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, 2:45 PM EST, 13 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 345 PM EDT WED JUN 25 2008 .SYNOPSIS... ATLANTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL PREVAIL THROUGH FRIDAY...WHILE A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS OVER THE CAROLINAS. SURFACE TROUGH WILL REMAIN NEAR OR NORTHWEST OF THE AREA THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH ATLANTIC SURFACE RIDGE SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST. A COOL FRONT LOOKS TO APPROACH EARLY NEXT WEEK...AND WILL STALL OVER OR NEAR THE REGION THROUGH WEDNESDAY. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM THURSDAY MORNING/... SHORTWAVE ACTIVITY CONTINUES TO PUSH INTO SOUTHERN GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON...DESPITE FAIRLY STRONG RIDGING ALOFT. AT THE SURFACE....THE SEABREEZE HAS BEEN ABLE TO DEVELOP MUCH EARLIER THAN YESTERDAY...A RESULT OF LIGHTER OFFSHORE FLOW AT LOW LEVELS AND A MORE SOUTHWEST DIRECTIONAL COMPONENT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE INITIATED ALONG THE SEABREEZE IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND WITHIN MORE UNSTABLE AIR ACROSS SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. INSTABILITY IS QUITE IMPRESSIVE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH 18Z CHS SOUNDING INDICATING CAPE VALUES UP TO 3800 J/KG. THUS...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS DO HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO REACH SEVERE LEVELS IF ABLE TO BREAK THROUGH A PERSISTENT CAP ALSO SEEN IN THE 18Z SOUNDING. MAIN THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WIND AND HAIL. WILL MAINTAIN SLIGHT CHANCE POPS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. CONVECTION SHOULD DISSIPATE WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING AND INSTABILITY. LOW TEMPERATURES WILL DROP TO AROUND 70 DEGREES INLAND TO THE UPPER 70S ALONG THE COAST. PERSISTENT UPPER LEVEL ENERGY TO THE SOUTH COULD KEEP A FEW TO SCATTERED MID LEVEL CLOUDS ACROSS SOUTHEAST GEORGIA COUNTIES OVERNIGHT. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH 6 PM THURSDAY/... WEAK SHORTWAVE ENERGY WILL CONTINUE TO ROUND THE WESTERN PERIPHERY OF THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE ON THURSDAY...AS THE CENTER OF HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT SLIPS FURTHER SOUTHEAST. A SURFACE TROUGH WILL DEVELOP FROM THE MID ATLANTIC STATES SOUTHWARD INTO GEORGIA...PUSHING THE ATLANTIC SURFACE HIGH FURTHER AWAY FROM THE COAST. BOTH GFS AND NAM INDICATE INCREASING DEEP LAYER MOISTURE AND HIGHER PWAT VALUES...AS WELL AS AFTERNOON DEWPOINTS SEVERAL DEGREES WARMER THAN THE DAY BEFORE. THERE IS ENOUGH MODEL AGREEMENT AND CONFIDENCE TO INCREASE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE CHANCE CATEGORY INLAND FROM THE SEABREEZE. SINCE THE SEABREEZE MAY BE THE KEY FORCING MECHANISM...THERE IS LOWER CONFIDENCE IN THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE COAST...DEPENDING ON HOW QUICKLY THE SEABREEZE PUSHES INLAND. HAVE THUS KEPT COASTAL LOCATIONS IN THE SLIGHT CHANCE CATEGORY FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WEAKENING UPPER RIDGE WILL KEEP HIGH TEMPERATURES A DEGREE OR TWO COOLER THAN PREVIOUS DAYS...RANGING FROM 94 TO 96 DEGREES AWAY FROM THE COASTLINE. && .LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/... WEAK SHORT WAVE TO PUSH THROUGH THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT...SO EXPECT AFTN/EVENING CONVECTION TO TAKE A LITTLE LONGER THAN NORMAL TO WIND DOWN...THUS WILL HOLD ONTO SLIGHT CHANCE OR CHANCE POPS THROUGH AT LEAST MIDNIGHT. WHILE THERE CERTAINLY COULD BE A LITTLE FOG IN AREAS THAT RECEIVED RAINFALL FROM THURSDAY...DUE TO CLOUD COVER AND TOO MUCH MIXING IN THE BOUNDARY LAYER WE DO NOT SEE A NEED TO ADD TO THE FORECAST AT THIS TIME. MIN TEMPS WILL FALL INTO THE LOWER-MID 70S. ON FRIDAY...NVA LOOKS TO DEVELOP IN WAKE OF DEPARTING SHORT WAVE...THUS OUR ATTENTION WILL TURN TO LOW LEVEL/SURFACE FEATURES FOR ANY TRIGGERING MECHANISMS OF CONVECTION. THE TYPICAL SEA BREEZE WILL BE ONE SUCH BOUNDARY...BUT ALSO A PERSISTENT TROUGH NEAR OR JUST NW OF THE CWFA. WITH PWATS CLIMBING TO 2 INCHES OR GREATER THERE IS CERTAINLY PLENTY OF MOISTURE. INSTABILITY IS MODEST WITH 1000-1500 J/KG OF SBCAPE AND LIFTED INDICES -3 OR -4. PLUS THERE IS SOME INDICATIONS OF A SPEED MAX UPSTAIRS WITH 50-60 KT AT 250 MB. HOWEVER...MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES ARE ONLY 5-5.5 DEGREES CELSIUS DURING THIS TIME. THUS WE WILL GO WITH DIURNALLY DRIVEN SHOWERS/TSTMS MAINLY IN THE CHANCE RANGE...HIGHEST INLAND AND OVER SE GA. MAX TEMPS WILL REACH THE LOW-MID 90S AWAY FROM THE BEACHES...AND THESE TEMPS ALONG WITH DEW POINTS IN THE UPPER 60S-LOWER 70S WILL RESULT IN HEAT INDICES AS HIGH AS 100-103 DEGREES. HOWEVER...THIS IS BELOW ANY HEAT ADVISORY CRITERIA WHICH BEGINS AT 105 DEGREES. A SHORT WAVE MAY SKIRT THE AREA ON SATURDAY...AND WITH LITTLE OVERALL CHANGE TO THE SYNOPTIC FEATURES /ATLC RIDGE TO THE SE AND TROUGH IN OR NEAR THE AREA/...WE WILL AGAIN EXPERIENCE A CHANCE OF AFTN/EVENING CONVECTION. SBCAPES AND LIFTED INDICES CHANGE LITTLE FROM FRIDAY...WHILE MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES REMAIN POOR AT 5-5.5 DEGREES CELSIUS. MAX TEMPS WILL BE SIMILAR TO OR EVEN A COUPLE OF DEGREES LOWER THAN FRIDAY AS THERE LOOKS TO BE MORE CLOUD COVER AND LOW LEVEL THICKNESS VALUES ARE A BIT LOWER. FOR SUNDAY...ANOTHER SHORT WAVE LOOKS TO MOVE INTO THE AREA WITH LONG WAVE TROUGH ESTABLISHING ITSELF OVER THE ERN STATES. WHILE MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY CHANGE LITTLE FROM PREVIOUS TWO DAYS...WITH SLIGHTLY LOWER HEIGHTS ALOFT AND AN INCREASE IN LARGE SCALE WIND FIELDS WE WILL NEED TO BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER. HOWEVER...CLOUD COVER MAY BE QUITE EXTENSIVE...SO THIS MIGHT BE A POSSIBLE NEGATIVE FACTOR. MAX TEMPS LOOK A LITTLE LOWER DUE TO INCREASE CLOUDINESS AND HIGHER COVERAGE OF CONVECTION WHICH WILL BE IN THE HIGH END CHANCE OR LIKELY RANGE. FRONTAL BOUNDARY TO MOVE INTO OR NEAR THE AREA DURING EARLY NEXT WEEK...AND WILL STALL OVER OR NEARBY FOR AT LEAST A COUPLE OF DAYS. WITH LONE WAVE TROUGH REMAINING IN THE E AT LEAST THROUGH TUESDAY...PLENTY OF MOISTURE AND AT LEAST MODEST INSTABILITY IN PLACE...RAIN CHANCES WILL REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL. MAX TEMPS WILL BE NEAR NORMAL...ALTHOUGH DAYTIME MAY BE HELD DOWN SOMEWHAT BY CLOUD COVER. && .AVIATION /19Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... SCATTERED CONVECTION ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON. WILL INCLUDE TEMPO GROUPS AT BOTH TAF SITES FOR THUNDERSTORMS. STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND GUSTS...AS JUST SEEN AT KSAV THIS HOUR. CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE AFTER SUNSET WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. OUTSIDE OF ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT MAY DEVELOP...VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PREVAIL AT KCHS AND KSAV FOR THE NEXT 24 HOUR PERIOD. 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... LATEST BUOY OBSERVATIONS INDICATE SOUTH WINDS AROUND 15 KT ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS. ATLANTIC SURFACE HIGH WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE SHORT TERM...WHILE A SURFACE TROUGH DEVELOPS INLAND. WINDS WILL VEER TO THE SOUTHWEST OVERNIGHT...BUT DO NOT EXPECT SPEEDS TO DIMINISH MUCH BELOW 10 TO 15 KT WITHIN NOCTURNAL SURGING UNTIL JUST BEFORE DAYBREAK. PATTERN WILL AGAIN BE DOMINATED BY SEABREEZE DEVELOPMENT ON THURSDAY...WITH SOUTHWEST WINDS BACK TO SOUTH-SOUTHEAST AND SURGING SLIGHTLY DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE COASTAL WATERS WILL LIE ON THE NW EDGE OF THE ATLC RIDGE INTO THE WEEKEND...WITH A LOW PRES TROUGH TO REMAIN INLAND OVER THE SE DURING THIS TIME. THE END RESULT WILL BE A FAMILIAR PATTERN TO WHAT WE HAVE BEEN FORECASTING...A MODERATE S-SW FLOW. VEERING WINDS OVERNIGHT AND BACKING DURING THE AFTN...WITH OCNL FLUCTUATIONS IN WIND SPEEDS WITH TYPICAL NOCTURNAL SURGES AND AFTN/EVENING SEA BREEZE CIRCULATIONS. WHILE THERE CERTAINLY COULD BE ENOUGH OF AN INCREASE TO PUSH WINDS INTO THE 15-20 KT RANGE AT TIMES...MOST OF THIS TIME WILL SEE WINDS 15 KT OR LESS AND SEAS 3-4 FT OR LOWER. BY EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH THE APPROACH OF A COOL FRONT INTO THE SE STATES...A PINCHING OF THE PRES GRADIENT WILL DEVELOP BETWEEN IT AND ATLC HIGH PRES. THIS MAY ALLOW FOR A LITTLE STRONG SWLY WINDS...WHICH IN TURN WILL ALLOW FOR SLIGHTLY HIGHER SEAS. THUS WE WILL NEED TO KEEP WATCH FOR MARGINAL SCA CONDITIONS AT SOME POINT STARTING SUNDAY. ALSO THERE MAY BE AN ENHANCED RISK OF STRONG T-STORMS OVER THE MARINE AREA THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK AS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVES INTO CLOSER PROXIMITY TO THE COASTAL WATERS. RIP CURRENTS...SHOULD THE HIGHER WINDS/SEAS BECOME REALIZED DURING EARLY NEXT WEEK...THERE MAY BE AN INCREASED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS DUE TO THESE CONDITIONS ALONG WITH THE APPROACHING PERIGEE AND NEW MOON. && .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 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.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
340 PM EDT WED JUN 25 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0308 PM TSTM WND GST 2 SW PORT WENTWORTH 32.13N 81.20W
06/25/2008 M52 MPH CHATHAM GA ASOS
ALSO HAD PEA SIZED HAIL FROM 0308-0312 PM EDT. REPORT
FROM SAVANNAH AIRPORT /KSAV/.
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33SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 341 PM EDT WED JUN 25 2008 SCZ045-050-252030- BERKELEY-CHARLESTON- 341 PM EDT WED JUN 25 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT BERKELEY COUNTY AND CHARLESTON COUNTY THROUGH 430 PM EDT... AT 341 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 COTE BAS LANDING...OR ABOUT OVER GOOSE CREEK. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. AREAS IN AND AROUND GOOSE CREEK...HANAHAN AND LADSON 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.
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 56 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:58 UTC.
5 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A trained weather spotter reported that the tops of two trees were broke off by strong thunderstorm winds 2 miles south of Jacksonboro, South Carolina.
Several tree branches measuring 4 to 6 inches in diameter were reported down at the Naval Weapons Station Facility, 4 miles east of Goose Creek. Pea sized hail was also reported.
One tree was reported down at the intersection of Thompson Road and Hamilton Road near the Hadwin Circle community.
One tree was reported down along highway 278 at the Blacks Car Care business 5 miles south of Hampton, South Carolina.
Law enforcement reported that 4 trees were knocked down by strong thunderstorm winds in Hampton, South Carolina. One tree was down on Highway 363 south, another was down on Woody Lane, a third was down on Pawn Town Road, and a fourth was down on Ben Hazel Road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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