Strong thunderstorms developed within an unstable airmass during afternoon hours while a short wave disturbance along with a southward moving surface boundary shifted across southeast Georgia.
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Strong thunderstorms developed within an unstable airmass during afternoon hours while a short wave disturbance along with a southward moving surface boundary shifted across 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 6, 1:18 PM EST, 49 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 218 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2011 .SYNOPSIS... A WEAK FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO SHIFT SOUTH OF THE AREA TODAY...AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE NORTH. THE HIGH WILL THEN PREVAIL THROUGH FRIDAY. A COLD FRONT MAY MOVE INTO THE REGION OVER THE WEEKEND OR EARLY NEXT WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/... AREAS OF SMOKE...WHICH HAVE REDUCED VISIBILITIES TO 3-5 MILES AT TIMES...APPEARS TO BE COMING FROM A WILDFIRE IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA. TRAJECTORIES ARE TAKING THE SMOKE OFF THE ATLANTIC COAST OF FLORIDA...THEN BRINGING IT BACK ONSHORE ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA WITH THE LOW LEVEL ONSHORE FLOW. THE SOUTH CAROLINA FORESTRY COMMISSION AND GEORGIA FORESTRY COMMISSION ARE REPORTING NO WILDFIRES IN THE LOCAL AREA. MIDDAY WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS SHORT WAVE ENERGY DIVING SOUTH ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA AND FAR SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA ALONG THE EASTERN PERIPHERY OF A STRONG RIDGE CENTERED OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. AT THE SURFACE...WEAK LOW PRESSURE AND AN ASSOCIATED FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO DROP SOUTH ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN GEORGIA. WHILE DRIER AIR WILL CONTINUE TO WORK IN FROM THE NORTH AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE REGION...DEEPER MOISTURE WILL LINGER ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHERN GEORGIA. THE MOISTURE...COMBINED WITH ENHANCED LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE DUE TO THE PROXIMITY OF THE WEAK SURFACE LOW AND LIFT PROVIDED BY THE PASSING SHORT WAVE COULD SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS DURING THE MID-LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. PROBABILITIES APPEAR TO BE HIGHEST SOUTH OF THE I-16 CORRIDOR...BUT COULD NOT RULE OUT SOME ISOLATED CONVECTION AS FAR NORTH AS FAR SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA. A NORTHEAST TO EAST WIND COMPONENT WILL BE IN PLACE TODAY IN WAKE OF THE DEPARTING FRONT. THIS WILL RESULT IN A SOMEWHAT COOLER DAY...BUT TEMPERATURES WILL STILL BE WELL ABOVE NORMAL WITH HIGHS FORECAST TO BE IN THE LOW TO MID 90S ACROSS SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND MID TO UPPER 90S ACROSS SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AWAY FROM THE COAST. && .SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY/... ANY CONVECTION SHOULD PRESS S OF THE ALTAMAHA BY EARLY THIS EVENING WITH QUIET WEATHER EXPECTED OVERNIGHT WITH LOWS FROM THE UPPER 60S INLAND TO THE LOWER 70S COAST UNDER MAINLY CLEAR SKIES. TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...WE THINK CONVECTION WILL MOVE S OF OUR GEORGIA FORECAST AREA EARLY THIS EVENING AND MAINLY QUIET WEATHER IS EXPECTED TONIGHT WITH LOWS UPPER 60S INLAND TO LOWER 70S COAST. DEEP LAYER RIDGING WILL HOLD IN PLACE OVER THE SOUTHEAST STATES THROUGH THE SHORT TERM PERIODS...GREATLY LIMITING CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL ACROSS THE AREA. AS A RESULT...WILL CONTINUE WITH A RAIN FREE FORECAST THROUGH THE PERIOD. AWAY FROM THE COAST...HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE GENERALLY EXPECTED TO TOP OUT IN THE LOW TO MID 90S...WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS BETWEEN 65 AND 70 DEGREES. && .LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/... LATEST MODEL SOLUTIONS CONTINUE TO SUGGEST THAT THE DEEP LAYER RIDGE WILL HOLD IN PLACE THROUGH LATE IN THE WEEK BEFORE BREAKING DOWN OVER THE WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK AS SHEARED OUT SHORTWAVE ENERGY LIFTS NORTHEASTWARD OUT OF THE GULF OF MEXICO. THE MODELS ALSO GENERALLY SHOW AND INCREASE IN DEEP MOISTURE IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE DEEP CONVECTION CURRENTLY OVER THE NORTH-CENTRAL CARIBBEAN OVER THE UPCOMING WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. OVERALL...IT CONTINUES TO LOOK LIKE A FAIRLY DRY LONG TERM PERIOD...SO WILL LIMIT RAIN PROBABILITIES TO 20 PERCENT OR LESS. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO RUN ABOVE CLIMATOLOGY. && .AVIATION /18Z MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 18Z TUESDAY. HAVE INCLUDED CB IN THE KSAV TAF THROUGH 22Z DUE TO ISOLATED/SCATTERED CONVECTION OVER SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. CANNOT RULE OUT PATCHY LATE NIGHT/EARLY MORNING MVFR FOG/HAZE AND/OR LOW STRATUS FROM 09Z-13Z... MAINLY AT KSAV WHERE BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE WILL BE GREATEST. HOWEVER...OUR CONFIDENCE IS LOW AT THIS TIME THUS MAINTAINED VFR CONDITIONS IN THE TAF. EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...PATCHY MVFR VSBYS POSSIBLE AROUND DAYBREAK THROUGH MID WEEK...OTHERWISE MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL. && .MARINE... THE FLOW WILL GENERALLY BE ONSHORE OVER THE WATERS AS A FRONT DROPS SOUTH OF THE AREA AND HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS FROM THE NORTH...WITH NEAR SHORE ENHANCEMENTS EXPECTED ALONG THE LAND/SEA INTERFACE THIS AFTERNOON. BY LATE AFTERNOON...THE INTRACOASTAL COULD BE 15-20 KT IN SPOTS WITH 10 TO 15 KT E FLOW OVER THE ATLC. E TO SE FLOW WILL LINGER TONIGHT BUT SPEEDS MAINLY LESS THAN 15 KT. SEAS WILL AVERAGE 2 TO 4 FT...HIGHEST THIS MORNING AROUND GRAYS REEF AND SEAWARD. TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...ATLANTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL HOLD IN PLACE THROUGH THE PERIOD...RESULTING IN FAIRLY BENIGN WEATHER OVER THE MARINE AREA WITH WINDS AND SEAS HOLDING BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS. && .CHS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. SC...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && JAQ
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 426 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2011 AMZ330-350-352-354-374-GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040- 042>045-047>052-061000- 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-INLAND BERKELEY- INLAND JASPER-BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- TIDAL BERKELEY- 426 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS...SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1037 AM EDT MON JUN 06 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1028 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 E ISLANDTON 32.90N 80.86W
06/02/2011 COLLETON SC LAW ENFORCEMENT
LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED 1 TREE DOWN NEAR THE
INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 21 AND HIGHWAY 63.
&&
EVENT NUMBER CHS1100441
DPBPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1049 AM EDT MON JUN 06 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1045 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 NNW WALTERBORO 32.95N 80.69W
06/02/2011 COLLETON SC LAW ENFORCEMENT
LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED 1 TREE DOWN NEAR THE
INTERSECTION OF RUFFIN ROAD AND MOUNT CARMEL ROAD.
&&
EVENT NUMBER CHS1100442
DPBSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 149 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2011 SCZ047-048-051-061815- BEAUFORT-COASTAL JASPER-INLAND JASPER- 149 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2011 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF JASPER AND BEAUFORT COUNTIES THROUGH 215 PM EDT... AT 147 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM...NEAR RIDGELAND...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE... GRAHAMVILLE...JASPER...OLD HOUSE...RIDGELAND...SUN CITY AND SWITZERLAND... PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS... GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH... NICKEL SIZE HAIL... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HAVE AN ACTION PLAN READY IN THE EVENT THIS STORM STRENGTHENS OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. 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. && LAT...LON 3228 8092 3237 8115 3256 8101 3249 8080 TIME...MOT...LOC 1750Z 024DEG 9KT 3250 8098 JAQ
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
220 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2011
SCZ047-048-051-061900-
BEAUFORT-COASTAL JASPER-INLAND JASPER-
220 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2011
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF JASPER AND BEAUFORT
COUNTIES THROUGH 300 PM EDT...
AT 218 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM...NEAR SWITZERLAND...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
BELLINGER HILL AREA...BLUFFTON...GRAHAMVILLE...HARDEEVILLE...
JASPER...OLD HOUSE...PRITCHARDVILLE...RIDGELAND...ROSE HILL...SUN
CITY AND SWITZERLAND...
PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS...
GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...
PENNY SIZE HAIL...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3215 8112 3215 8111 3216 8113 3219 8111
3220 8113 3249 8109 3249 8088 3213 8084
3213 8112
TIME...MOT...LOC 1820Z 000DEG 12KT 3240 8099
33SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 229 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2011 GAZ100-101-116-118-119-061915- BULLOCH-COASTAL CHATHAM-EFFINGHAM-INLAND BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM- 229 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2011 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF BULLOCH... EFFINGHAM...BRYAN AND CHATHAM COUNTIES THROUGH 315 PM EDT... AT 227 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM...NEAR COLDBROOK...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE... BLITCHTON...BLOOMINGDALE...EDEN...GARDEN CITY...GUYTON...I-16/I-95 INTERCHANGE...MARLOW...MEINHARD...MELDRIM...MONTEITH...PINEORA... POOLER...PORT WENTWORTH...RINCON...SAVANNAH AIRPORT...SPRINGFIELD AND STILLWELL... PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS... GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH... PENNY SIZE HAIL... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && LAT...LON 3204 8111 3197 8139 3242 8156 3251 8128 TIME...MOT...LOC 1829Z 346DEG 10KT 3223 8128
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 232 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2011 GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-042>045-047>052-070000- 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-INLAND BERKELEY- INLAND JASPER-BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- TIDAL BERKELEY- 232 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2011 ...AREAS OF SMOKE AFFECTING PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA... THE SOUTH CAROLINA FORESTRY COMMISSION AND GEORGIA FORESTRY COMMISSION REPORT NO ACTIVE WILDFIRES ACROSS THE AREA. HOWEVER... SMOKE FROM A WILDFIRE IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA HAS BEEN DRIFTING INTO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN...THEN SPREADING BACK ONSHORE ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA DUE TO THE EASTERLY WINDS THAT ARE IN PLACE THIS AFTERNOON. THE SMOKE HAS BEEN REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO AS LOW AS 2 TO 3 MILES AT TIMES. THE SMOKE COULD LINGER ACROSS THE AREA INTO TONIGHT. JAQ
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 58 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:07 UTC.
7 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Law enforcement reported one tree down near Phillip Avenue.
A trained spotter reported quarter size hail in Fleming.
A trained spotter reported dime to nickel size hail.
A trained spotter reported golf ball size hail.
A trained spotter reported half dollar size hail.
A trained spotter reported dime to nickel size hail.
The public reported quarter to baseball size hail.
A fire department reported quarter to half dollar size hail.
Law enforcement reported one tree down on Liberty Street.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Georgia in 2011Every state in 2011This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, June 2011
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: 328154, 328145, 328148, 328149, 328150, 328152, 328153, 328158, 328155.