A cold front pushed southward through southeast Georgia as high pressure built in from the north. This resulted in breezy conditions across the region, especially in coastal locations.
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The episode as NWS CHS wrote it up.
A cold front pushed southward through southeast Georgia as high pressure built in from the north. This resulted in breezy conditions across the region, especially in coastal locations.
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 Jul 2, 1:42 PM EST, 3 hours 18 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
242 PM EDT FRI JUL 2 2010
.SYNOPSIS...
HIGH PRES WILL BUILD S OVER THE REGION THIS WEEKEND AND PERSIST
INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
A COLD FRONT WILL SETTLE WELL S OF THE CHS CWFA WHILE SFC HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE NNE. IN ADDITION...UPPER LEVEL FLOW
AROUND AN ELONGATED RIDGE CENTERED OVER THE MID MISS RIVER VALLEY
WILL FUNNEL IN NOTICEABLY COOLER AND DRIER AIR FROM THE N. THIS
WILL ALLOW FOR CLEARING SKIES OVERNIGHT AND FAIRLY GOOD
RADIATIONAL COOLING CONDITIONS. THE ONLY HINDRANCE TO TEMPS
COMPLETELY FALLING TO RECORD LEVELS WILL BE WINDS THAT LOOK TO
REMAIN SLIGHTLY ELEVATED OVERNIGHT...OR AT LEAST ENOUGH TO NOT GO
CALM. WILL LOOK FOR MIN TEMPS DROPPING TO THE LOW 60S WELL INLAND
TO THE MID 60S CLOSER TO THE COAST...AND AROUND 70 AT THE SHORES.
OF NOTE IS THAT GFS COOP GUIDANCE BRINGS A FEW SITES INTO THE UPR
50S. IF THERE WERE NO WINDS TONIGHT WHICH WOULD GREATLY ENHANCE
RADIATIONAL COOLING PROPERTIES...SUCH VALUES WOULD HAVE MORE
CREDIBILITY...BUT WILL HOLD WITH THE LOW 60S.
&&
.SHORT TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
DEEP LAYERED HIGH PRESSURE WILL EXTEND ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH
MONDAY AS WEAK LOW PRESSURE ALONG THE NORTHEAST GULF COAST MOVES
FARTHER TO THE WEST/SOUTHWEST. LOW MID-LEVEL THETA VALUES COUPLED
WITH DEWPOINTS MIXING OUT WELL INTO THE UPPER 50S/LOWER 60S EACH
AFTERNOON WILL YIELD LITTLE IF ANY CHANCES FOR RAINFALL THROUGH
THE PERIOD. A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS MAY MOVE ONSHORE DURING THE LATE
NIGHT HOURS ACROSS NORTH COASTAL GEORGIA WHERE LOW-LEVEL
TRAJECTORIES WILL REMAIN SOLIDLY ONSHORE...BUT PROSPECTS FOR
MEASURABLE AMOUNTS LOOK LOW PER LATEST NAM/GFS/SREF DATA. EXPECT
MOSTLY CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES TO DOMINATE WITH THE BULK OF
THE CLOUD COVER AFFECTING THE FAR SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE FORECAST
AREA. TEMPERATURES WILL RUN BELOW NORMAL FOR EARLY JULY...RANGING
FROM THE MID-UPPER 80S BOTH FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AFTERNOON WITH
LOWER 90S LIKELY MONDAY AFTERNOON. LOWS WILL RANGE FROM THE LOWER-
MID 60S SATURDAY NIGHT-- NEAR RECORD TERRITORY---MODERATING TO THE
UPPER 60S/LOWER 70S SUNDAY NIGHT.
&&
.LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...
A TYPICAL SUMMERTIME PATTERN SHOULD RETURN TUESDAY AS THE UPPER
RIDGE FLATTENS AND BERMUDA HIGH PRESSURE REGAINS IN CONTROL. A
FAIRLY STRONG CAP TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY WITH SURFACE DEWPOINTS
ONLY PROGGED IN THE LOWER 70S WILL MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR
CONVECTION TO INITIATE. A SLIGHT INCREASE IN LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY MAY SUPPORT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS WILL
BE IN THE LOWER 90S WITH LOWS IN THE LOWER 70S.
&&
.AVIATION /19Z FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE AT BOTH TERMINALS THROUGH THE 18Z TAF
PERIOD. GUSTY WINDS IN THE 20 TO 24 KNOT RANGE WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON OUT OF THE EAST NORTHEAST. THESE
WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE AFTER 21Z THIS AFTERNOON TO A LIGHT
NORTHEASTERLY BREEZE OVERNIGHT. WINDS WILL INCREASE ONCE AGAIN
AFTER 13Z ON SATURDAY OUT OF THE NORTHEAST NEAR 12 KNOTS. CLOUD
COVER WILL DIMINISH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS TODAY AS DRY AIR
MOVES IN FROM THE NORTH.
EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER EXPECTED
THROUGH WED.
&&
.MARINE...
NORTHEAST SURGING IS CURRENTLY PEAKING ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL
PORTIONS OF THE CHS MARINE AREA AND WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT INTO
SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE WATERS THIS EVENING. WITH HIGH PRESSURE
BUILDING IN FROM THE NORTHEAST TONIGHT...WINDS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE
TONIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY BUT THE NE SURGE WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP
CONDITIONS ABOVE SCA LEVELS FOR VARYING DURATIONS OVER THE WATERS.
BY LATE THIS EVENING...WINDS LOOK TO DROP OFF OVER CHAS HARBOR AND
THE SC WATERS...THUS WILL LET CONDITIONS DROP JUST BELOW SCA
THRESHOLDS OVERNIGHT. HOWEVER...THE BETTER FETCH AND STRONGER
WINDS OVER THE GA WATERS WILL FORCE KEEPING THE SCA HEADLINES
GOING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...NORTHEAST WIND SURGE WILL PERSIST INTO
SUNDAY BEFORE DIRECTIONS GRADUALLY VEER SOUTHEAST AND SPEEDS
DIMINISH. BREEZY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL KEEP ELEVATED SEAS IN PLACE
WITH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS PERSISTING THROUGH SATURDAY
AFTERNOON FOR THE GEORGIA NEARSHORE WATERS AND EARLY SUNDAY
MORNING FOR THE GEORGIA OFFSHORE LEG. WINDS WILL REMAIN LESS THAN
15 KT WITH SEAS 2-4 FT MONDAY AND TUESDAY.
&&
.CLIMATE...
FORECAST LOWS FOR THE MORNINGS OF JULY 3RD AND 4TH WILL BE CLOSE TO
RECORD LOWS...ESPECIALLY AT CHS. HERE ARE THE RECORD LOW
TEMPERATURES FOR THE 3RD AND 4TH...
JULY 3RD RECORD LOWS...
CHS...64 IN 1965
CHL...67 IN 1895
SAV...64 IN 1965
JULY 4TH RECORD LOWS...
CHS...63 IN 1947
CHL...61 IN 1933
SAV...61 IN 1933
&&
.CHS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.
SC...NONE.
MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR AMZ330-
350-352.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 5 AM EDT SUNDAY FOR AMZ374.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 5 PM EDT SATURDAY FOR AMZ354.
&&
JPC/STHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1158 AM EDT FRI JUL 2 2010 AMZ330-350-352-354-374-GAZ087-088-099>101-114>116-118-137-138-140- SCZ040-042>045-047-052-031000- 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-INLAND CHATHAM-LONG-INLAND LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH- ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER-INLAND BERKELEY- INLAND JASPER-TIDAL BERKELEY- 1158 AM EDT FRI JUL 2 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS...SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. GAZ117-119-139-141-SCZ048>051-031000- COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH- BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- 1158 AM EDT FRI JUL 2 2010 ...MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
2 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A strong wind gust caused a large tree branch to fall onto a car injuring the woman inside, at the intersection of 42nd Street and Bee Road in Savannah, Georgia.
A strong wind gust knocked down a tree in Warren Square in Savannah, Georgia.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Georgia in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, July 2010
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: 246805, 246806.