A trough of low pressure in the lee of the Appalachians 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 trough of low pressure in the lee of the Appalachians 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 26, 2:57 PM EST, 1 hour 8 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 357 PM EDT THU JUN 26 2008 .SYNOPSIS... ATLANTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL PREVAIL THROUGH FRIDAY...WITH A SURFACE TROUGH DEVELOPING INLAND. THE TROUGH WILL REMAIN OVER OR NEAR THE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY. A COOL FRONT WILL THEN MOVE TOWARD THE REGION LATE SUNDAY OR MONDAY...AND WILL LINGER NEARBY THROUGH MID WEEK. ATLANTIC HIGH PRESSURE LOOKS TO RETURN LATE IN THE WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM FRIDAY MORNING/... INLAND SURFACE TROUGH HAS STRENGTHENED THIS AFTERNOON...WITH SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE DISPLACED FURTHER EAST INTO THE ATLANTIC. DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE CONTINUES TO PUSH NORTH INTO THE FLORIDA PENINSULA AND SOUTHERN GEORGIA. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA THIS HOUR. WIDESPREAD CUMULUS AND ISOLATED CONVECTION TO THE SOUTH HAS BEEN FAVORED WITHIN DEEPER MOISTURE PROVIDED BY THE PLUME FROM THE TROPICS...WHILE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY JUST TO THE WEST IS BEING AIDED BY THE ADDITIONAL FOCUS OF THE INLAND TROUGH. SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA REMAINS RELATIVELY CLOUD FREE THIS HOUR...FURTHER DISPLACED FROM THE DEEPER MOISTURE AND SOMEWHAT LAGGING BEHIND IN DESTABILIZATION DUE TO A PERSISTENT MID LEVEL CLOUD SWATH JUST RECENTLY DISSIPATED. HAVE MAINTAINED CHANCE/SCATTERED POPS ACROSS SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND INLAND SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTIES FOR THIS AFTERNOON...AS THE SEABREEZE COULD STILL INITIATE CONVECTION ONCE SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTIES REACH CONVECTIVE TEMPERATURES. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE MAINLY TYPICAL PULSE TYPE...WITH ISOLATED STORMS POSSIBLY PRODUCING BRIEF DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL. DEEP LAYER MOISTURE AND WEAK WIND FIELDS ALSO SUGGEST THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL. CONVECTIVE COVERAGE AND INTENSITY SHOULD DIMINISH WITH DIURNAL STABILIZATION THIS EVENING...LEAVING MID TO HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS. LOW TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN ABOVE 70 DEGREES ACROSS THE REGION...WITH AREAS AT THE COASTLINE ONLY DROPPING TO AROUND 80 DEGREES. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH 6 PM FRIDAY/... INLAND LEE-SIDE TROUGH PATTERN WILL CONTINUE ON FRIDAY...WITH PERSISTENT MOISTURE PUSH FROM THE TROPICS/GULF OF MEXICO MAINTAINING SUFFICIENT DEEP LAYER MOISTURE OVER THE FORECAST AREA. EXPECT ANOTHER DAY OF DIURNAL CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT DRIVEN MAINLY FROM SEABREEZE FORCING AND ANY INFLUENCES FROM THE INLAND TROUGH. HAVE MAINTAINED SOLID CHANCE POPS IN THE 30 AND 40 PERCENT RANGE ACROSS ALL AREAS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH HIGHEST POPS IN THE SOUTHERN ZONES. DECENT INSTABILITY...MOISTURE AND FORCING DURING THE AFTERNOON SUGGESTS THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TO BECOME SEVERE. HIGH TEMPERATURES ON FRIDAY WILL REACH THE LOWER TO MID 90S INLAND...WITH THE SEABREEZE CIRCULATION KEEPING COASTAL AREAS IN THE UPPER 80S. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/... LINGERING CONVECTION EARLY AT NIGHT WILL END BY MIDNIGHT AS ACTIVITY IS MAINLY DIURNALLY DRIVEN WITH LACK OF SHORT WAVES. WILL NEED TO KEEP WATCH FOR SOME PATCHY FOG IN AREAS WHERE IT RAINED GIVEN THAT CROSS-OVER TEMPS WILL BE REACHED IN A FEW LOCATIONS. LOWEST TEMPS WILL BE MAINLY BETWEEN 70 AND 75 DEGREES. SATURDAY...SHORT WAVE MOVES IN FROM THE SW BY LATE IN THE DAY AS A SURFACE TROUGH IS FOUND NEAR OR JUST NW OF THE CWFA. PWATS INCREASE TO BETWEEN 2 AND 2.25 INCHES...WITH SOUNDINGS SHOWING PLENTY OF MOISTURE THROUGHOUT THE VERTICAL. THIS ALONG WITH A POSSIBLE MCS OVER N FL/S GA WHICH CUTS DOWN ON INSOLATION /CURRENT MAX TEMPS LOOK TO BE MAINLY IN THE 80S TO NEAR 90/...POOR LAPSE RATES AND WARM MID LEVELS ALL POINT TOWARD A LOWER RISK OF STRONG OR SEVER STORMS. AND GIVEN ATMOSPHERIC PROFILES...HEAVY RAINS MIGHT BE A CONCERN. HOWEVER...ANY SUNSHINE WOULD BOOST TEMPS ABOVE 90 DEGREES...AND WITH DEW POINTS IN THE LOWER 70S...SB CAPES WOULD REACH AT LEAST 1500-2000 J/KG...ENOUGH FOR AT LEAST SOME STRONGER STORMS. WILL LEAVE MENTION IN THE HWO IN THE EVENT THAT CLOUD COVER IS NOT AS EXTENSIVE AND TEMPS DO CLIMB A BIT HIGHER. MOSTLY SCATTERED POPS FOR SATURDAY...HIGHEST OVER CENTRAL AND SRN AREAS CLOSER TO THE APPROACHING SHORT WAVE. SHORT WAVE PUSHING THROUGH THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT WILL KEEP PRECIP GOING WELL INTO THE NIGHT...AND IN FACT POPS IN SOME AREAS OF NRN AND CENTRAL AREAS MIGHT EVEN BE HIGHER THAN DURING THE DAYTIME. WE WILL CARRY CHANCE OR EVEN LIKELY POPS...WITH RAIN COOLED AIR DROPPING TEMPS DOWN AT LEAST INTO THE LOWER 70S MOST LOCATIONS. SUNDAY...SOUNDING PROFILES DO NOT APPEAR QUITE AS WET AS ON SATURDAY...ALTHOUGH PWATS ARE STILL AS HIGH AS 1.75 TO 2 INCHES. WHILE MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES ARE STILL POOR...AND WHERE IT IS ALSO A LITTLE WARM...LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES ARE A BIT BETTER. IN ADDITION...OUR SB CAPES ARE A BIT HIGHER...AND ALTHOUGH THERE IS NVA DURING MUCH OF THE DAY IN WAKE OF THE DEPARTING EARLY SHORT WAVE...ANOTHER SHORT WAVE MAY MOVE IN BY LATE IN THE DAY. THIS SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO AID IN TRIGGERING AT LEAST CHANCE OF CONVECTION. WITH AN INCREASE IN OVERALL WIND FIELDS AND EVEN SOME LOW LEVEL SRH /0-3 KM VALUES REACH 100-150 MS/SEC2/...WE MIGHT BE CONCERNED WITH SOME ROTATION IS ANY STRONGER STORMS THAT ARE ABLE TO GET GOING. MAX TEMPS AGAIN LOOK TO BE HELD DOWN SOME BY THE CLOUD COVER AND PRECIP COVERAGE. BROAD MID AND UPPER LEVEL TROUGH TO MOVE INTO THE ERN STATES MONDAY AND TUESDAY...WITH A WEAK SURFACE FRONTAL BOUNDARY TO MOVE INTO OR NEAR THE AREA. WITH OCNL SHORT WAVES ROTATING THROUGH THE TROUGH...POOLING OF MOISTURE AND CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE FRONT...HIGHER THAN NORMAL COVERAGE OF SHOWERS/TSTMS SEEMS LIKELY...ESPECIALLY ON MONDAY. MAX TEMPS WILL BE NEAR OR A BIT BELOW NORMAL AS A RESULT. THE TROUGH ALOFT WEAKENS OR LIFTS OUT WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...WHILE THE SURFACE BOUNDARY WEAKENS OR PUSHES FURTHER INLAND...WHILE ATLC HIGH PRES ATTEMPTS TO BUILD BACK TOWARD THE REGION. MOISTURE REMAINS HIGH...SO AT LEAST CHANCE POPS WOULD SEEM IN ORDER. MAX TEMPS WILL BE CLOSE TO NORMAL. && .AVIATION /19Z THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... ISOLATED SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...WHERE MOISTURE ACCESS IS BEST AND CONVECTIVE TEMPERATURES ARE LOWER. CONDITIONS MAY BECOME BRIEFLY MVFR OR LOWER WITHIN ANY CONVECTION THAT DEVELOPS OVER THE TERMINALS. HAVE UPDATED KSAV TO INDICATE A TEMPO GROUP FOR -TSRA...AS RADAR TRENDS INDICATE DEVELOPMENT JUST EAST OF THE TERMINAL. COVERAGE AND LOCATION OF CONVECTION NEAR KCHS WILL BE HIGHLY DEPENDENT UPON THE SPEED WITH WHICH THE SEABREEZE PROGRESSES INLAND AND THE TIME AT WHICH THE HIGHER CONVECTIVE TEMPERATURE IS REACHED. WILL THUS WAIT FOR CONVECTIVE TRENDS TO BECOME MORE CLEAR BEFORE ADDING ANY SPECIFIC MENTION OF VCTS OR TSRA AT KCHS AND HANDLE WITH JUST A CB FOR NOW. ANY CONVECTION WILL DIMINISH IN COVERAGE AFTER SUNSET. LOW LEVEL JET OVERNIGHT WILL KEEP WINDS FROM COMPLETELY DECOUPLING AT BOTH TAF SITES...SO ANY FOG DEVELOPMENT IS UNLIKELY. EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...OCNL MVFR CONDITIONS IN CONVECTION AND POSSIBLE NIGHT TIME/EARLY MORNING FOG THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK...OTHERWISE VFR WEATHER WILL PREVAIL. && .MARINE... WINDS HAVE INCREASED OVER THE COASTAL WATERS THIS AFTERNOON...AS INLAND TROUGH HAS TIGHTENED THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WITH THE ATLANTIC SURFACE HIGH. SOUTHERLY WINDS HAVE SURGED UP TO 15 TO 20 KT AT SEVERAL BUOY LOCATIONS. LOW LEVEL JET WILL BE INCREASING OVERNIGHT...MAINTAINING HIGHER WIND SPEEDS OVER THE WATERS WITH WAVE HEIGHTS UP TO 3 TO 5 FT. HAVE CAPPED WINDS BELOW SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CRITERIA AT THIS POINT...BUT SUBSEQUENT SHIFTS WILL NEED TO CLOSELY MONITOR TRENDS TONIGHT. HAVE MAINTAINED SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM OVER THE MARINE ZONES TONIGHT. SEABREEZE CIRCULATION COMBINED WITH THE TIGHT GRADIENT WILL MAINTAIN MODERATE SOUTH-SOUTHWEST FLOW FRIDAY. SOUTH CAROLINA WATERS...CHARLESTON HARBOR AND OFFSHORE GEORGIA WATERS WILL HAVE 15 TO 20 KT WINDS DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS...AFTER A BRIEF LULL IN THE MID MORNING HOURS. THE ATLC RIDGE AXIS WILL LIE ACROSS THE FL PENINSULA THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK...WITH A FRONTAL BOUNDARY LIKELY TO MOVE INTO THE SE STATES BY LATE SUNDAY OR MONDAY. THE REMNANTS OF THE FRONT WILL REMAIN NEARBY THROUGH AT LEAST TUESDAY OR WEDNESDAY...BEFORE ATLC HIGH PRES MAKES A RETURN THE SECOND PART OF THE WEEK. THE COMBINATION OF OCNL PINCHING OF THE PRES GRADIENT FROM SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY...SEA BREEZE CIRCULATIONS AND NOCTURNAL SURGES /BEGINNING FRIDAY NIGHT/...WILL ALLOW FOR WINDS/SEAS TO RISE A LITTLE HIGHER THAN WHAT IS TYPICAL THIS TIME OF YEAR. WIND SPEEDS WILL BE AS HIGH AS 15-20 KT OR EVEN 20 KT WHEN ANY OF THE AFOREMENTIONED CONDITIONS DEVELOP...WHICH IN TURN WILL ALLOW FOR SEAS TO CLIMB TO AS HIGH AS AROUND 5 FT. WE WILL NEED TO KEEP A CLOSE WATCH ON POSSIBLE MARGINAL SCA CONDITIONS INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...ESPECIALLY IN CHARLESTON HARBOR...ON THE OUTER GA WATERS AND THE NRN MOST SC WATERS. WIND/SEAS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO COME DOWN BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK AS THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WEAKENS AND ATLC PRES BEGINS TO BUILD BACK TOWARD THE LOCAL WATERS. RIP CURRENTS...CONFIDENCE IS A BIT GREATER TODAY THAN AT THIS TIME YESTERDAY REGARDING THE STRONGER WINDS SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. ALTHOUGH THIS WILL RESULT IN HIGHER WIND WAVES AND NOT NECESSARILY ANY SWELLS...WITH THE UPCOMING NEW MOON AND PERIGEE WE MIGHT BE LOOKING AT AN ELEVATED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS EARLY NEXT WEEK. WE WILL CONTINUE TO CLOSELY MONITOR THIS POSSIBILITY. && .CHS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. SC...NONE. MARINE...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 435 PM EDT THU JUN 26 2008 GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-042>045-047-272045- 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- 435 PM EDT THU JUN 26 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...ESPECIALLY AWAY FROM THE IMMEDIATE COAST. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY BRIEFLY BECOME SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH AND HAIL TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER. ANY THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. 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 FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...LARGE HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND VERY 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 LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. AMZ330-350-352-354-374-272045- 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- 435 PM EDT THU JUN 26 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. 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 IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. SCZ048>051-272045- BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- 435 PM EDT THU JUN 26 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...ESPECIALLY AWAY FROM THE IMMEDIATE COAST. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY BRIEFLY BECOME SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH AND HAIL TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER. ANY THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. RIP CURRENTS...THE COMBINATION OF MODERATE TO STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS AND SMALL SWELLS WILL LEAD TO A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE SOUTH CAROLINA BEACHES THROUGH THIS EVENING. THERE HAS ALREADY BEEN ONE RIP CURRENT RESCUE AT FOLLY BEACH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. 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 FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...LARGE HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND VERY 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. RIP CURRENTS...THE COMBINATION OF MODERATE TO STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS AND SMALL SWELLS WILL LEAD TO A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE SOUTH CAROLINA BEACHES FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 202 PM EDT THU JUN 26 2008 GAZ099-100-261845- BULLOCH-CANDLER- 202 PM EDT THU JUN 26 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT CANDLER COUNTY AND BULLOCH COUNTY THROUGH 245 PM EDT... AT 202 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 OLIFFTOWN...OR ABOUT OVER METTER...MOVING EAST AT 14 MPH. AREAS IN AND AROUND HOPEULIKIT...METTER...PORTAL...PULASKI AND STATESBORO 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.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
244 PM EDT THU JUN 26 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0230 PM RIP CURRENTS FOLLY BEACH 32.66N 79.92W
06/26/2008 CHARLESTON SC COUNTY OFFICIAL
ONE SMALL CHILD RESCUED BY LIFE GUARDS NEAR THE FOLLY
BEACH PIER.
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33SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 250 PM EDT THU JUN 26 2008 GAZ087-088-100-261930- BULLOCH-JENKINS-SCREVEN- 250 PM EDT THU JUN 26 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT BULLOCH COUNTY...JENKINS COUNTY AND SCREVEN COUNTY THROUGH 330 PM EDT... AT 250 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 1/2 INCH HAIL...AND STRONG WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM FOUR POINTS TO COLLINS LAKE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES SOUTH OF MILLEN TO 11 MILES NORTH OF METTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 26 MPH. AREAS IN AND AROUND ALTMAN...CAPTOLO...DOVER...HOPEULIKIT... HUNTERS...PORTAL...ROCKY FORD...SCARBORO...SYLVANIA AND WOODCLIFF WILL BE IMPACTED THROUGH 330 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 357 PM EDT THU JUN 26 2008 GAZ099-100-262030- BULLOCH-CANDLER- 357 PM EDT THU JUN 26 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT CANDLER COUNTY AND BULLOCH COUNTY THROUGH 430 PM EDT... AT 357 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 OLIFFTOWN...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF METTER...MOVING EAST AT 9 MPH. AREAS IN AND AROUND HOPEULIKIT...METTER...PORTAL AND PULASKI WILL BE IMPACTED THROUGH 430 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 450 PM EDT THU JUN 26 2008 GAZ101-118-SCZ047-262130- EFFINGHAM-INLAND CHATHAM-INLAND JASPER- 450 PM EDT THU JUN 26 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT EFFINGHAM COUNTY...CHATHAM COUNTY AND JASPER COUNTY THROUGH 530 PM EDT... AT 450 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 EBENEZER...OR ABOUT 12 MILES EAST OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 13 MPH. AREAS IN AND AROUND HARDEEVILLE...PURYSBURGH...RIDGELAND... SWITZERLAND...TILLMAN...EBENEZER...RINCON AND STILLWELL WILL BE IMPACTED THROUGH 530 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), 40 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:05 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees and powerlines were reported down 7 miles southeast of Stillwell, Georgia.
A public report was received of a tree and numerous 4 to 6 inch diameter tree limbs down along Countryside Drive, 2 miles west-southwest of Blichton, Georgia. Slightly larger than quarter size hail fell for 15 minutes as well.
The Chatham county Emergency Manager reported penny size hail in Savannah, Georgia.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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