Numerous boundaries in combination with the sea breeze in a highly unstable environment, resulted in widespread strong to severe thunderstorm development across southern South Carolina and southeast Georgia.
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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 episode as NWS CHS wrote it up.
Numerous boundaries in combination with the sea breeze in a highly unstable environment, resulted in widespread strong to severe thunderstorm development across southern South Carolina and 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 Jul 11, 6:39 PM EST, 6 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 739 PM EDT FRI JUL 11 2008 .SYNOPSIS... A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL GRADUALLY ADVANCE THROUGH THE REGION TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. THE FRONT WILL STALL SOUTH AND EAST OF THE REGION BY SUNDAY. WEAK LOW PRESSURE MAY DEVELOP OFFSHORE ALONG THE STALLED FRONT SUNDAY. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY APPROACH FROM THE NORTHWEST SUNDAY AND MONDAY...THEN WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA ON TUESDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN BEHIND THE FRONT FOR THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM SATURDAY MORNING/... FRIDAY EVENING...THE FOCUS FOR STRONGEST/MOST NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS HAD SHIFTED INTO SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...ESPECIALLY ALONG/SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 16...WHERE MULTIPLE BOUNDARIES WERE COLLIDING WITHIN AN ENVIRONMENT STILL FEATURING SBCAPES AS HIGH AS 2000-3000 J/KG. ELSEWHERE...ISOLATED/SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP AND ADVANCE SE...AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING SHORTWAVE/SURFACE COLD FRONT. ADJUSTED POPS AND THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK TO ACCOUNT FOR EVENING CONVECTIVE TRENDS. PWATS 2 TO 2.3 INCHES SUGGEST THE CONTINUING POTENTIAL FOR BRIEF/ISOLATED DAMAGING WET MICROBURSTS AND PERHAPS ISOLATED HAIL...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHERN COUNTIES...THIS EVENING. ALSO...HIGH PWATS CONTINUE TO HIGHLIGHT THE THREAT FOR LOCALLY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL. WITH DIURNAL STABILIZATION...COVERAGE/INTENSITY OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL WANE LATER THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...BECAUSE THE SHORTWAVE/ ASSOCIATED SYNOPTIC COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO ADVANCE INTO THE REGION FROM THE NORTH/NORTHWEST...SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP WELL INTO THE NIGHT. TAPERED POPS TO SLIGHT CHANCE/CHANCE S/E LATE. IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT...12Z MODEL SOUNDINGS HINTED AT SUFFICIENT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE TO SUPPORT STRATUS AND/OR FOG...ESPECIALLY IF MID/HIGH LEVEL MOISTURE PUSHES SOUTH OF THE REGION. CONTINUED THE ONGOING MENTION OF PATCHY FOG ALL AREAS LATE. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH 6 PM SATURDAY/... IN THE WAKE OF COLD FROPA...12Z MODEL SOUNDINGS DEPICT A MUCH DRIER AIRMASS PUSHING INTO THE REGION SATURDAY. MAINTAINED SLIGHT CHANCE TO CHANCE POPS ACROSS SOUTHERN COUNTIES...GIVEN POTENTIAL FOR SEA BREEZE CONVERGENCE AND LATER DRYING. HOWEVER...GIVEN MODEL TRENDS TOWARD MORE PROGRESSIVE DRYING...LATER SHIFTS MAY OPT TO FURTHER TRIM SATURDAY POPS. ALONG THE COAST...ONSHORE FLOW SHOULD HOLD TEMPERATURES IN THE 80S. INLAND...DRIER AIR MAY SUPPORT HIGHS IN THE MID 90S. && .LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/... THE WEAK COLD FRONT WILL SETTLE S OF THE CWFA SAT NIGHT INTO SUN AND GRADUALLY DISSIPATE WITH WEAK HIGH PRESSURE AND AN EXTENSION OF THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE OVER THE GOMEX BUILDING IN FOR SUN. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR CONTINUED DRY WX FOR SAT NIGHT THE WRF/GFS/SREF ALL INDICATE THE FORMATION OF AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OFF THE CAROLINA COAST ALONG THE SNAKING STALLED FRONT SAT NIGHT INTO SUN...BUT THE LOW LOOKS TO BECOME TO STRETCHED OUT BY MON AND RAPIDLY SHIFT OFF TO THE NE MON INTO MON NIGHT...THUS NOT CAUSING ANY SIGNIFICANT ISSUES FOR THE CHS CWFA. DRIER AIR AROUND THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE SUN NIGHT BUT THE RIDGE WILL RETROGRADE BACK W MON WHILE A DIGGING LONGWAVE UPPER TROUGH MOVES INTO THE GREAT LAKES. THIS TROUGH WILL USHER ANOTHER COLD FRONT THROUGH THE OH RIVER VALLEY AND ACROSS THE APPALACHIANS MON INTO TUE. WITH ANOTHER PREFRONTAL SFC TROUGH DEVELOPING OVER THE INLAND CAROLINAS...DEEPER TROPICAL MOISTURE RETURNING AND SEVERAL UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVES MOVING THROUGH... THE PROSPECTS FOR SCT SHOWERS/TSTMS RETURNS SO HAVE ADDED 40 POPS FOR MON. AS THE FRONT DRIFTS S...SO WILL THE BETTER CHCS FOR PRECIP. THE FRONT LOOKS TO DROP THROUGH THE CWFA TUE...THEN SETTLE S OF THE CWFA TUE NIGHT THROUGH THU. ALTHOUGH DEEP MOISTURE /PWATS 1.5-2.0 INCHES/ WILL REMAIN OVER THE ENTIRE CWFA EARLY TO MID NEXT WEEK...BETTER SFC CONVERGENCE NEAR THE STALLED FRONT WILL MAKE FOR SLIGHTLY HIGHER POPS NEAR THE ALTAMAHA RIVER THEN TRENDING LOWER GOING N. BY WED-THU...THE ONLY FORCING N OF THE SAVANNAH RIVER WILL BE THE SEABREEZE AND SPORADIC RESIDUAL CONVECTIVE BOUNDARIES SO HAVE ELIMINATED NIGHTTIME POPS FOR NRN AREAS MIDWEEK WHILE KEEPING 20/30 POPS FOR SRN AREAS. TEMPS WILL GENERALLY REMAIN AROUND NORMAL THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT WEEK. AWAY FROM THE COAST...HIGHS WILL CONTINUE IN THE LOWER 90S WITH LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S. && .AVIATION /00Z SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... THUNDERSTORMS WILL DIRECTLY IMPACT KSAV WITH GUSTY/SHIFTING WINDS AND IFR OR LOWER CONDITIONS IN VERY HEAVY RAIN THIS EVENING. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO PUSH INTO AREAS IN THE VICINITY OF KCHS...BUT CONFIDENCE FOR DIRECT IMPACT THERE REMAINS INSUFFICIENT TO INCLUDE A TEMPO GROUP. EXPECT AMENDMENTS TO ACCOUNT FOR NEAR TERM CONVECTIVE TRENDS. SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS MAY PERSIST WELL INTO TONIGHT AROUND KSAV. A WEAKENING COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE REGION AFTER 06Z. IFR OR LOWER CEILINGS AND/OR VISIBILITIES MAY DEVELOP LATE...ESPECIALLY AT KCHS. SATURDAY...THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP CLOSE ENOUGH TO KSAV TO INCLUDE CBS DURING THE 16Z-20Z TIME FRAME. OTHERWISE...POST FROPA WINDS WILL SHIFT FROM N/NE TO SE AS THE SEA BREEZE PUSHES INLAND SATURDAY AFTERNOON. EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH EARLY MONDAY. OCNL MVFR OR LOWER CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR WITHIN DIURNAL CONVECTION LATER MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. VFR CONDITIONS RETURN WEDNESDAY. && .MARINE... THROUGH THIS WEEKEND...3-5 FT SEAS WILL REMAIN DOMINATED BY A 10-13 SECOND PERIOD SWELL EMANATING FROM HURRICANE BERTHA. CONVECTION WILL GREATLY ALTER WIND FIELDS INTO TONIGHT...AND WIND DIRECTION FORECASTS WILL REMAIN CHALLENGING. OTHERWISE...FROM A SYNOPTIC STANDPOINT...SW WINDS MAY SURGE AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE OUTER GA WATERS. THEN...IN THE WAKE OF COLD FROPA WINDS WILL SHIFT TOWARD THE N THEN NE LATE TONIGHT/SATURDAY...AND COULD SURGE TO AS HIGH AS 15-20 KNOTS FOR A TIME SATURDAY. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL STALL OVER THE WATERS SAT NIGHT THROUGH SUN BUT THE CONCERN IS THE POTENTIAL FOR AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE TO DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT. ADDITIONAL WAVES MAY BE GENERATED FROM THIS SHORT-LIVED LOW AS IT IS EXPECTED TO QUICKLY SHIFT OFF TO THE NE MON INTO TUE...BUT AM KEEPING CONDITIONS BELOW SCA CRITERIA ATTM. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO THE WATERS TUE AND SETTLE S OF THE CHS MARINE AREA TUE NIGHT THROUGH THU. DEPENDING ON THE MODEL...AT LEAST ONE WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE MAY DEVELOP ALONG THIS FRONT AND AGAIN POSSIBLY CAUSE HIGHER WAVE HEIGHTS FOR THE CHS COASTAL WATERS. BECAUSE OF THE UNCERTAINTY IN THE VARIOUS SOLUTIONS...AM NOT BITING OFF ON ANY ONE IDEA AND WILL MAINTAIN WINDS AND WAVES BELOW SCA LEVELS THROUGH MIDWEEK. RIP CURRENTS...3 FT 10-13 SECOND PERIOD SWELLS PRODUCED BY HURRICANE BERTHA WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE BEACHES THROUGH AT LEAST SUNDAY. PERIODS AS HIGH AS 14 SECONDS COULD EVENTUALLY DEVELOP ESPECIALLY IF THE FORWARD PROGRESS OF THE HURRICANE SLOWS. THIS SWELL WILL CREATE A MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS SATURDAY...AND WE WILL MAINTAIN THE MENTION OF AN ELEVATED RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS AT LOCAL BEACHES SUNDAY WITHIN HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK. && .CHS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. SC...NONE. MARINE...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 649 PM EDT FRI JUL 11 2008 GAZ117-119-139-141-SCZ048>051-121000- COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH- BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- 649 PM EDT FRI JUL 11 2008 ...ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND LOCALLY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS. STRONG/SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT COASTAL SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA THROUGH THIS EVENING. UNTIL 10 PM...CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TO BRIEFLY BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH AND EVEN PENNY SIZED HAIL...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF BEAUFORT. ALSO...ANY THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. RAINFALL RATES EXCEEDING 2 INCHES PER HOUR MAY PRODUCE BRIEF...LOCALIZED FLOODING...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF BEAUFORT. IF YOU ARE LOCATED WITHIN SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...YOU SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING. THIS CAN BE DONE THROUGH NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS...TV...OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS SOURCE. INFORMATION IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV/CHS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS...THE COMBINATION OF SMALL SWELLS AND MODERATE ONSHORE WINDS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN AN ENHANCED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. GAZ087-088-099>101-114>116-118-137-138-140-SCZ040-042>045-047-121000- JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS- INLAND BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-LONG-INLAND LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH- ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER-BERKELEY-INLAND JASPER- 649 PM EDT FRI JUL 11 2008 ...ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND LOCALLY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL THROUGH THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. STRONG/SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA THROUGH THIS EVENING. UNTIL 10 PM...CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TO BRIEFLY BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH AND EVEN PENNY SIZED HAIL...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 16. ALSO...ANY THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. RAINFALL RATES EXCEEDING 2 INCHES PER HOUR MAY PRODUCE BRIEF...LOCALIZED FLOODING. IF YOU ARE LOCATED WITHIN SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...YOU SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING. THIS CAN BE DONE THROUGH NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS...TV...OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS SOURCE. INFORMATION IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV/CHS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. AMZ330-350-352-354-374-121000- 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- 649 PM EDT FRI JUL 11 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. STRONG/SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT THE COASTAL WATERS OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA THROUGH THIS EVENING. UNTIL MIDNIGHT...CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TO BRIEFLY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO AT LEAST 40 KNOTS...AND PERHAPS EVEN PENNY SIZED HAIL AND WATERSPOUTS...ESPECIALLY SOUTH AND EAST OF EDISTO BEACH. ALSO...TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL PRODUCE NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY. IF YOU ARE BOATING ON THE COASTAL WATERS OF SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...YOU ARE URGED TO CLOSELY MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING. THIS CAN BE DONE THROUGH NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS OR COAST GUARD BROADCASTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 611 PM EDT FRI JUL 11 2008 GAZ114-115-137-138-112315- EVANS-INLAND LIBERTY-LONG-TATTNALL- 611 PM EDT FRI JUL 11 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN LIBERTY... TATTNALL...SOUTHERN EVANS AND NORTHWESTERN LONG COUNTIES THROUGH 715 PM EDT... AT 611 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...AND STRONG WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BAY BRANCH...OR ABOUT 6 MILES EAST OF REIDSVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 13 MPH. AREAS IN AND AROUND BELLVILLE...GLENNVILLE...MANASSAS...MENDES... MIDWAY AND REIDSVILLE WILL BE IMPACTED THROUGH 715 PM EDT. EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED. POSTPONE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES PROMPTLY. GO QUICKLY INSIDE A COMPLETELY ENCLOSED BUILDING.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
631 PM EDT FRI JUL 11 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0510 PM TSTM WND DMG BEAUFORT 32.44N 80.68W
07/11/2008 BEAUFORT SC LAW ENFORCEMENT
LARGE TREE DOWN ON AN UNOCCUPIED HOME NEAR INTERSECTION
OF LAFAYETTE STREET AND SPECTABLE STREET. TIME OF REPORT
ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
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JPCSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 654 PM EDT FRI JUL 11 2008 GAZ088-101-SCZ042-047-120000- EFFINGHAM-HAMPTON-INLAND JASPER-SCREVEN- 654 PM EDT FRI JUL 11 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT WEST CENTRAL JASPER... SOUTHWESTERN HAMPTON...EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN SCREVEN AND NORTH CENTRAL EFFINGHAM COUNTIES THROUGH 800 PM EDT... AT 654 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BRIGHTON...OR ABOUT 16 MILES NORTH OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. AREAS IN AND AROUND GARNETT...ROBERTVILLE...TARBORO AND CLYO WILL BE IMPACTED THROUGH 800 PM EDT. EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED. POSTPONE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES PROMPTLY. GO QUICKLY INSIDE A COMPLETELY ENCLOSED BUILDING.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 705 PM EDT FRI JUL 11 2008 GAZ114-137-138-120000- INLAND LIBERTY-LONG-TATTNALL- 705 PM EDT FRI JUL 11 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN LIBERTY... SOUTHEASTERN TATTNALL AND LONG COUNTIES THROUGH 800 PM EDT... AT 704 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BEARDS CREEK...OR ABOUT 14 MILES WEST OF HINESVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 11 MPH. AREAS IN AND AROUND ALLENHURST...DONALD...FLEMINGTON...GUM BRANCH... HINESVILLE...LUDOWICI AND WALTHOURVILLE WILL BE IMPACTED THROUGH 800 PM EDT. EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED. POSTPONE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES PROMPTLY. GO QUICKLY INSIDE A COMPLETELY ENCLOSED BUILDING.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 720 PM EDT FRI JUL 11 2008 GAZ088-100-101-SCZ042-047-048-051-112345- BEAUFORT-BULLOCH-COASTAL JASPER-EFFINGHAM-HAMPTON-INLAND JASPER-SCREVEN- 720 PM EDT FRI JUL 11 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT CENTRAL JASPER...WEST CENTRAL BEAUFORT...EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN HAMPTON...EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL SCREVEN...EAST CENTRAL BULLOCH AND EFFINGHAM COUNTIES THROUGH 745 PM EDT... AT 720 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...AND STRONG WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM TARBORO TO HALCYONDALE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES WEST OF RIDGELAND TO 12 MILES EAST OF STATESBORO... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. AREAS IN AND AROUND JASPER...PURYSBURGH...SWITZERLAND...TARBORO... TILLMAN...CLYO...EBENEZER...EGYPT...GUYTON...KILDARE...MARLOW... OLIVER...PINEORA...RINCON...SHAWNEE...SPRINGFIELD AND STILLWELL WILL BE IMPACTED THROUGH 745 PM EDT.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 729 PM EDT FRI JUL 11 2008 GAZ087-099-100-120000- BULLOCH-CANDLER-JENKINS- 729 PM EDT FRI JUL 11 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTH CENTRAL JENKINS... NORTHWESTERN BULLOCH AND NORTH CENTRAL CANDLER COUNTIES THROUGH 800 PM EDT... AT 729 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...AND STRONG WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FOUR POINTS...OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTH OF MILLEN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 21 MPH. AREAS IN AND AROUND HOPEULIKIT AND PORTAL WILL BE IMPACTED THROUGH 800 PM EDT. PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 IF YOU OBSERVE SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS HAIL...DOWNED TREES...LIMBS AND POWER LINES.
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 45 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:46 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees and power lines were reported down along McCall Road in Springfield, Georgia.
Trees and power lines were reported down near the intersection of Highway 119 and Highway 21, 2 miles northeast of Guyton, Georgia. Dime size hail was also reported.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Georgia in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, July 2008
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