110 DEGREE RANGE OVER MUCH OF THE SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND EXTREME SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA. THEREFORE...A HEAT ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THOSE AREAS. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST NON PRECIPITATION PRODUCT FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. FOR THE REST OF SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA NOT INCLUDED IN THE ADVISORY...HEAT INDICES WILL CLIMB TO THE 100 TO 105 DEGREE RANGE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. .STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... FORMAL SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY OR TONIGHT. HOWEVER...ANY REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE OR HAIL ARE MUCH APPRECIATED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 318 PM EDT WED AUG 9 2006 SCZ045-092015- BERKELEY- 318 PM EDT WED AUG 9 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT EASTERN BERKELEY COUNTY THROUGH 415 PM EDT... AT 316 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SERIES OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TRACKING ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF BERKELEY COUNTY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND...BONNEAU...BONNEAU BEACH...EADYTOWN...JAMESTOWN AND SAINT STEPHEN THROUGH 415 PM EDT. HOWEVER...MORE STORMS ARE EXPECTED LATER THIS AFTERNOON...WHICH COULD ALSO BECOME QUITE STRONG. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND EXCESSIVE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS WITH THESE STORMS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT LAKES MARION AND MOULTRIE. IF ON THE LAKE...YOUR BEST COURSE OF ACTION DURING A THUNDERSTORM IS TO SEEK SAFE HARBOR. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT ON THE OPEN LAKE WATERS...STAY BELOW DECK...AND IF POSSIBLE...AWAY FROM METAL OBJECTS. JRL
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 334 PM EDT WED AUG 9 2006 SCZ042-092000- HAMPTON- 334 PM EDT WED AUG 9 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT HAMPTON COUNTY THROUGH 400 PM EDT... AT 334 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CENTERED OVER HAMPTON...MOVING SOUTH AT 4 MPH. THIS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND...ALMEDA...CROCKETVILLE... CUMMINGS...ESTILL...FURMAN...GARNETT...HAMPTON...LENA...LURAY... MILEY...SCOTIA...SHIRLEY AND VARNVILLE THROUGH 400 PM EDT. EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 358 PM EDT WED AUG 9 2006 SCZ042-092030- HAMPTON- 358 PM EDT WED AUG 9 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT HAMPTON COUNTY THROUGH 430 PM EDT... AT 358 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED OVER HAMPTON...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH. OTHER DEVELOPING STORMS WERE NEAR NIXVILLE AND ESTILL. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND...CROCKETVILLE...ESTILL...FURMAN...GARNETT...HAMPTON... LENA...LURAY...MILEY...SHIRLEY AND VARNVILLE THROUGH 430 PM EDT. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED.
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 118 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:06 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck a tree, knocking it down and damaging two vehicles at the Piggly Wiggly grocery store in Moncks Corner.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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