Strong surface heating in combination with sea breeze allowed a few thunderstorms to develop across the area.
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The episode as NWS CHS wrote it up.
Strong surface heating in combination with sea breeze allowed a few thunderstorms to develop across the area.
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 7, 3:01 PM EST, 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 401 PM EDT THU JUN 7 2007 .SYNOPSIS... STRONG UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE REGION THROUGH FRIDAY WILL RETROGRADE WEST THIS WEEKEND...AS A WEAK COLD FRONT DRIFTS SOUTHEAST AND DISSIPATES OVER GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM FRIDAY MORNING/... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ALONG AND WEST OF THE SEABREEZE THIS AFTERNOON WITHIN AREAS OF SUFFICIENT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY. WITH LITTLE SHEAR AND STRONG MID/UPPER LEVEL RIDGING...STORMS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO STRENGTHEN WHILE REMAINING RELATIVELY SHORT-LIVED. WILL CONTINUE TO CLOSELY MONITOR FOR BOUNDARY COLLISIONS...WHICH MAY INCREASE THE EXTENT OF SEVERE CONVECTION. HAVE ADJUSTED LATE AFTERNOON POPS TO INCLUDE ALL COUNTIES AWAY FROM THE IMMEDIATE COASTLINE. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY LINGER INLAND INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS...BUT SINCE THE ONLY STRONG DRIVING FORCE IS THE DAYTIME HEATING AND INSTABILITY...ACTIVITY SHOULD DIMINISH LATER IN THE EVENING. OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM AROUND 70 DEGREES INLAND TO MID 70S AT THE COASTLINE. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/... UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL REMAIN IN CONTROL ON FRIDAY...WITH SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OFFSHORE. CONDITIONS FOR FRIDAY LOOK SIMILAR TO TODAY. THERE WILL BE NO STRONG FORCING MECHANISMS OTHER THAN THE SEABREEZE BOUNDARY DURING THE AFTERNOON...HOWEVER HIGH CAPES AND DEWPOINTS AROUND 70 DEGREES SUGGEST THAT ENOUGH INSTABILITY MAY BE PRESENT TO INITIATE WEAK SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND INLAND FROM THE SEABREEZE. HAVE THEREFORE MAINTAINED THE GENERIC SLIGHT CHANCE POPS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. TEMPERATURES WILL RISE INTO THE LOWER TO MID 90S...WITH LOCALLY COOLER CONDITIONS ALONG THE COAST. ANY CONVECTION SHOULD AGAIN DISSIPATE DURING THE EVENING. RIDGE ALOFT WILL BEGIN TO RETROGRADE WESTWARD FRIDAY NIGHT AS A SURFACE TROUGH DROPS THROUGH THE SOUTHEAST STATES. LOW TEMPERATURES FRIDAY NIGHT WILL MAINLY BE IN THE LOWER 70S. && .LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... SATURDAY SHOULD BE THE WARMEST OF THE WEEK AS SOUTHWEST WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT KEEP THE SEA BREEZE NEAR THE COAST AND STRONG HIGH PRESSURE AT MID LEVELS PROVIDES SUBSIDENCE FOR A GOOD PART OF THE DAY. TEMPS WILL BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S AWAY FROM THE COAST...WITH HEAT INDICES ABOUT 5 DEGREES HIGHER. THERE MAY BE SOME CONVECTION THAT TRIES TO DEVELOP LATE IN THE AFTERNOON ALONG THE SEA BREEZE NEAR THE COAST...SO WILL KEEP A SLIGHT CHANCE OF POPS GOING...BUT IT IS GOING TO HAVE TO OVERCOME A SOLID MID LEVEL CAP. ADDITIONAL CONVECTION IS LIKELY TO FIRE CLOSER TO THE FRONT IN THE UPSTATE...AND THIS ACTIVITY WILL MAKE A RUN FOR THE COAST SATURDAY EVENING. FOR THIS REASON...I HAVE HELD ON TO SLIGHT CHANCE POPS UNTIL 06Z. SOME DISAGREEMENT BETWEEN THE MODELS ON THE PACE OF THE FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE AREA SUNDAY. GFS DEVELOPS A WEAK WAVE THAT WOULD HOLD THE FRONT FARTHER NORTH...WHILE THE NAM PUSHES IT THROUGH MORE QUICKLY. WILL PLAY A MIDDLE OF THE ROAD SOLUTION...WHICH IS CLOSEST TO THE GFS ENSEMBLES. THIS WOULD CALL FOR A GRADUAL SHIFT OF WINDS TO THE NORTHEAST WITH NOTICEABLY COOLER MAX TEMPS...BUT ONLY DOWN TO NEAR NORMAL. SUNDAY SEEMS TO BE THE BETTER DAY IN THE WEEKEND FOR UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT OF CONVECTION...BUT SOME DRYING BEHIND THE FRONT IS ALSO EXPECTED...SO WILL CARRY ONLY A SLIGHT CHANCE. AT THIS POINT...HAVE GONE WITH THE SOLUTION OF THE FRONT CLEARING THROUGH AND SOME HIGHER PRESSURE BUILDING IN FROM THE NORTH. THIS WILL KEEP TEMPS NEAR TO A HAIR BELOW NORMAL EACH AFTERNOON AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON RW/TRW. NO REASON TO STRAY TO FAR FROM CLIMO IN THIS PATTERN. && .AVIATION /19Z THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... SEABREEZE DEVELOPMENT HAS SPAWNED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON...CONCENTRATED MOSTLY WEST OF I-95 AND SOUTH OF THE SAVANNAH RIVER. HAVE ADDED A TEMPO GROUP FOR TSRA AND GUSTY WINDS TO KSAV UNTIL 21Z DUE TO STRONGER CONVECTION APPEARING ALONG THE I-95 CORRIDOR IN CHATHAM COUNTY. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR RADAR TRENDS TO DETERMINE WHETHER ADDITIONAL SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM WORDING MAY NEED TO BE ADDED LATER. SOUTHERLY WINDS HAVE INITIATED AT BOTH TERMINALS WITH THE SEA BREEZE DEVELOPMENT. EXPECT WINDS SPEEDS TO BE PREVAILING AOB 12 KNOTS...BUT CANNOT RULE OUT A BRIEF GUST A FEW KNOTS HIGHER. SCATTERED CUMULUS WILL DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET WHEN DAYTIME HEATING AND MIXING DIMINISHES. WINDS WILL DECREASE OVERNIGHT. SHALLOW GROUND FOG COULD BE POSSIBLE AGAIN AT KCHS OVERNIGHT...BUT DO NOT FEEL CONFIDENT ENOUGH TO INCLUDE IN TAFS. HAVE INSTEAD BROUGHT VSBYS DOWN TO 6 SM JUST TO PROVIDE A HEADS UP. EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...GENERALLY VFR UNDER HIGH PRESSURE THROUGH FRIDAY. POSSIBLE AFTERNOON/EVENING ISOLATED SEABREEZE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF MVFR OR LOWER CONDITIONS. A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL APPROACH FROM THE NORTHWEST OVER THE WEEKEND AND THEN DISSIPATE OVER THE AREA...ENHANCING THE CHANCE FOR SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS WITH MVFR OR LOWER CONDITIONS. && .MARINE... EXPECT RELATIVELY BENIGN CONDITIONS OVER THE MARINE ZONES DURING THE SHORT TERM...WITH WINDS AND WAVES REMAINING BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE ATLANTIC WILL MAINTAIN SOUTHWEST TO SOUTHERLY FLOW OVER THE COASTAL WATERS THROUGH FRIDAY. PRESSURE GRADIENT MAY TIGHTEN SLIGHTLY IN THE NORTHERN WATERS FRIDAY NIGHT AS A SURFACE TROUGH DROPS INTO THE AREA FROM THE NORTH. SOUTHWEST WINDS AHEAD OF FRONT ON SATURDAY MAY KICK UP THE SEAS IN THE OFFSHORE WATERS A BIT...BUT STILL BELOW ANY HEADLINE CRITERIA. WINDS WILL BE LIGHTER ON SUNDAY NEAR THE FRONT...BUT THEN PICKING UP OUT OF THE NORTHEAST BEHIND THE FRONT ON SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS SHOULD CONTINUE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK AS WEAK HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC WILL DOMINATE THE WEATHER. && .CHS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. SC...NONE. MARINE...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 352 AM EDT THU JUN 7 2007 GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-042>045-047>051-080900- 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- 352 AM EDT THU JUN 7 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. EXCESSIVE HEAT...HEAT INDICES MAY REACH THE 100 TO 105 DEGREE RANGE SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. AMZ330-350-352-354-374-080900- 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- 352 AM EDT THU JUN 7 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 319 PM EDT THU JUN 7 2007 GAZ101-118-072000- EFFINGHAM-INLAND CHATHAM- 319 PM EDT THU JUN 7 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT EFFINGHAM COUNTY AND CHATHAM COUNTY THROUGH 400 PM EDT... AT 319 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 BLOOMINGDALE...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTH OF RICHMOND HILL...MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH. AREAS IN AND AROUND BLOOMINGDALE...EDEN...MARLOW...MEINHARD... MELDRIM...MONTEITH...PINEORA...POOLER AND PORT WENTWORTH WILL BE IMPACTED THROUGH 400 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 324 PM EDT THU JUN 7 2007 SCZ043-072000- INLAND COLLETON- 324 PM EDT THU JUN 7 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT COLLETON COUNTY THROUGH 400 PM EDT... AT 322 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 HENDERSONVILLE... OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WALTERBORO...MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH. AREAS BETWEEN ROUTE 21 AND ROUTE 17 WEST OF WALTERBORO ARE MOST LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED. BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AS STORMS APPROACH. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 341 PM EDT THU JUN 7 2007 GAZ100-101-072015- BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM- 341 PM EDT THU JUN 7 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT EFFINGHAM COUNTY AND BULLOCH COUNTY THROUGH 415 PM EDT... AT 337 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 AKINS...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTH OF PEMBROKE...MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH. AREAS IN AND AROUND LEEFIELD AND STILSON WILL BE IMPACTED THROUGH 415 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 343 PM EDT THU JUN 7 2007 SCZ047-051-072030- COASTAL JASPER-INLAND JASPER- 343 PM EDT THU JUN 7 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT JASPER COUNTY THROUGH 430 PM EDT... AT 343 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 MORGAN...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RIDGELAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. AREAS IN AND AROUND GRAHAMVILLE...HARDEEVILLE...JASPER...OLD HOUSE... PRITCHARD...PURYSBURGH...RIDGELAND...SWITZERLAND AND TILLMAN WILL BE IMPACTED THROUGH 430 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 400 PM EDT THU JUN 7 2007 SCZ043-044-072045- DORCHESTER-INLAND COLLETON- 400 PM EDT THU JUN 7 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT DORCHESTER COUNTY AND COLLETON COUNTY THROUGH 445 PM EDT... AT 356 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 CANADYS...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SAINT GEORGE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. AREAS IN AND AROUND CANADYS...REEVESVILLE AND SAINT GEORGE WILL BE IMPACTED THROUGH 445 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.
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 25 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:06 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A tree was reported down on Purrysburg Road.
Several trees were reported down across Interstate 95 around mile marker 42.
A Pine tree brought down powerlines at the intersection of Ritter Road and Blue House Lane.
Trees and Power lines were reported down.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in South Carolina in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in South Carolina, June 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: 40446, 40448, 40451, 40454.