A very hot, moist and unstable airmass in combination with the sea breeze and a lee-side trough resulted in isolated severe thunderstorms across southeast Georgia.
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The episode as NWS CHS wrote it up.
A very hot, moist and unstable airmass in combination with the sea breeze and a lee-side trough resulted in isolated severe thunderstorms 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 Jun 1, 9:56 PM EST, 1 hour 38 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1056 PM EDT SUN JUN 1 2008 .SYNOPSIS... A COLD FRONT AND UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL APPROACH FROM THE NORTHWEST TONIGHT. THE FRONT WILL DROP INTO THE AREA EARLY MONDAY... BEFORE STALLING AND EVENTUALLY DISSIPATING ACROSS SOUTHEAST GEORGIA EARLY THIS WEEK. ATLANTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN BUILD INTO THE REGION INTO NEXT WEEKEND. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM MONDAY MORNING/... THE PRIMARY BACKDOOR COLD FRONT IS STILL POSITIONED WELL NORTH OF THE AREA LATE THIS EVENING...BUT WILL CONTINUE TO ADVANCE TOWARD THE AREA DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. A SHORT WAVE MOVING ACROSS GEORGIA LATE THIS EVENING WILL HELP TO TRIGGER ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AS IT PASSES OVERNIGHT. MOST OF THE CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT WILL OCCUR ALONG LINGERING OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM EARLIER CONVECTION. THERE IS STILL ENOUGH INSTABILITY IN PLACE FOR SOME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP...WITH GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL POSSIBLE...ALTHOUGH IT APPEARS THAT THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER THREAT HAS ENDED. WILL INDICATE POPS RANGING FROM SLIGHT CHANCE IN FAR NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA TO CHANCE ELSEWHERE. PLENTY OF DEBRIS CLOUDINESS AND THE SLOWER PROGRESSION OF THE BACKDOOR COLD FRONT WILL ONLY ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO FALL INTO THE LOWER 70S TO AROUND 70 IN MOST AREAS. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH 6 PM MONDAY/... A STRONG SHORT WAVE ALOFT WILL ALLOW A DECAYING BACKDOOR COLD FRONT TO DROP INTO THE REGION MONDAY MORNING BEFORE BECOMING WASHED OUT AND INTERMINGLED IN THE SEA BREEZE. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AS THE FRONT AND SEA BREEZE INTERACT AND COLLIDE WITH LINGERING OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM TODAY/S CONVECTION. HIGHS WILL RANGE FROM AROUND 90 ACROSS THE CHARLESTON TRI-COUNTY AREA TO THE LOWER 90S ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST AREA. && .LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/... FEW CHANGES WERE MADE FROM MONDAY NIGHT ON AS THE 12Z GFS WAS NOT AVAILABLE AND THE ECMWF WAS OLD. && .AVIATION /03Z MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED OUTSIDE OF THUNDERSTORMS. && .MARINE... A BACKDOOR COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO DROP TOWARD THE AREA TONIGHT...BUT OUTSIDE OF ANY CONVECTION...EXPECT SOUTHWEST WINDS TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. WIND SPEEDS COULD BE AS HIGH AS 15-20 KT AT TIMES...HIGHEST ACROSS THE OUTER GEORGIA WATERS. THE GRADIENT SHOULD WEAKEN LATE TONIGHT...WITH WINDS SPEEDS DIMINISHING THROUGHOUT. SEAS WILL REMAIN 4 FT OR LESS. WIND DIRECTIONS STILL WILL BE TRICKY TO START THE DAY MON WITH THE SURFACE FRONT NEAR THE SOUTH CAROLINA COAST AND WIND FIELDS LIKELY CORRUPTED BY AMPLE OVERNIGHT CONVECTION. THE LOW LEVEL JET OVER THE GEORGIA WATERS SHOULD WANE EARLY IN THE DAY AND SEAS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE. FLOW SHOULD BECOME ONSHORE ALL WATERS LATER MON WITH SPEEDS 15 KT OR LESS. TUE THROUGH THU...A SE TO S FLOW AROUND THE RIDGE WILL BE THE MAIN FEATURE. SPEEDS OCNLY ENHANCED BY DIURNAL/PINCHING EFFECTS...BUT MAINLY NOT DEVIATING FROM 5 KT EITHER SIDE OF 15 KT. SEAS BY THU COULD INCREASE TO 4 OR 5 FT OVER GEORGIA WATERS WITH LONG FETCH. && .CHS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. SC...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && JAQ
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1117 PM EDT SUN JUN 1 2008 AMZ330-350-352-354-374-GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040- 042>045-047>051-021000- 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- 1117 PM EDT SUN JUN 1 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS...SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. STRONG/SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT NORTH OF THE AREA. THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY THAT SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME STONG OR SEVERE...AND CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. IN ADDITION...ANY THUNDERSTORM THAT DEVELOPS IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE FREQUENT CLOUD- TO-GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. STRONG/SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...THE COMBINATION OF A STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY AND UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE OVER THE REGION ON MONDAY IS EXPECTED TO TRIGGER ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF SOUTHERN SOUTH SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG WITH GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY SOME OF THUNDERSTORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. JAQ
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
817 PM EDT SUN JUN 01 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
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..REMARKS..
0815 PM HAIL PINOPOLIS 33.23N 80.04W
06/01/2008 E0.88 INCH BERKELEY SC TRAINED SPOTTER
WIND GUSTS WERE ALSO ESTIMATED AROUND 50 MPH.
&&PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
828 PM EDT SUN JUN 01 2008
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0818 PM HAIL BONNEAU 33.31N 79.96W
06/01/2008 E0.75 INCH BERKELEY SC PUBLIC
CALLER ALSO REPORTED NUMEROUS SMALL TREE LIMBS WERE BLOWN
DOWN. TIME FOR HAIL WAS ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
&&PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
846 PM EDT SUN JUN 01 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
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0825 PM HAIL ALVIN 33.35N 79.82W
06/01/2008 E0.88 INCH BERKELEY SC PUBLIC
&&SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1005 PM EDT SUN JUN 1 2008 SCZ045-050-020230- BERKELEY-CHARLESTON- 1005 PM EDT SUN JUN 1 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT BERKELEY COUNTY AND CHARLESTON COUNTY THROUGH 1030 PM EDT... AT 1001 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 BUCK HALL...OR ABOUT OVER MCCLELLANVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 24 MPH. AREAS IN AND AROUND AWENDAW...MCCLELLANVILLE AND CENTENARY WILL BE IMPACTED THROUGH 1030 PM EDT. EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED. UNPLUG COMPUTERS...TELEVISION SETS...AND OTHER HOME APPLIANCES AS THEY ARE SUSCEPTIBLE TO POWER SURGES AND MAY BE DAMAGED BY NEARBY LIGHTNING STRIKES. 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 1147 PM EDT SUN JUN 1 2008 GAZ099-100-114-115-137-138-020430- BULLOCH-CANDLER-EVANS-INLAND LIBERTY-LONG-TATTNALL- 1147 PM EDT SUN JUN 1 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT LONG COUNTY...EVANS COUNTY... TATTNALL COUNTY...CANDLER COUNTY...BULLOCH COUNTY AND LIBERTY COUNTY THROUGH 1230 AM EDT... AT 1143 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 COLLINS...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTH OF REIDSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 32 MPH. AREAS IN AND AROUND ALINE...BELLVILLE...CLAXTON...COBBTOWN... COLLINS...DAISY...GLENNVILLE...HAGAN...MANASSAS...MENDES...MIDWAY... REGISTER AND REIDSVILLE WILL BE IMPACTED THROUGH 1230 AM 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 1202 AM EDT MON JUN 2 2008 SCZ048-051-020445- BEAUFORT-COASTAL JASPER- 1202 AM EDT MON JUN 2 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT BEAUFORT COUNTY AND JASPER COUNTY THROUGH 1245 AM EDT... AT MIDNIGHT EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PARRIS ISLAND... OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTH OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND...MOVING EAST AT 18 MPH. AREAS IN AND AROUND FOLLY FIELD...PARRIS ISLAND...PORT ROYAL AND HILTON HEAD AIRPORT WILL BE IMPACTED THROUGH 1245 AM 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.
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 85 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:34 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A tree was reported down on power lines 4 miles west of Nevils, Georgia.
A tree was reported down on Stillwell Road, near Springfield, 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, June 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: 114592, 114593.