A stationary frontal boundary in combination with a moist unstable air mass and light wind fields aloft, resulted in conditions favorable for waterspout development across the southern South Carolina and southeast Georgia Atlantic Coastal Waters.
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A stationary frontal boundary in combination with a moist unstable air mass and light wind fields aloft, resulted in conditions favorable for waterspout development across the southern South Carolina and southeast Georgia Atlantic Coastal Waters.
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 66 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 14:04 UTC.
1 waterspout. Local standard time, as filed.
The South Carolina Coast Guard relayed a report of 3 waterspouts off the Fripp Island coast.
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