A strong upper level trough and an afternoon seabreeze promoted strong uplift and the development of thunderstorms in a highly unstable environment over southeast Georgia.
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The episode as NWS CHS wrote it up.
A strong upper level trough and an afternoon seabreeze promoted strong uplift and the development of thunderstorms in a highly unstable environment over 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 May 6, 3:04 PM EST, 38 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 404 PM EDT WED MAY 6 2009 .SYNOPSIS... ATLC HIGH PRES WILL REMAIN JUST OFF THE COAST THROUGH SAT...WHILE A SURFACE TROUGH PERSISTS INLAND. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...THEN STALL OUT OVER THE REGION THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD FROM THE NORTH ON TUESDAY...SHIFTING THE LINGERING FRONTAL BOUNDARY SOUTH OF THE FORECAST AREA. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM THURSDAY MORNING/... SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS A WOBBLY E-W STATIONARY FRONT ACROSS NC/TN/AR WHILE A POTENT UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AXIS APPROACHES FROM THE W. CONVECTIVE TEMPS IN THE LOW 80S HAVE BEEN REACHED AND SHWRS/TSTMS HAVE DEVELOPED IN THE EXPECTED AREA W OF I-95. IN FACT...STORMS ARE ACTUALLY ALIGNED ALONG AND JUST W OF I-95 ATTM AND ARE SHIFTING TO THE NNE. FOR THE CENTRAL-WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE CHS CWFA...SPC MESOANALYSIS SHOWS CAPE OF 2500-3000 K/KG...LI/S DOWN TO -6 DEG C AND LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES OVER 7 DEG C/KM WHICH IS HELPING TO ENHANCE LIFT WITHIN PWATS OF 1.3-1.6 INCHES AND NO CINH. AS IS COMMON IN CONVECTIVE EVENTS...IN QUESTION IS THE COVERAGE AND CONSIDERING THE SEABREEZE IS THE PRIMARY PLAYER WILL NOT LOOK FOR ANYTHING MORE THAN SCATTERED COVERAGE THROUGH THE LATE AFTN INTO THE EARLY EVENING. BEYOND THE SEABREEZE...SEVERAL UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE DISTURBANCES WILL RIDE THE SRN PERIPHERY OF THE LONGWAVE TROUGH AND TRY TO PUSH TO THE SE COAST DURING THE LATE EVENING AND EARLY MORNING HOURS. THROUGH INSTABILITY WILL WANE AT THAT POINT...ENOUGH OMEGA LIFT MAY BE AVAILABLE TO PRODUCE ADDITIONAL SHWRS/TSTMS FOR MAINLY NRN PORTIONS OF THE CWFA. DUE TO LACK OF CONFIDENCE IN COVERAGE...WILL CAP POPS AT 40 THROUGH THE PERIOD HIGHLIGHTING GREATEST POPS N AND TRENDING DOWN GOING S. WITH DEWPOINTS STILL LINGERING ARND 70...TEMPS WILL BE SLOW TO DROP THIS EVE WITH CONTINUED S-SW WINDS AT THE SFC AND ALOFT. WILL LOOK FOR MIN TEMPS IN THE 65-70 DEGREE RANGE...HIGHEST NEAR THE SHORES. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH 6 PM THURSDAY/... THE AFOREMENTIONED WOBBLY STATIONARY FRONT LOOKS TO MAINTAIN ITS GENERAL LOCATION THROUGH THU WHILE SEVERAL POTENT UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVES SWING THROUGH THE AREA EARLY. THE TIMING OF THESE WAVES IS STILL A BIT IN QUESTION...BUT LOOK TO BE EARLIER THAN PEAK HEATING/INSTABILITY OF THE DAY SO WILL CAP POPS AT 30 IN THE MRNG. WITH THE OVERALL ENVIRONMENT SIMILAR TO TDA...WILL AGAIN LOOK FOR MAX TEMPS TO REACH THE MID-UPR 80S...EXCEEDING THE CONVECTIVE TEMP BY EARLY AFTN. NO CINH IS EXPECTED BY THEN THUS CONVECTION AWAY FROM THE COAST DUE TO MAINLY THE SEABREEZE AND RESIDUAL BOUNDARY COLLISIONS SHOULD PROVIDE THE MAIN DRIVE FOR AFTN SHWRS/TSTMS. CAPES ARE AGAIN EXPECTED TO RISE TO 2000-2500 J/KG AWAY FROM THE COAST... LI/S DOWN TO -4 DEG C AND IMPRESSIVE LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES BY MID AFTN. THOUGH SOME MID-UPR LVL CLOUDS MAY HINDER EARLY WARMING...LOW LEVEL JETTING SHOULD EFFECTIVELY SCOUR OUT THESE CLOUDS BY THE AFTN TO MAKE FOR GOOD INSTABILITY BY EARLY-MID AFTN. WILL NUDGE AFTN POPS UP TO 40 WELL AWAY FROM THE COAST...WITH 20/30 POPS CLOSER TO THE SHORES. SPC CONTINUES TO DELINEATE INLAND AREAS WITHIN A SLGT RISK OF SEVERE TSTMS IN ITS SWODY2 PRODUCT... BUT CONFIDENCE IS NOT HIGH ENOUGH TO PINPOINT LOCATION NOR TO HIGHLIGHT THREATS BEYOND THE HAZARDOUS WX OUTLOOK. && .LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... MEDIUM RANGE GUIDANCE IS IN GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF THE WEEKEND...WITH SOLUTIONS THEN DEVIATING A BIT WITH RESPECT TO THE STRENGTH AND PROGRESSION OF A COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE REGION LATE IN THE WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. A SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL SHIFT OFF THE SOUTHERN MID-ATLANTIC COAST THURSDAY NIGHT...ALLOWING ATLANTIC RIDGE TO REBUILD OVER THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. HAVE KEPT THE FORECAST RAIN FREE THURSDAY NIGHT AS BEST DYNAMIC FORCING WILL HAVE LIFTED NORTHEAST AND AWAY FROM THE REGION AND ANY DIURNAL CONVECTION SHOULD DISSIPATE RATHER QUICKLY IN THE EVENING. LOW LEVEL WESTERLY-SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...AND THIS SHOULD LIMIT ANY SHOWER/THUNDERSTORM CHANCES TO ISOLATED AT BEST. HAVE KEPT THE FORECAST RAIN FREE ACROSS ALL AREAS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...WITH ONLY SLIGHT CHANCE/LOW CHANCE POPS MENTIONED ACROSS FAR NORTHWEST ZONES FRIDAY AFTERNOON WHERE SEA/LAKE BREEZE BOUNDARIES ALONG WITH MORE FAVORABLE PROXIMITY TO A SHORTWAVE TROUGH TRACKING ACROSS THE SOUTH CAROLINA/NORTH CAROLINA BORDER REGION MAY RESULT IN A FEW SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS. CONFIDENCE GOES DOWN QUICKLY FOR THE TAIL END OF THE WEEKEND AND HEADING INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...AS THE MODELS ARE NOT IN PARTICULARLY GOOD AGREEMENT WITH RESPECT TO STRENGTH AND PROGRESSION OF THE COLD FRONT MOVING INTO THE REGION. AT THIS JUNCTURE WILL NOT TRY TO GET THE DETAILS PINNED DOWN...AND WILL FAVOR A BLEND OF THE IDEAS THE VARIOUS MODEL SOLUTIONS SUGGEST. THAT SAID...EXPECT A COLD FRONT TO APPROACH FROM THE NORTH SUNDAY...THEN STALL OUT OVER THE AREA SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. THE FRONT SHOULD THEN PUSH SOUTH OF THE FORECAST AREA TUESDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS SOUTHWARD INTO THE AREA. WILL CARRY SLIGHT CHANCE/LOW CHANCE POPS SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY WITH THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY IN THE VICINITY...THEN RUN WITH A RAIN FREE FORECAST TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY WITH THE EXPECTATION THAT HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE BUILDING BACK INTO THE AREA. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO RUN ABOVE NORMAL THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...THEN CLOSE TO SEASONAL VALUES MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. && .AVIATION /19Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... FEW BANDS OF BKN MVFR CIGS HAVE SHIFTED OFFSHORE AND DISSIPATED... ALLOWING VFR CONDS WITH MULTIPLE SCT LAYERS TO PERSIST THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTN INTO THIS EVENING. AM NOT EXPECTING CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY ONGOING OVER AL/GA TO SHIFT E ALL THE WAY TO THE COAST...BUT WILL LOOK FOR THE SEABREEZE TO DEVELOP LATER THIS AFTN WHICH MAY BE ABLE TO PRODUCE SCATTERED SHWRS/TSTMS INLAND FROM THE TERMINALS LATE THIS AFTN INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. PINNING DOWN THE TIMING AND LOCATION OF TSTMS IS HIGHLY PROBLEMATIC AND... ESP IF DIURNALLY DRIVEN BY THE SEABREEZE...HAS A GOOD LIKELIHOOD OF MISSING THE AIRPORTS SO WILL ONLY CARRY A CB MENTION FROM 22Z ON THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS ATTM. WILL METWATCH AND AMEND SHOULD PRECIPITATION DEVELOP THAT MAY IMPACT THE TERMINALS. OTHERWISE...SCT CLOUDS WILL REMAIN OVERNIGHT WITH WINDS SETTLING DOWN TO ARND 5 KT. WILL NOT BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR FOG SINCE SFC WINDS WILL NOT GO CALM AND THERE WILL BE A STRONG LOW LEVEL JET /ABOUT 25-35 KT AT 2 KFT/ DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT. THE JET WILL SETTLE DOWN BY DAYBREAK TMRW...THEN DAYTIME MIXING WILL ALLOW SFC WINDS TO INCREASE TO ARND 12 KT. AM NOT EXPECTING ANY PRECIP BEFORE 18Z TMRW SO WILL KEEP THE TAFS DRY. EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY OUTSIDE OF ANY ISOLATED SHOWERS OR TSTMS. BETTER CHANCE FOR MVFR VSBY/S AND/OR CIGS IN SHOWERS/TSTMS ON MONDAY. && .MARINE... ATLC HIGH PRES WILL REMAIN IN PLACE CENTERED WELL OFFSHORE WHILE A STATIONARY FRONT REMAINS WELL N OF THE CHS MARINE AREA. ASIDE FROM OCNL GUSTING ARND 25 KT ALONG THE IMMEDIATE SHORES...WIND SPEEDS HAVE GENERALLY REMAINED ARND 15 KT AT THE BUOYS AND 15-20 KT AT SHORELINE SITES. WINDS WILL LIKELY REMAIN AT THESE ELEVATED LEVELS OVERNIGHT THROUGH MUCH OF TMRW AS SEVERAL UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES PUSH THROUGH AND ALLOW LOW LEVEL JETTING TO MIX DOWN TO THE SFC AT TIMES...ENHANCING BOTH NOCTURNAL SURGES AND SEA/LAND BREEZE CIRCULATIONS. ATTM...AM NOT LOOKING FOR WINDS TO REACH SCA CRITERIA BUT IT CANNOT BE RULED OUT SO WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR MARINE OBS. SEAS MAY REACH 5 FT AT TIMES IN MAINLY THE NRN PORTION OF AMZ350 AND THE OUTER HALF OF AMZ374...WHILE THE REMAINDER OF THE MARINE AREA WILL BE CAPPED AT 4 FT. AGAIN...AM NOT LOOKING FOR SEAS TO EXCEED 5 FT THROUGH TMRW. ATLANTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE SOUTH OF THE REGION...WITH A WEAK FRONT LINGERING OVER THE SOUTHERN MID ATLANTIC STATES THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN A PERSISTENT SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST FLOW ACROSS THE WATERS...DOMINATED MAINLY BY AFTERNOON SEABREEZE CIRCULATIONS AND NOCTURNAL SURGES. WILL KEEP WINDS/SEAS BELOW SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THRESHOLDS AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER CONDITIONS COULD APPROACH ADVISORY CRITERIA FRIDAY AND SATURDAY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS IN CHARLESTON HARBOR. A SURGE TO NEAR SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS IN SOUTH-SOUTHWEST FLOW COULD ALSO OCCUR ACROSS THE SOUTH CAROLINA WATERS NORTH OF EDISTO AND THE OFFSHORE GEORGIA WATERS SATURDAY NIGHT AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT TIGHTENS IN ADVANCE OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. THERE STILL REMAINS SOME TIMING UNCERTAINTY WITH RESPECT TO A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE EARLY NEXT WEEK. NEVERTHELESS...SHOULD SEE A DECREASE IN WINDS AND A GRADUAL SHIFT TO MORE OF AN ONSHORE COMPONENT FOR MONDAY...WITH WINDS AND SEAS REMAINING BELOW SMALL CRAFT CRITERIA. && .CHS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. SC...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && JPC/JRJ
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 423 PM EDT WED MAY 6 2009 AMZ330-350-352-354-374-GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040- 042>045-047>051-071000- 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- 423 PM EDT WED MAY 6 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS...SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD TO THE EAST OVER NORTHERN GEORGIA AND THE CAROLINAS TONIGHT. A WARM AND MOIST AIR MASS WILL PRECEDE THIS SYSTEM ACROSS THE REGION. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG OR TO THE WEST OF INTERSTATE 95 IN GEORGIA AND WEST OF U.S. 17 IN SOUTH CAROLINA THROUGH THIS EVENING. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. AS THE UPPER DISTURBANCE PASSES BY TO THE NORTH TONIGHT...STRONGER WINDS ALOFT MAY FOCUS MORE ORGANIZED AREAS OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER INLAND LOCATIONS LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS COULD SPREAD TO THE SOUTH CAROLINA COASTAL COUNTIES AFTER MIDNIGHT. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY TO THE NORTH OF INTERSTATE 16 IN GEORGIA AND OVER MUCH OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...ESPECIALLY OVER INLAND AREAS. PEOPLE ACROSS SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS...TV OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS SOURCE FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...ORGANIZED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE AGAIN ON THURSDAY...AS ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST STATES. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND EVEN AN ISOLATED TORNADO. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1052 AM EDT WED MAY 06 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0325 PM TSTM WND DMG E NEWINGTON 32.59N 81.50W
05/05/2009 SCREVEN GA LAW ENFORCEMENT
A 10 FOOT BY 16 FOOT AWNING WAS TORN OFF A PATIO...AND
THE METAL SUPPORT PIPES WERE BROKEN IN HALF IN NEWINGTON
GEORGIA.
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JRJSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 244 PM EDT WED MAY 6 2009 SCZ043-044-061915- DORCHESTER-INLAND COLLETON- 244 PM EDT WED MAY 6 2009 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTH CENTRAL COLLETON AND NORTHWESTERN DORCHESTER COUNTIES THROUGH 315 PM EDT... AT 243 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SMYLY...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF WALTERBORO...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. AREAS IN AND AROUND CANADYS...INDIAN FIELD...REEVESVILLE...RUFFIN... SAINT GEORGE...SMOAKS AND WILLIAMS WILL BE IMPACTED THROUGH 315 PM EDT. 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. 33
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 313 PM EDT WED MAY 6 2009 GAZ101-116-118-138-062000- EFFINGHAM-INLAND BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-INLAND LIBERTY- 313 PM EDT WED MAY 6 2009 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN CHATHAM...CENTRAL LIBERTY...CENTRAL BRYAN AND CENTRAL EFFINGHAM COUNTIES THROUGH 400 PM EDT... AT 308 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM STILLWELL TO MCINTOSH...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SPRINGFIELD TO HINESVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. AREAS IN AND AROUND FLEMING...BLITCHTON...BLOOMINGDALE...EDEN... FLEMINGTON...GUYTON...MARLOW...MCINTOSH...MELDRIM...PINEORA... RINCON...SHAWNEE...SPRINGFIELD...STILLWELL AND MIDWAY WILL BE IMPACTED THROUGH 400 PM EDT. FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED TALL OBJECTS. IF INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS. AVOID USING PLUMBING AND ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. 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 350 PM EDT WED MAY 6 2009 GAZ101-116-118-062015- EFFINGHAM-INLAND BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM- 350 PM EDT WED MAY 6 2009 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN CHATHAM...CENTRAL BRYAN AND SOUTH CENTRAL EFFINGHAM COUNTIES THROUGH 415 PM EDT... AT 349 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MELDRIM TO TUTENS...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES EAST OF PEMBROKE TO 11 MILES NORTH OF RICHMOND HILL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. AREAS IN AND AROUND BLITCHTON...BLOOMINGDALE...EDEN...GARDEN CITY...MELDRIM...MONTEITH...POOLER...PORT WENTWORTH AND SAVANNAH AIRPORT WILL BE IMPACTED THROUGH 415 PM EDT. FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED TALL OBJECTS. IF INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS. AVOID USING PLUMBING AND ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. 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. 33
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 415 PM EDT WED MAY 6 2009 GAZ101-118-SCZ047-051-062100- COASTAL JASPER-EFFINGHAM-INLAND CHATHAM-INLAND JASPER- 415 PM EDT WED MAY 6 2009 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT CENTRAL JASPER...EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL CHATHAM AND EASTERN EFFINGHAM COUNTIES THROUGH 500 PM EDT... AT 414 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 EDEN TO DEERFIELD...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES SOUTH OF SPRINGFIELD TO 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RIDGELAND... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. AREAS IN AND AROUND EBENEZER...EDEN...RINCON...STILLWELL... GRAHAMVILLE...HARDEEVILLE...OLD HOUSE...PURYSBURGH...RIDGELAND... SWITZERLAND...TARBORO AND TILLMAN WILL BE IMPACTED THROUGH 500 PM EDT. FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED TALL OBJECTS. IF INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS. AVOID USING PLUMBING AND ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD DITCHES AND LOW-LYING AREAS. REDUCE VEHICLE SPEED TO LOWER THE RISK OF HYDROPLANING. DO NOT DRIVE INTO PLACES WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. SEEK AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. 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. 33
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 427 PM EDT WED MAY 6 2009 GAZ137>140-062100- COASTAL LIBERTY-INLAND LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH-LONG- 427 PM EDT WED MAY 6 2009 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT EASTERN LIBERTY...NORTH CENTRAL MCINTOSH AND SOUTHEASTERN LONG COUNTIES THROUGH 500 PM EDT... AT 426 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 CROSSROADS TO TIBET...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HINESVILLE TO TIBET...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. AREAS IN AND AROUND ALLENHURST...FLEMINGTON...FORT STEWART... HINESVILLE...JONES...MCINTOSH...RETREAT...RICEBORO...TIBET... CROSSROADS AND MIDWAY WILL BE IMPACTED THROUGH 500 PM EDT. FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED TALL OBJECTS. IF INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS. AVOID USING PLUMBING AND ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. 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. 33
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 41 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:41 UTC.
4 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A trained weather spotter reported quarter size hail near the intersection of Georgia Route 21 and Georgia Route 275 about 3 miles south southwest of Stillwell, Georgia.
The public reported penny size hail along Ebenezer Road 2 miles south of Stillwell, Georgia.
A trained weather spotter reported nickel size hail 3 miles west of Midway, Georgia.
The Bryan county emergency manager relayed a report from law enforcement of nickel size hail on interstate 95 near Richmond Hill, Georgia.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Georgia in 2009Every state in 2009This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, May 2009
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: 174564, 174568, 174569, 174563.