The sea breeze pushed inland into an unstable airmass across southeast Georgia, resulting in a few strong to severe thunderstorms.
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The episode as NWS CHS wrote it up.
The sea breeze pushed inland into an unstable airmass across southeast Georgia, resulting in a few strong to severe thunderstorms.
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 26, 2:53 PM EST, 3 hours 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 353 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2008 .SYNOPSIS... A WEAK FRONT WILL DROP TOWARD THE AREA LATE SUNDAY FOLLOWED BY ATLANTIC HIGH PRESSURE FOR MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. ANOTHER FRONT MAY AFFECT THE REGION FRIDAY OR SATURDAY. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM SUNDAY MORNING/... THE REGION REMAINS ON THE EASTERN PERIPHERY OF A CONTINENTAL RIDGE AND THE WESTERN EDGE OF A BERMUDA HIGH. THIS IS MAINTAINING A HUMID AIRMASS IN PLACE WITH A SERIES OF WEAK UPPER LEVEL IMPULSES PROPAGATING THROUGH THE UPPER LEVELS. CONVECTION SHOULD SLOWLY BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS WITH AN ABUNDANCE OF INSTABILITY AND NUMEROUS MESOSCALE OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES TO BUILD UPON. BEYOND MIDNIGHT...COVERAGE SHOULD LESSEN SIGNIFICANTLY WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING HOWEVER WILL MAINTAIN SOME POPS THROUGH DAYBREAK. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH 6 PM SUNDAY/... UPPER HEIGHT FALLS WILL CONTINUE ON SUNDAY AS THE RIDGE TO THE WEST FURTHER ERODES. THIS WILL ALLOW A WEAK FRONTAL FEATURE TO DROP TOWARD THE AREA LATE IN THE DAY WHICH WILL PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL FOCUS FOR CONVECTION. MODEL SOUNDINGS SHOW LESS DRY AIR ALOFT THAT COULD MIX DOWN DURING THE DAY...THUS SFC DEWPOINTS SHOULD REMAIN IN THE LOWER 70S THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WITH HIGHS IN THE LOWER 90S. AMPLE INSTABILITY SHOULD DEVELOP...WHICH COMBINED WITH THE APPROACHING FRONT...THE SEABREEZE...AND SOME UPPER IMPULSES SHOULD RESULT IN SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM CANNOT BE RULED OUT ESPECIALLY TO THE N WHERE BULK SHEAR VALUES WILL BE MORE SUPPORTIVE OF MULTI-CELL CLUSTERS. && .LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/... AN UPPER LEVEL TROF ALONG THE EAST COAST AND AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS SUNDAY NIGHT WILL BE REPLACED BY MORE ZONAL FLOW BY TUESDAY. THEN AN UPPER LEVEL TROF IS EXPECTED TO ESTABLISH ITSELF ONCE AGAIN ALONG THE EAST COAST BY THE END OF THE WEEK. A TROF TO THE LEE SIDE OF THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS IS EXPECTED TO PREVAIL THROUGH THIS PART OF THE FORECAST PACKAGE...WHICH WHEN COMBINED WITH THE SEA/OCEAN BREEZE TO RESULT IN SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS AT NIGHT AND INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS AND SOUTH TO SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS IN THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EARLY EVENING. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OR SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY...MAINLY ALONG THE SEA BREEZE OR OTHER BOUNDARIES DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. CANNOT RULE OUT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY NIGHT AS WITH A DECENT NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT AND RICH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IN PLACE...ANY UPSTREAM CONVECTION MAY BE ABLE TO DIVE SOUTHEAST INTO THE AREA. AS UPPER LEVEL FLOW WEAKENS INTO MID AND LATTER PART OF THE WEEK FEEL THE CHANCES OF THIS SAME SCENARIO UNFOLDING AFTER SUNDAY NIGHT IS QUITE LOW. HIGH TEMPERATURES ON WEDNESDAY AND ESPECIALLY THURSDAY WILL BE QUITE WARM. AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST DURING THE PERIOD AND THIS WILL RESULT IN THE LOW LEVEL WINDS DEVELOPING MORE OF A WESTERLY COMPONENT....WHICH SHOULD PIN THE SEA BREEZE FAIRLY CLOSE TO THE COAST. THIS COMBINED WITH COMPRESSIONAL HEATING AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT TO OUR NORTHWEST WILL LIKELY AID IN SENDING HIGH TEMPERATURES INTO AT LEAST THE MID 90S FOR MANY AREAS AWAY FROM THE COAST. THIS COMBINED WITH DEWPOINT TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 70S WILL RESULT IN HEAT INDICES AT OR ABOVE 105. BY THE END OF THE WEEK THE DEVELOPING UPPER LEVEL TROF SHOULD PROVIDE SOME MINOR RELIEF. THE GFS IS MUCH MORE ROBUST WITH THIS UPPER TROF THAN THE ECMWF...BUT IN EITHER CASE TEMPERATURES NEAR NORMAL WITH SOME LOWERING OF THE DEWPOINTS IS ANTICIPATED BY THE END OF THE WEEK. && .AVIATION /19Z SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... WITH AN ONGOING NW FLOW WITH WARM MOIST AIRMASS NEAR THE SURFACE THERE WILL BE AT LEAST AN ISOLATED THREAT FOR CONVECTION AT THE TERMINALS THROUGHOUT THE TAF PERIOD. HOWEVER THE FIRST FOCUS FOR ACTIVITY WILL BE LATER THIS AFTERNOON WITH UPPER ENERGY MOVING THROUGH AND PROVIDING A FORCING MECHANISM FOR SHOWERS AND STORMS. THE BEST COVERAGE SHOULD REMAIN WEST OF THE TERMINALS NEAR THE LEE TROUGH SO HAVE NOT INCLUDED ANY PREVAILING MENTION. LATE TONIGHT A WEAK VORT LOOKS TO SLIDE THROUGH SOUTHERN SC WHICH COULD SPARK SOME SHOWERS NEAR KCHS. THUS WE INCLUDED A VICINITY SHOWER. SUNDAY LOOKS TO SEE BETTER COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS DUE TO AN INCREASE IN UPPER LEVEL FORCING AND CONTINUED MOISTENING IN THE LOWER LEVELS. INCLUDED CB MENTION AT THIS TIME BUT LATER SHIFTS MAY CONSIDER INCLUDING TEMPO OR PREVAILING FOR CONVECTION AND BRIEFLY REDUCED CIGS/VSBYS. EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...BRIEF MVFR OR LOWER CONDITIONS IN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EACH AFTERNOON/EVENING. PATCHY SHALLOW GROUND FOG EACH MORNING COULD DROP VSBYS BRIEFLY TO MVFR. && .MARINE... BERMUDA HIGH PRESSURE WILL SLOWLY BUILD WEST WHILE A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH SHIFTS TOWARD THE COAST DURING THE DAY SUNDAY. SOME NOCTURNAL JETTING EXPECTED TONIGHT...MAINLY OVER THE OFFSHORE GA WATERS. A GOOD SEABREEZE EXPECTED RIGHT ALONG THE COAST SUNDAY AFTERNOON DUE TO A SLIGHTLY STRONGER PRESSURE GRADIENT. FOR SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE CENTRAL ATLANTIC AND LOW PRESSURE TO THE LEE OF THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS WILL RESULT IN MAINLY SOUTHWEST WINDS DURING THE NIGHT AND EARLY MORNING HOURS AND SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS ESPECIALLY NEAR THE COAST DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. BOTH THE NAM AND GFS SHOWER A TIGHTER PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS SUNDAY NIGHT AND A RESULT HAVE INCREASED WINDS AND SEAS SOME FROM THE PREVIOUS FORECAST. OUTSIDE OF SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY...EXPECT MAINLY SEAS OF 2 TO 4 FEET AND WINDS OF 10 TO 15 KNOTS MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. && .CHS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. SC...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && JRL/MTE
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
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 545 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2008 GAZ116-117-138-262230- COASTAL BRYAN-INLAND BRYAN-INLAND LIBERTY- 545 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT CENTRAL LIBERTY AND SOUTH CENTRAL BRYAN COUNTIES THROUGH 630 PM EDT... AT 544 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM FLEMING TO SCREVEN FORK...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RICHMOND HILL TO 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HINESVILLE. THESE STORMS WERE NEARLY STATIONARY. AREAS IN AND AROUND BELFAST...CROSSROADS...FORT STEWART...MCINTOSH... RETREAT...RICEBORO...SUNBURY AND MIDWAY WILL BE IMPACTED THROUGH 630 PM EDT. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD 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 SUCH AS HAIL...DOWNED TREES...LIMBS AND POWER LINES.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 606 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2008 GAZ100-116-262230- BULLOCH-INLAND BRYAN- 606 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTH CENTRAL BRYAN AND SOUTHEASTERN BULLOCH COUNTIES THROUGH 630 PM EDT... AT 604 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 BLITCHTON...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF PEMBROKE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 6 MPH. AREAS IN AND AROUND BLITCHTON AND ELLABELL WILL BE IMPACTED THROUGH 630 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...WHICH MAY FLOOD 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 SUCH AS HAIL...DOWNED TREES...LIMBS AND POWER LINES.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 616 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2008 SCZ042-047-048-262300- BEAUFORT-HAMPTON-INLAND JASPER- 616 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN JASPER...NORTH CENTRAL BEAUFORT AND EAST CENTRAL HAMPTON COUNTIES THROUGH 700 PM EDT... AT 614 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 BARKERVILLE...OR ABOUT OVER YEMASSEE... MOVING SOUTH AT 6 MPH. AREAS IN AND AROUND COOSAWHATCHIE...EARLY BRANCH...GILLISONVILLE... GRAYS...MCPHERSONVILLE...POCOTALIGO AND YEMASSEE WILL BE IMPACTED THROUGH 700 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...WHICH MAY FLOOD 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 SUCH AS HAIL...DOWNED TREES...LIMBS AND POWER LINES.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 624 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2008 GAZ116>119-262315- COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-INLAND BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM- 624 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT CHATHAM AND SOUTHEASTERN BRYAN COUNTIES THROUGH 715 PM EDT... AT 623 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR RICHMOND HILL...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. AREAS IN AND AROUND BELFAST...BURROUGHS...FORT MCALLISTER...GARDEN CITY...KELLER...RICHMOND HILL...SKIDAWAY ISLAND...VERNONBURG...WHITE BLUFF AND WINDSOR FOREST WILL BE IMPACTED THROUGH 715 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...WHICH MAY FLOOD 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 SUCH AS HAIL...DOWNED TREES...LIMBS AND POWER LINES.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 629 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2008 GAZ088-SCZ040-262330- ALLENDALE-SCREVEN- 629 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT ALLENDALE AND SCREVEN COUNTIES THROUGH 730 PM EDT... AT 623 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 1/2 INCH HAIL...AND STRONG WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 24 MILES NORTHWEST OF MILLETT TO 8 MILES WEST OF MILLETT...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF AUGUSTA TO 20 MILES EAST OF WAYNESBORO...MOVING EAST AT 17 MPH. AREAS IN AND AROUND ALLENDALE...APPLETON...BARTON...FAIRFAX... MARTIN...MILLETT...SEIGLING...SYCAMORE...ULMER...ALTMAN... HILLTONIA...MILLHAVEN AND SYLVANIA WILL BE IMPACTED THROUGH 730 PM EDT. FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS. IF INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS. AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD 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 SUCH AS HAIL...DOWNED TREES...LIMBS AND POWER LINES.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 649 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2008 GAZ100-116-262330- BULLOCH-INLAND BRYAN- 649 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHERN BRYAN AND SOUTHERN BULLOCH COUNTIES THROUGH 730 PM EDT... AT 648 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 1/2 INCH HAIL...AND STRONG WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LANIER...OR ABOUT OVER PEMBROKE...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH. AREAS IN AND AROUND BLITCHTON...ELLABELL...GROVELAND...LANIER AND PEMBROKE WILL BE IMPACTED THROUGH 730 PM EDT. 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 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 SUCH AS HAIL...DOWNED TREES...LIMBS AND POWER LINES.
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 73 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:58 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees limbs were reported down on power lines along Highway 204 in Ellabell, Georgia.
A medium size oak tree was reported down in the Walmart parking lot in Hinesville, Georgia.
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
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: 123923, 123924.