Strong Upper Level shortwave trough in combination with sea breeze resulted in scattered showers and thunderstorms developing across the region.
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Strong Upper Level shortwave trough in combination with sea breeze resulted in scattered showers and thunderstorms developing across the region.
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 Jun 15, 2:48 PM EST, 2 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 348 PM EDT FRI JUN 15 2007 .SYNOPSIS... AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL REMAIN IN PLACE OVER THE REGION THROUGH SATURDAY. THE TROUGH WILL BE REPLACED BY A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE SUNDAY THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM SATURDAY MORNING/... CURRENTLY AT THE SURFACE...A LARGE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE EXTENDS FROM NEW ENGLAND SSW INTO THE SOUTHEAST CONUS. WV IMAGERY SHOWS A POTENT SHORTWAVE TROUGH EXTENDING FROM THE SC MIDLANDS INTO CENTRAL GA. VIS SAT IMAGERY SHOWS PLENTY OF CLOUD COVER ACROSS MUCH OF THE CWA...WITH RADAR IMAGERY SHOWING WIDESPREAD RAIN ACROSS SC ZONES AND SCATTERED SHWRS/TSTMS ACROSS GA ZONES. MAIN SHORT TERM CONCERN FOR TONIGHT REVOLVES AROUND POPS AND SEVERE POTENTIAL THIS EVENING. TONIGHT...SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA THIS EVENING AND OUT INTO THE ATLANTIC OVERNIGHT. DECENT FORCING ASSOCIATED WITH SHORTWAVE TROUGH...FAVORABLE 0-6 KM SHEAR AND ENTRANCE REGION FORCING FROM 90+ KT H25 JET WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN GA WHERE BEST INSTABILITY EXISTS. WILL TAKE MENTION OF LARGE HAIL/DAMAGING WINDS OUT OF ZFP HOWEVER...AS INSTABILITY APPEARS A BIT TOO LOW TO SUPPORT WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER. WILL CARRY CHC POPS THIS EVENING...THEN SLGT CHC POPS AFTER MIDNIGHT. OVERNIGHT LOWS SHOULD BOTTOM OUT GENERALLY IN THE MIDDLE 60S. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/... UPPER TROUGH AXIS ALONG THE EASTERN SEA BOARD SAT WILL SHIFT EASTWARD AND INTO THE ATLANTIC SAT NIGHT. WILL CONTINUE TO MENTION SLGT CHC POPS SAT AS COMBINATION OF UPPER TROUGH AXIS OVERHEAD AND AFTERNOON SEA BREEZE DEVELOPMENT...SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO POP A FEW SHWRS/TSTMS. ANY SHWR/TSTM ACTIVITY WILL QUICKLY END SAT EVENING...FOLLOWED BY DRY WEATHER THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. HIGH TEMPERATURES SAT WILL TOP OUT IN THE UPPER 80S TO AROUND 90 AWAY FROM THE COAST...WITH LOWS SAT NIGHT IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S. && .LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... FOR SUNDAY...MAIN CHANGE WAS THE EXPANSION OF THE SLIGHT CHC POPS OVER THE CWA. MODIFIED FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOW CAPES AROUND 2000 J/KG AND LI/S AROUND -4. GIVEN THE TIME OF YEAR...ONSHORE FLOW WILL RESULT IN SUFFICIENT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND WHEN COMBINED WITH AFTERNOON SEA BREEZE...THIS SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO ALLOW FOR SOME SHWR/TSTM DEVELOPMENT. ECMWF SHOWS UPPER LEVEL AND SFC RIDGING WILL BE PRESENT THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK. MODELS ARE DISAGREEING AT WHEN TO PUSH A DISSIPATING FRONTAL BOUNDARY THROUGH THE AREA. ECMWF HAS A SLOWER SOLUTION AND IS SUPPORTED BY THE 12Z GFS WHICH BACKED OFF ON THE TIMING OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY FROM THE PREVIOUS 00Z RUN. HOWEVER...CAN NOT RULE OUT AN ISOLATED SHOWER/THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING THROUGH MOST OF THE WEEK...SO WILL CARRY SLGT CHC/LOW CHC POPS THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD. && .AVIATION /19Z FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... STRONG DIFFERENTIAL HEATING BOUNDARY IS SITUATED BETWEEN THE CHS AND SAV TERMINALS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THIS BOUNDARY ALONG WITH THE SEA BREEZE HAS HELPED SERVE AS A FOCUS FOR SHRA/TSRA DEVELOPMENT. AT THE CHS TERMINAL HAVE INCLUDED A TEMPO GROUP FOR SHRA FROM 18Z TO 22Z ALONG WITH SOME MVFR CIGS. CAN/T ENTIRELY RULE OUT TSRA AT CHS...BUT BEST INSTABILITY WILL REMAIN SOUTH OF THE TERMINAL...SO HAVE LEFT ANY TSRA OUT OF TAF IN FAVOR OF VCTS. AT THE SAV TERMINAL A FEW SHRA ARE POPPING ON THE SEA BREEZE AS IT PUSHES INLAND...SO HAVE INCLUDED A TEMPO GROUP FOR SHRA FROM 18Z TO 19Z. BETTER FORCING WILL MOVE OVER SE GA THIS AFTERNOON...AND WITH MORE INSTABILITY IN PLACE HERE...HAVE INCLUDED A TEMPO GROUP FOR TSRA FROM 19Z TO 23Z. BEST FORCING WILL SLIDE OFF THE COAST EARLY THIS EVENING...SO EXPECT ANY SHRA/TSRA TO END BY 22Z/23Z AT THE TERMS. THEREAFTER...EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE TAF FORECAST PERIOD. CAN/T RULE OUT SOME REDUCTIONS TO FOG OR STRATUS DEVELOPMENT TOWARD DAYBREAK SAT...BUT AT THIS TIME EXPECT ENOUGH LINGERING LOW/MID CLOUD TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING. EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED MUCH OF THE TIME TONIGHT THROUGH WED...PERHAPS BRIEFLY INTERRUPTED BY MAINLY AFTN TSTMS...AND BY LATE NIGHT/EARLY MORNING FOG AND/OR STRATUS. && .MARINE... SEAS REMAIN IN THE 4 TO 5 FT RANGE ACROSS THE OUTER GA WATERS...SO WILL CONTINUE TO MENTION SCEC CONDITIONS. ELSEWHERE...FAIRLY TRANQUIL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WATERS TONIGHT...WITH WINDS AOB 15 KT AND SEAS AOB 4 FT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO BECOME MORE DOMINANT SAT AND SAT NIGHT...WITH WINDS AND SEAS REMAINING BELOW HEADLINE THRESHOLDS. MAINLY HIGH PRESSURE IN CONTROL OVER THE COASTAL WATERS SUN THROUGH WED...RESULTING IN TRANQUIL CONDITIONS. THE WATERS WILL BE UNDER AN EAST SOUTHEAST FLOW AT OR BELOW 10 KNOTS WITH SEAS 2 TO 4 FEET. A POSSIBLE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM COULD APPROACH THE WATERS FROM THE WEST AROUND MID WEEK BUT WINDS SHOULD STAY 15 KNOTS OR LESS. && .TIDES/COASTAL FLOODING... SAW TIDAL DEPARTURES OF OVER 1 FOOT AT BOTH CHARLESTON HARBOR AND FORT PULASKI LAST NIGHT. HAVE RECEIVED SEVERAL REPORTS OF FLOODED ROADS IN ISLE OF PALMS...DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON AND TYBEE ISLAND...ALONG WITH HIGH WATER AT THE END OF THE WANDO RIVER. TIDES THIS EVENING ARE PROJECTED TO BE SIMILAR TO LAST NIGHT. THUS...WILL CONTINUE THE COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT DISCUSSING THE ISSUE. IT APPEARS THAT THE TIDES WILL REMAIN JUST BELOW COASTAL FLOOD WARNING CRITERIA...BUT THIS WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED CLOSELY BY EVENING SHIFT. WILL CONTINUE TO HEADLINE SHALLOW COASTAL FLOODING THIS EVENING IN THE ZFP. && .CHS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...SHALLOW COASTAL FLOODING THIS EVENING GAZ117-119-139-141. SC...SHALLOW COASTAL FLOODING THIS EVENING SCZ048>051. MARINE...NONE. && JRJ/REV
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 500 AM EDT FRI JUN 15 2007 AMZ330-350-352-354-374-GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040- 042>045-047>051-160900- 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- 500 AM EDT FRI JUN 15 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS...SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS... THE COMBINATION OF AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS...A MOIST ONSHORE FLOW...THE PASSAGE OF AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND THE APPROACH OF A WEAK COLD FRONT FROM THE NORTHEAST WILL PRODUCE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE THAT SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING PENNY TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OVER 60 MPH AND EXCESSIVE RAINFALL. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE GREATEST BETWEEN 2 PM AND 9 PM. COASTAL FLOODING... SHALLOW COASTAL FLOODING WILL OCCUR AGAIN THIS EVENING AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE. REFER TO THE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS... ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ON SATURDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE THAT SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS POSSIBLE. COASTAL FLOODING... SHALLOW COASTAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE SATURDAY EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. JAQ
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1052 AM EDT FRI JUN 15 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0835 PM HAIL 2 W CROSS 33.33N 80.18W
06/14/2007 E0.88 INCH BERKELEY SC TRAINED SPOTTER
NICKEL SIZE HAIL AT SPOTTER RESIDENCE.
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JAHSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 112 PM EDT FRI JUN 15 2007 SCZ050-151745- CHARLESTON- 112 PM EDT FRI JUN 15 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT CHARLESTON COUNTY THROUGH 145 PM EDT... AT 106 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 1/2 INCH HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ROCKVILLE...EDISTO ISLAND...AND SEABROOK ISLAND...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. AREAS IN AND AROUND EDISTO ISLAND...ROCKVILLE AND SEABROOK ISLAND WILL BE IMPACTED THROUGH 145 PM EDT. 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 204 PM EDT FRI JUN 15 2007 SCZ042-151830- HAMPTON- 204 PM EDT FRI JUN 15 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT HAMPTON COUNTY THROUGH 230 PM EDT... AT 200 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 1/2 INCH HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MCPHERSONVILLE... OR ABOUT OVER YEMASSEE...REMAINING NEARLY STATIONARY. AREAS IN AND AROUND MCPHERSONVILLE AND YEMASSEE WILL BE IMPACTED THROUGH 230 PM EDT. BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AS STORMS APPROACH. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. 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 303 PM EDT FRI JUN 15 2007 SCZ047-051-151945- COASTAL JASPER-INLAND JASPER- 303 PM EDT FRI JUN 15 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT JASPER COUNTY THROUGH 345 PM EDT... AT 302 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 1/2 INCH HAIL...AND STRONG WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SWITZERLAND...OR ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RIDGELAND...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. AREAS IN AND AROUND JASPER...DEERFIELD AND SWITZERLAND WILL BE IMPACTED THROUGH 345 PM EDT. 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 330 PM EDT FRI JUN 15 2007 SCZ048-152015- BEAUFORT- 330 PM EDT FRI JUN 15 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT BEAUFORT COUNTY THROUGH 415 PM EDT... AT 330 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 7 MILES NORTH OF BLUFFTON...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH. AREAS IN AND AROUND BLUFFTON AND PRITCHARDVILLE WILL BE IMPACTED THROUGH 415 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.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 347 PM EDT FRI JUN 15 2007 GAZ101-152030- EFFINGHAM- 347 PM EDT FRI JUN 15 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT EFFINGHAM COUNTY THROUGH 430 PM EDT... AT 347 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 NEAR SPRINGFIELD... MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH. AREAS IN AND AROUND EDEN...GUYTON...MARLOW...PINEORA...RINCON... SPRINGFIELD AND STILLWELL WILL BE IMPACTED THROUGH 430 PM EDT. 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), 41 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:49 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several large tree branches were reported down.
Five trees were reported down.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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