A weak trough of low pressure in the upper levels of the atmosphere in combination with the sea breeze resulted in scattered severe thunderstorms across southern South Carolina and southeast Georgia.
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The episode as NWS CHS wrote it up.
A weak trough of low pressure in the upper levels of the atmosphere in combination with the sea breeze resulted in scattered severe thunderstorms 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 Jun 25, 12:38 PM EST, 1 hour 58 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 138 PM EDT WED JUN 25 2008 .SYNOPSIS... ATLANTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL PREVAIL THROUGH FRIDAY...WHILE A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS OVER THE CAROLINAS. THE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL SHIFT FURTHER EAST OVER THE WEEKEND...WHILE A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST. THIS FRONT LOOKS TO STALL AND LINGER JUST WEST OF THE AREA SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/... UPPER LEVEL RIDGE REMAINS OVER THE SOUTHEAST STATES TODAY...WITH GENERAL HIGH PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE. MAIN FORECAST CONCERN IN THE NEAR TERM IS THE POSSIBILITY FOR SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT LATER THIS AFTERNOON. DESPITE A STRONG CAP OF NEARLY 7 DEGREES ACCORDING TO THE MODIFIED MORNING JAX SOUNDING...SEVERAL MODELS ARE INDICATING CONVECTION INITIATING MAINLY IN THE SOUTHERN ZONES THIS AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH GFS IS THE ONLY DRY MODEL...IT AGREES WITH THE NAM IN DEPICTING UPPER LEVEL ENERGY TRACKING FROM THE EASTERN GULF INTO SOUTHERN GEORGIA. THIS ENERGY INCREASES DEEP LAYER MOISTURE IN THE SOUTHEAST GEORGIA COUNTIES. CAPE VALUES ARE A BIT HIGHER TO THE SOUTH TODAY...REACHING 3000 J/KG WITH LIFTED INDICES AROUND -6. THE SLIGHTLY MORE UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT COULD INCREASE POTENTIAL TO BREAK THE CAP...WITH ADDITIONAL ENERGY SUPPLIED FROM SHORTWAVE ACTIVITY ALOFT. SOUNDINGS ALSO INDICATE A LIGHTER OFFSHORE FLOW AT LOW LEVELS AND A MORE SOUTHWEST DIRECTIONAL COMPONENT...WHICH WILL ALLOW THE SEABREEZE TO PUSH FURTHER INLAND THAN YESTERDAY. HAVE THEREFORE INCREASED POPS TO SLIGHT CHANCE INLAND OF THE SEABREEZE IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND EVERYWHERE SOUTH OF THE SAVANNAH RIVER IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. THESE AREAS COULD HAVE SOME CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL DUE TO THE FORCING PROVIDED BY THE SEABREEZE...THE WEAKNESS IN THE UPPER RIDGE DUE TO THE SHORTWAVE ENERGY...AND SLIGHTLY HIGHER PWAT VALUES INDICATED BY MODEL SOUNDINGS. WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS NOT EXPECTED...AS THERE REMAINS SEVERAL FACTORS STILL WORKING AGAINST CONVECTIVE INITIATION SUCH AS CONTINUED LOW DEWPOINTS AND STRONG CAPPING. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT CAN DEVELOP MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN. HIGH TEMPERATURES ALONG THE COAST ARE EXPECTED TO BE A FEW DEGREES COOLER TODAY DUE TO THE BETTER INLAND PENETRATION OF THE SEABREEZE. HIGHS WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 90S INLAND TO AROUND 90 DEGREES NEAR THE COAST. && .SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH 6 AM THURSDAY/... MOISTURE AND CLOUD COVER SHOULD CONTINUE TO INCREASE TONIGHT IN SOUTHERN AREAS...AS AN AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE ROUNDS THE WEST SIDE OF THE UPPER RIDGE AND BEGINS TO IMPACT THE AREA. DEWPOINTS WILL RECOVER INTO THE UPPER 60S AND LOWER 70S IN MANY AREAS. WENT FAIRLY CLOSE TO MAV GUIDANCE MINIMUM TEMPERATURES AND KEPT RAIN CHANCES AT OR BELOW 13 PERCENT. && .LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... HIGH PRES CENTERS BOTH AT THE SFC AND ALOFT WILL SETTLE IN THE ATLC STARTING THU AND REMAIN THERE THROUGH THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK WHILE SEVERAL SYSTEMS DEVELOP OVER THE AREA AND ALSO APPROACH FROM THE NW. A LEE SIDE TROUGH WILL DEVELOP THU AND REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH FRI. IN ADDITION...A RELATIVELY WEAK UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE WILL APPROACH FROM THE W THU. THIS DISTURBANCE ALONG WITH THE SEA BREEZE SHOULD BE ABLE TO TAP INTO A DEEPENING MOISTURE COLUMN AND A WEAKER CAP. THE MOST COVERAGE LOOKS TO BE IN SE GA WHERE INSTABILITY WILL BE GREATEST ALONG WITH THE WEAKER CAP AND FURTHEST PROXIMITY FROM THE RIDGING AT THE SFC AND ALOFT. HOWEVER...CONSIDERING THE SEA BREEZE WILL BE THE PRIMARY TRIGGER AM KEEPING POPS IN THE LOW CHC CATEGORY FOR SE GA TRENDING TO SLGT CHC IN SE SC. A NEARLY IDENTICAL SETUP IS EXPECTED FOR FRI...WITH ANOTHER UPR LEVEL SHORTWAVE APPROACHING WHILE THE LEE SIDE TROUGH REMAINS IN PLACE. AGAIN...MOISTURE POOLING AND WEAKER CAP WILL BE FOUND IN SW PORTIONS OF THE CWFA WHILE NE PORTIONS LOOK TO REMAIN A BIT MORE STABLE SO HAVE GONE WITH 30 POPS SW TRENDING TO 20 POPS NE. ADDITIONAL DYNAMICS COME INTO PLAY STARTING SAT AS A POTENT UPPER LEVEL LOW DEVELOPS OVER S CENTRAL CANADA AND DROPS INTO THE GREAT LAKES...PUSHING A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE UPPER PLAINS AND OH VALLEY. THOUGH THIS SYSTEM WILL REMAIN CENTERED WELL TO THE NW...BETTER WIND FIELDS AND A CONTINUED INCREASE IN MOISTURE /PWATS AROUND 2 INCHES/ WILL ALLOW FOR BETTER COVERAGE OF SHOWERS/TSTMS OVER THE AREA. IN ADDITION...THE INFLUENCE OF THE ATLC RIDGE WILL LESSEN AS IT SHIFTS FURTHER E INTO THE ATLC...WEAKENING ANY RESIDUAL CAP OVER THE AREA. HAVE NUDGED POPS INTO THE LOW/MID CHC CATEGORY...WITH THE HIGHEST POPS AGAIN OVER SE GA. BY SUN AND MON...THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY COMES MUCH CLOSER TO THE SE COAST BUT STILL REMAINS INLAND. IN ADDITION...SEVERAL SHORTWAVES LOOK TO ROUND THE BASE OF THE DEEPENING MEAN LONGWAVE TROUGH WHICH WILL HAVE ITS CENTER OVER THE CENTRAL GREAT LAKES. HEIGHTS WILL LOWER AND A MODEST UPR LVL JET WILL POSITION ITSELF SUCH THAT THE RRQ WILL BE NEAR THE CHS CWFA. DEEP MOISTURE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE AS WILL A GOOD DEAL OF INSTABILITY. SOME MODEL GUIDANCE SHOWS POPS IN THE LIKELY CATEGORY...BUT AM NOT QUITE READY TO GO THAT HIGH. WILL KEEP POPS IN THE MID CHC RANGE FOR THE ENTIRE AREA AS IT IS DIFFICULT ATTM TO PINPOINT WHICH PORTIONS OF THE CWFA WOULD HAVE BETTER COVERAGE AND/OR STRENGTH OF CONVECTION. REGARDING STORM STRENGTH...SPC HAS MENTIONED THE AREA IN ITS DAY 4-8 DISCUSSION FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE STORMS ON SUN INTO MON WHICH MAKES SENSE GIVEN THE SYNOPTIC SETUP ANTICIPATED FOR SUN-MON. THE UPPER LEVEL LOW BEGINS TO PULL OFF TO THE NE TUE...SO THIS MAY GIVE SOME IMPETUS FOR THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY INLAND TO MOVE TWD THE COAST. THUS...HAVE MAINTAINED CHC POPS FOR TUE. WILL STILL LOOK FOR MID 90S MAX TEMPS ON THU...BUT THEN MAX TEMPS WILL DROP CLOSER TO 90 FOR FRI ON THROUGH THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK WITH LOWERING HEIGHTS AND ADDITIONAL CLOUD/RAIN COMPLICATIONS. HEAT INDEX VALUES DO NOT LOOK TO TOP 100 THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK...BUT WILL STILL BE IN THE 95-99 RANGE FOR MOST AREAS AWAY FROM THE SHORE. && .AVIATION /18Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PREVAIL AT KCHS AND KSAV FOR THE NEXT 24 HOUR PERIOD. HAVE INCLUDED CB GROUPS AT BOTH TERMINALS FOR THIS AFTERNOON AS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP ALONG THE SEA BREEZE. EXPECT GUSTY WINDS IN/NEAR ANY THUNDERSTORMS. HAVE EXCLUDED FOG FOR FRIDAY MORNING SINCE NEITHER GUIDANCE NOR CROSS-OVER TEMPERATURES INDICATE POTENTIAL FOR FOG FORMATION. EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...OCNL MVFR CONDITIONS IN CONVECTION AND POSSIBLE NIGHT TIME/EARLY MORNING FOG THROUGH SUNDAY...OTHERWISE VFR WEATHER TO PREVAIL. && .MARINE... FARLY TRANQUIL CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL TODAY AND TONIGHT ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS. WINDS WILL BE AT OR BELOW 15 KNOTS...WITH SEAS IN THE 1 TO 3 FT RANGE. THERE IS LITTLE SWELL...SO THE VAST MAJORITY OF SEAS ARE A RESULT OF WIND WAVES. WINDS ARE ALREADY SOUTHERLY THIS MORNING ACCORDING TO THE SOUTH CAROLINA BUOY OBSERVATIONS. SEABREEZE DEVELOPMENT WILL OCCUR EARLIER TODAY THAN YESTERDAY DUE TO THE WEAKENED OFFSHORE FLOW COMPONENT IN LOW LEVEL WIND FIELDS. EXPECT ANOTHER SLIGHT SURGE NEAR THE COAST WITH SEABREEZE PROGRESSION...AS WELL AS ANOTHER SLIGHT NOCTURNAL SURGE LATE TONIGHT. A GENERALLY S TO SW FLOW WILL PERSIST OVER THE WATERS FROM THE LATTER PORTION OF THIS WEEK THROUGH THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK. THROUGH SAT...NOCTURNAL SURGES AND SEA BREEZE EFFECTS WILL BE THE DOMINATING FACTORS WHICH WOULD ALLOW FOR WIND SPEEDS TO REACH THE 15-20 KT RANGE AT TIMES. OTHERWISE...SPEEDS WILL REMAIN BELOW 15 KT AND SEAS WILL BE CAPPED AT 4-5 FT. FOR THE START OF NEXT WEEK...A FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL APPROACH FROM THE NW AND POSSIBLY REACH THE COAST BY TUE. THE GRADIENT LOOKS TO TIGHTEN A BIT AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM...RESULTING IN SLIGHTLY HIGHER WINDS AND WAVES. HOWEVER...WITH SUCH VARIED MODEL SOLUTIONS...WILL KEEP CONDITIONS BELOW SCA LEVELS ATTM. && .CHS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. SC...NONE. MARINE...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1240 PM EDT WED JUN 25 2008 AMZ330-GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-042>045-047>051- 260900- CHARLESTON HARBOR-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- 1240 PM EDT WED JUN 25 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS...SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...THE COMBINATION OF MODERATE TO STRONG INSTABILITY...ALONG WITH AN INCREASE IN MOISTURE ACROSS THE AREA WILL RESULT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS ALONG WITH THE INTERACTION OF THE SEA BREEZE...A SURFACE BOUNDARY NEARBY AND SOME ENERGY IN THE MID AND UPPER ATMOSPHERE WILL ALLOW FOR SOME OF THE STORMS TO BECOME STRONG OR EVEN SEVERE. THE MAIN WEATHER HAZARDS THROUGH THIS EVENING WILL BE GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND HEAVY RAINS. SHOULD SEVERE STORMS DEVELOP THEN THERE COULD ALSO BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. IN ADDITION...DUE TO SLOW MOVEMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS AND SUFFICIENT MOISTURE...SOME OF THE STORMS COULD ALSO RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING. THE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL END BY 9 OR 100O PM THIS EVENING. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS...TV OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS SOURCE FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE NORTHWEST ON SATURDAY AND STALL WEST OF THE AREA THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK WHILE SEVERAL UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES MOVE OVER THE AREA SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THESE FACTORS COMBINED WITH THE DAILY SEABREEZE AND A HIGHLY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE MAY LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...LARGE HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN ARE THE MAIN HAZARDS ANTICIPATED WITH THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP. SUNDAY APPEARS TO BE THE DAY WITH THE HIGHEST PROBABILITY OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT...BUT THE THREAT EXISTS FOR THE ENTIRE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. AMZ350-352-354-374-260900- 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- 1240 PM EDT WED JUN 25 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE NORTHWEST ON SATURDAY AND STALL WEST OF THE AREA THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK WHILE SEVERAL UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES MOVE OVER THE AREA SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THESE FACTORS COMBINED WITH THE DAILY SEABREEZE AND A HIGHLY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE MAY LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...LARGE HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN ARE THE MAIN HAZARDS ANTICIPATED WITH THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP. SUNDAY APPEARS TO BE THE DAY WITH THE HIGHEST PROBABILITY OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT...BUT THE THREAT EXISTS FOR THE ENTIRE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. 33
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 157 PM EDT WED JUN 25 2008 SCZ043-251845- INLAND COLLETON- 157 PM EDT WED JUN 25 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT COLLETON COUNTY THROUGH 245 PM EDT... AT 157 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 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WALTERBORO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 13 MPH. AREAS IN AND AROUND CANADYS...COTTAGEVILLE...HENDERSONVILLE...ROUND O AND WALTERBORO WILL BE IMPACTED THROUGH 245 PM EDT. BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AS STORMS APPROACH. BE READY TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION IN CASE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR LOCATION. 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 239 PM EDT WED JUN 25 2008 SCZ040-042>045-047>051-251945- ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER-BERKELEY- INLAND JASPER-BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLENDALE...HAMPTON...WALTERBORO... ST. GEORGE...SUMMERVILLE...MONCKS CORNER...RIDGELAND...BEAUFORT... HILTON HEAD...EDISTO BEACH...CHARLESTON...JASPER 239 PM EDT WED JUN 25 2008 ...CHILD ABDUCTION EMERGENCY CANCELLED... THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS TRANSMITTED AT THE REQUEST OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA LAW ENFORCEMENT DIVISION IN COLUMBIA SOUTH CAROLINA. THE AMBER ALERT ISSUED AT 12:09 PM HAS NOW BEEN CANCELLED. THE CHILD HAS BEEN RECOVERED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 250 PM EDT WED JUN 25 2008 GAZ101-118-251915- EFFINGHAM-INLAND CHATHAM- 250 PM EDT WED JUN 25 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT EFFINGHAM COUNTY AND CHATHAM COUNTY THROUGH 315 PM EDT... AT 245 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 POOLER...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF SAVANNAH. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. AREAS IN AND AROUND BLOOMINGDALE...GARDEN CITY...MEINHARD... MELDRIM...MONTEITH...POOLER...PORT WENTWORTH AND SAVANNAH AIRPORT WILL BE IMPACTED THROUGH 315 PM EDT. BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AS STORMS APPROACH. BE READY TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION IN CASE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR LOCATION. 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 327 PM EDT WED JUN 25 2008 SCZ043-044-049-050-252000- CHARLESTON-COASTAL COLLETON-DORCHESTER-INLAND COLLETON- 327 PM EDT WED JUN 25 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT DORCHESTER COUNTY...COLLETON COUNTY AND CHARLESTON COUNTY THROUGH 400 PM EDT... AT 327 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 CANADY LANDING... OR ABOUT 16 MILES EAST OF WALTERBORO. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. AREAS IN AND AROUND ADAMS RUN...ASHEPOO...DELEMAR CROSSROADS... JACKSONBORO AND RITTER WILL BE IMPACTED THROUGH 400 PM EDT. BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AS STORMS APPROACH. BE READY TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION IN CASE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR LOCATION. 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 332 PM EDT WED JUN 25 2008 GAZ101-116-118-252015- EFFINGHAM-INLAND BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM- 332 PM EDT WED JUN 25 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT EFFINGHAM COUNTY...BRYAN COUNTY AND CHATHAM COUNTY THROUGH 415 PM EDT... AT 332 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 BLOOMINGDALE...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTH OF RICHMOND HILL. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. AREAS IN AND AROUND BLOOMINGDALE...EDEN...GARDEN CITY...MELDRIM... POOLER AND SAVANNAH AIRPORT WILL BE IMPACTED THROUGH 415 PM EDT. BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AS STORMS APPROACH. BE READY TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION IN CASE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR LOCATION. 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), 64 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:36 UTC.
3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A trained weather spotter reported penny to nickel size hail 3 miles west of Pooler, Georgia.
A trained weather spotter reported penny size hail 6 miles east-southeast of Sylvania, Georgia. One tree was also reported down on Williams Store Road near the same location.
Penny size hail was reported by the public 3 miles north-northeast of Pulaski, Georgia.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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