A nearly stationary frontal boundary extended through southern South Carolina and Southeast Georgia, and when combined with numerous boundaries and rich tropical airmass, resulted in a couple Flash Flood and Severe Weather events across southeast Georgia.
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The episode as NWS CHS wrote it up.
A nearly stationary frontal boundary extended through southern South Carolina and Southeast Georgia, and when combined with numerous boundaries and rich tropical airmass, resulted in a couple Flash Flood and Severe Weather events across southeast Georgia.
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 Sep 13, 12:56 PM EST, 1 hour 14 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 156 PM EDT THU SEP 13 2007 .SYNOPSIS... A SURFACE FRONT WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH THE REGION TODAY...THEN LIFT NORTH OF THE AREA TONIGHT AND FRIDAY AS ATLANTIC HIGH PRESSURE STRENGTHENS OFF THE SOUTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA COAST. ATLANTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL WEAKEN SATURDAY...ALLOWING A COLD FRONT TO PUSH THROUGH THE REGION LATE SATURDAY OR SATURDAY NIGHT. STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN BUILD IN FROM THE NORTH THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/... A NEARLY STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY HAS BECOME RATHER DIFFUSE AS IT EXTENDS WSW TO ENE ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA THIS MORNING. LOW STRATUS IN PLACE ACROSS MANY AREAS EARLIER THIS MORNING CONTINUES TO LIFT. MEANWHILE...CONVECTIVE TEMPERATURES WHICH ARE IN THE MID 80S ARE NOT TOO FAR FROM BEING MET IN MANY LOCATIONS. THE PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES THAT ARE IN PLACE ARE TAKING ON MORE OF A CONVECTIVE LOOK WITH BUILDING TOPS AND EXPECT THE FIRST CELLS TO DEVELOP AROUND MIDDAY. THE CONVECTION SHOULD BECOME NUMEROUS IN COVERAGE THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY NEAR AND SOUTH OF THE STALLED BOUNDARY. FOCUS FOR CONVECTION WILL BE ALONG THE FRONT... DIFFERENTIAL HEATING BOUNDARIES AND LINGERING OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM PREVIOUS CONVECTION. MODERATE INSTABILITY WILL BE IN PLACE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH MULTICELLULAR STORMS EXPECTED TO BECOME LINEAR AND PROPAGATE SOUTH AND EAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HEAVY RAINFALL WITH LOCALIZED FLOODING IS ONCE AGAIN A CONCERN...AS PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES APPROACH 2.25 INCHES WITH STORM MOTIONS ONLY AROUND 10-12 KT. HAVE INCLUDED MENTION OF HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE GRIDS/FORECAST FOR THE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING PERIOD AS WELL AS CONTINUED MENTION IN THE HWO. SOME STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG WITH GUSTY WINDS ALSO POSSIBLE. && .SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/... THE WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO LIFT BACK NORTHWARD THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA TONIGHT AND FRIDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE STRENGTHENS OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC. THE NEXT COLD FRONT WILL BEGIN TO APPROACH THE REGION FROM THE NORTHWEST FRIDAY NIGHT. AS FOR SENSIBLE WEATHER...WILL KEEP RAIN CHANCES IN THE FORECAST THROUGH THE PERIOD GIVEN PROXIMITY OF FRONTAL BOUNDARY TO THE CWA...WITH HIGHEST PROBABILITIES DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS FRIDAY. LOW TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BOTTOM OUT IN THE LOWER 70S...WITH HIGHS FRIDAY TOPPING OUT IN THE UPPER 80S. && .LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... DEEP MOISTURE AND PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND TSTMS WILL BE ON TAP SAT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE REGION. WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES OVER 2 INCHES...HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE MAIN HAZARD. WILL SHOW THE HIGHEST POPS ACROSS OUR SE GA AND COASTAL SC AREAS SAT AS THE FRONT PUSHES THROUGH. A NORTH/NORTHEAST FLOW WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THE FRONT AND PERSIST INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK AS A STRONG AREA OF HIGH PRES BUILDS INTO THE NERN CONUS AND RIDGES DOWN THE ERN SEABOARD. CHANCES OF RAINFALL DIMINISH SIGNIFICANTLY ONCE THIS OCCURS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS OUR INLAND SC ZONES WHERE THE LEAST MOISTURE IS EXPECTED. COASTAL AREAS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SE GA...WILL HAVE THE BEST CHANCE OF SEEING SOME SHOWERS MUCH OF THE PERIOD DUE TO THE BETTER MOISTURE AND SFC CONVERGENCE. TEMPS WILL BE NEAR TO EVEN SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL FRI/SAT BEFORE DROPPING BELOW NORMAL SUN-WED. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S ARE EXPECTED MON-WED. && .AVIATION /18Z THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... RECENT RADAR TRENDS SHOW SHOWER AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE AREA. THIS MAY LEAD TO MVFR CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON FOR BOTH THE CHS AND SAV TERMINALS. EXPECT THE BULK OF THE ACTIVITY TO END IN THE EVENING HOURS. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME LIGHT AND VARIABLE AT BOTH TERMINALS TONIGHT. DESPITE CLOUD COVER...A MOIST SFC SHOULD ALLOW FOR REDUCED VSBYS TO MVFR CONDITIONS...WITH THE LOWEST VSBYS EXPECTED AT THE SAV TERMINAL. SOUNDINGS ALSO SUGGEST MVFR CIGS AND FSI VALUES IN THE LOW 20S. EXPECT WINDS TO BECOME SOUTHERLY AT BOTH TERMINALS TOMORROW MORNING AND INCREASE IN SPEED AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT TIGHTENS ALONG A FRONT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE IN THE TAF PERIOD BUT WERE NOT INTRODUCED DUE TO UNCERTAINTY IN TIME OF ARRIVAL. EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...HIGHER THAN NORMAL CHANCES OF SHRA/TSRA INTO SAT COULD PRODUCE PERIODIC MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS AT BOTH TERMINALS...WITH POTENTIAL FOR NIGHTTIME/EARLY MORNING FOG AND LOW CIGS AS WELL. && .MARINE... OUTSIDE OF SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY...TRANQUIL CONDITIONS WITH WINDS AOB 15 KNOTS AND SEAS AOB 3 FEET EXPECTED TO PREVAIL THROUGH SATURDAY. IN THE WAKE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT...WINDS AND SEAS SHOULD INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY AND THEN BE MAINTAINED THROUGH AT LEAST MID WEEK. QUITE LIKELY THAT SMALL CRAFT EXERCISE CAUTIONS WILL BE NEEDED STARTING SUNDAY...WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES. && .TIDES/COASTAL FLOODING... A STRONG AREA OF HIGH PRES BUILDING IN FROM THE N BEGINNING SAT NIGHT AND PERSISTING INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK WILL ALLOW FOR A PROLONGED NE SURGE EVENT. THUS...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR HIGH SURF... BEACH EROSION...COASTAL FLOODING AND AN ENHANCED CHANCE FOR RIP CURRENTS. THESE THREATS ARE ADDRESSED IN THE LATEST HWO. && .CHS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. SC...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && DPB
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 435 AM EDT THU SEP 13 2007 GAZ087-088-099>101-114>116-118-137-138-140-SCZ040-042>045-047-141000- JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS- INLAND BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-LONG-INLAND LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH- ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER-BERKELEY-INLAND JASPER- 435 AM EDT THU SEP 13 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. HEAVY RAIN...A SURFACE FRONT WILL NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH THE REGION TODAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR PERIODS OF TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. HEAVY RAIN...A SURFACE FRONT WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY CLOSE TO THE REGION ON FRIDAY. THIS WILL SUPPORT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR PERIODS OF TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLOODING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. GAZ117-119-139-141-SCZ048>051-141000- COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH- BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- 435 AM EDT THU SEP 13 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. HEAVY RAIN...A SURFACE FRONT WILL NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH THE REGION TODAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR PERIODS OF TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. HEAVY RAIN...A SURFACE FRONT WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY CLOSE TO THE REGION ON FRIDAY. THIS WILL SUPPORT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR PERIODS OF TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLOODING. COASTAL FLOODING/BEACH EROSION/RIP CURRENTS...A STRONG AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD FROM THE NORTH BEGINNING SATURDAY NIGHT AND PERSISTING INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. THIS WILL BRING A PROLONGED PERIOD OF STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS. THUS...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR HIGH SURF...BEACH EROSION...COASTAL FLOODING AND AN ENHANCED CHANCE FOR RIP CURRENTS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. AMZ330-350-352-354-374-141000- 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- 435 AM EDT THU SEP 13 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...ANY THUNDERSTORM MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS EXCEEDING 30 KNOTS...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN REDUCING VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN 1 NM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...ANY THUNDERSTORM MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS EXCEEDING 30 KNOTS...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN REDUCING VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN 1 NM ON FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 213 PM EDT THU SEP 13 2007 GAZ101-116>119-131900- COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-EFFINGHAM-INLAND BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM- 213 PM EDT THU SEP 13 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT EFFINGHAM COUNTY...BRYAN COUNTY AND CHATHAM COUNTY THROUGH 300 PM EDT... AT 212 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 1/2 INCH HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF MELDRIM...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF RICHMOND HILL...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP IN THE AREA THROUGH 3 PM. AREAS IN AND AROUND BLOOMINGDALE...BURROUGHS...EDEN...FORT MCALLISTER...GARDEN CITY...ISLE OF HOPE...MEINHARD...MELDRIM... MONTEITH...POOLER...PORT WENTWORTH...RICHMOND HILL...SANDFLY... SAVANNAH...VERNONBURG...WHITE BLUFF AND WINDSOR FOREST WILL BE IMPACTED THROUGH 300 PM EDT. FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS. IF INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS. AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AS STORMS APPROACH. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 IF YOU OBSERVE SEVERE WEATHER.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 246 PM EDT THU SEP 13 2007 GAZ115-137-138-131930- EVANS-INLAND LIBERTY-LONG- 246 PM EDT THU SEP 13 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT LONG COUNTY...EVANS COUNTY AND LIBERTY COUNTY THROUGH 330 PM EDT... AT 241 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 1/2 INCH HAIL...GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH....AND RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WILLIE...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PEMBROKE...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. AREAS IN AND AROUND CLAXTON...MIDWAY AND WILLIE WILL BE IMPACTED THROUGH 330 PM EDT. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD ROADS...DITCHES AND LOW-LYING AREAS. AVOID FLOOD PRONE AREAS AND DO NOT DRIVE INTO PLACES WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 IF YOU OBSERVE SEVERE WEATHER.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 248 PM EDT THU SEP 13 2007 SCZ047-051-131930- COASTAL JASPER-INLAND JASPER- 248 PM EDT THU SEP 13 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT JASPER COUNTY THROUGH 330 PM EDT... AT 246 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH...VERY HEAVY RAIN IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF LEVY...OR ABOUT OVER SAVANNAH...MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH. EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED. POSTPONE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES PROMPTLY. GO QUICKLY INSIDE A COMPLETELY ENCLOSED BUILDING. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD ROADS...DITCHES AND LOW-LYING AREAS. AVOID FLOOD PRONE AREAS AND DO NOT DRIVE INTO PLACES WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 304 PM EDT THU SEP 13 2007 GAZ100-101-116-131945- BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-INLAND BRYAN- 304 PM EDT THU SEP 13 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT EFFINGHAM COUNTY...BULLOCH COUNTY AND BRYAN COUNTY THROUGH 345 PM EDT... AT 301 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 1/2 INCH HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM BLANDFORD TO GROVELAND...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD TO 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF PEMBROKE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. AREAS IN AND AROUND BLITCHTON...BROOKLET...DENMARK...GROVELAND... GUYTON...MARLOW...NEVILS...PEMBROKE...PINEORA...RINCON... SPRINGFIELD...STILLWELL AND STILSON WILL BE IMPACTED THROUGH 345 PM EDT. FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS. IF INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS. AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...WITH HOURLY RAINFALL RATES AROUND 2 INCHES...WHICH MAY FLOOD ROADS...DITCHES AND LOW-LYING AREAS. AVOID FLOOD PRONE AREAS AND DO NOT DRIVE INTO PLACES WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 IF YOU OBSERVE SEVERE WEATHER.
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 64 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:11 UTC.
2 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High water was reported on Delano Street, Winburn Street, Hastings Street, Cornwall Street, and at the intersection of Gwynnett and Stiles Streets.
Three trees and numerous tree limbs were reported down due to high winds. The damage occurred on Georgia Avenue and Chelsea Circle.
The intersections of Gwynnett and Stiles Streets, as well as Gwynnett and Atkinson Streets, were reported closed due to high water.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Georgia in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, September 2007
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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 59373, 59372, 59374.