Southeast winds of 12 to 18 knots with swells of 3 to 4 feet produced several Rip Currents.
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The episode as NWS CHS wrote it up.
Southeast winds of 12 to 18 knots with swells of 3 to 4 feet produced several Rip Currents.
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 5, 2:36 PM EST, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 336 PM EDT FRI JUL 5 2013 .SYNOPSIS... ATLANTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL STRENGTHEN AND EXPAND INTO THE REGION THROUGH NEXT WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM SATURDAY MORNING/... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE SPREAD ACROSS MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA BY LATE AFTERNOON...AS ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND WEAK FORCING LINGER ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST STATES. WILL CONTINUE TO INDICATE HIGHEST RAIN CHANCES WEST OF INTERSTATE 95 IN THE 40 TO 50 PERCENT RANGE FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS...AS THESE LOCATIONS WILL BE CLOSEST TO A CONFLUENT ZONE BETWEEN THE PERSISTENT TROUGH TO THE WEST AND THE STRENGTHENING UPPER RIDGE. WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO ADVERTISE A SOLID 30 TO 40 PERCENT CHANCE ELSEWHERE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. DEEPER CONVECTION AND PERSISTENT UPDRAFTS HAVE STRUGGLED TO MAINTAIN...WITH ONLY AN ISOLATED STORM CELL STRENGTHENING BRIEFLY AMONG MESOSCALE BOUNDARY INTERACTIONS. LACKING SIGNIFICANT SYNOPTIC SCALE FORCING...POOR LAPSE RATES...AND JUST MODERATE INSTABILITY AT BEST...SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL CONTINUES TO LOOKS LOW. CONSIDERING PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES BACK UP TO AROUND 1.9 INCHES...HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL LIKELY BE THE MAIN CONCERN WITH CONVECTION. WILL STEADILY TREND RAIN CHANCES DOWNWARD FROM EAST TO WEST DURING THE EVENING HOURS...AS THE UPPER RIDGE BRINGS DRIER AIR AND NEGATIVE VORTICITY ADVECTION INTO THE FORECAST AREA. THEN EXPECT RAIN FREE CONDITIONS OVER LAND BY MIDNIGHT. BEST CONVERGENCE AND INSTABILITY WILL TRANSITION OVER THE COASTAL WATERS LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING...WHERE SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS WILL REDEVELOP/INCREASE IN COVERAGE. SOLID SOUTHEAST FLOW COULD ADVECT ISOLATED SHOWERS LOCALLY ONSHORE DURING THE PRE-DAWN PERIOD. LOW TEMPERATURES WILL BE FAIRLY SEASONAL...RANGING FROM THE LOW TO MID 70S AWAY FROM THE WARMER COASTLINE. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY/... A FAIRLY TYPICAL JULY PATTERN IS IN STORE FOR SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THE WESTERN EXTENT OF THE ATLANTIC RIDGE WILL NOSE INTO THE AREA SATURDAY AND SUNDAY WITH SOME DRIER AIR FILTERING IN ALOFT. DESPITE THE ONSHORE LOW-LEVEL FLOW...THERE ARE SOME INDICATIONS THAT THE DEWPOINTS WILL MIX OUT A BIT IN THE AFTERNOONS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHERN SC. PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES SHOULD DROP QUITE A BIT SATURDAY AFTERNOON WITH VALUES CLOSE TO 1.5 INCHES PERSISTING INTO SUNDAY. THE DEEPEST MOISTURE WILL SHIFT INLAND...PRIMARILY CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN GA. THE SEABREEZE SHOULD MOVE INLAND EARLY EACH AFTERNOON...WITH SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS CLOSER TO THE COAST THEN A BIT MORE COVERAGE FARTHER INLAND WHERE CONVERGENCE AND MOISTURE IS GREATER. PRETTY GOOD SUNSHINE BOTH DAYS WILL YIELD HIGH TEMPS AROUND 90. ON MONDAY THE UPPER LOW TO THE WEST LIFTS NORTHEAST...BACKING THE 850-700 MB FLOW TO A MORE SW DIRECTION OVER OUR AREA. A SHORTWAVE WILL PUSH A WEAK SURFACE FRONT INTO THE SC MIDLANDS DURING THE AFTERNOON. PRE-FRONTAL COMPRESSION AND THICKNESS ADVECTION WILL PUSH TEMPS INTO THE LOWER 90S. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED CONVECTION MAINLY FAR INLAND CLOSER TO THE FORCING. && .LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/... OVERALL CONFIDENCE IN THE LONG TERM FORECAST PERIOD IS PRETTY GOOD. THE MODELS TEND TO AGREE THAT THE REGION WILL REMAIN UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF A WEST/EAST ORIENTED MID/UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WITH SHORTWAVE ENERGY PASSING BY TO THE NORTH AND A CLOSED UPPER LOW FEATURE PASSING BY TO THE SOUTH OVER SOUTH FLORIDA AND INTO THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO. AT THE SURFACE...THE PATTERN WILL BE A BIT LIKE A BROKEN RECORD. SUBTROPICAL HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO NOSE INTO THE REGION THROUGH LATE NEXT WEEK...WITH SOME INDICATIONS THAT IT MAY BECOME SUPPRESSED TO THE SOUTH AS A FRONT SAGS INTO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AND STRETCHES ACROSS NORTH CAROLINA BY FRIDAY. EXPECT ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY WHILE TEMPS RISE INTO THE UPPER 80S/LOW 90S AND FALL INTO THE LOW/MID 70S. && .AVIATION /19Z FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... SCATTERED SHOWERS LINGER IN THE VICINITY OF BOTH TERMINALS BY LATE AFTERNOON...WHILE STRONGER CONVECTION HAS INITIATED FARTHER INLAND. HAVE AMENDED THE KCHS TAF TO ACCOUNT FOR SOME ACTIVITY APPROACHING FROM THE COASTLINE...AND MAY NEED TO CONSIDER DOING THE SAME AT KSAV IF LIGHT SHOWERS STRENGTHEN AND SHIFT CLOSER TO THE TERMINAL. AFTERNOON SKY COVER IS MAINLY COMPOSED OF DIURNAL CUMULUS AND SOME DEBRIS CLOUDS FROM VARIOUS ONGOING CONVECTION. CUMULUS FIELDS SHOULD DIMINISH AROUND SUNSET. MODEL FORECAST SOUNDINGS THEN SUGGEST SOME LOW LEVEL MOISTURE COULD BECOME TRAPPED BENEATH THE INVERSION OVERNIGHT...SUPPORTING THE FORMATION OF STRATUS AFTER MIDNIGHT. HAVE ADDED MARGINALLY MVFR CEILINGS AT BOTH KCHS AND KSAV FROM MIDNIGHT TO JUST AFTER SUNRISE...WITH SOME SCATTERED LOWER CLOUDS INCLUDED TO HINT AT A MORE PESSIMISTIC SCENARIO. BREEZY SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL ALSO DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET...PICKING UP AGAIN MID MORNING SATURDAY. EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...OUTSIDE OF THE POTENTIAL FOR BRIEF PERIODS OF SUB-VFR CONDITIONS IN ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHRA/TSRA...VFR WEATHER WILL PREVAIL. && .MARINE... TONIGHT...A STRONG HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE CENTERED NEAR BERMUDA WILL REMAIN ANCHORED IN PLACE...WHILE ALSO EXTENDING FARTHER WESTWARD TO COVER MUCH OF THE REGION EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. THE ANTICYCLONIC FLOW AROUND THIS SYSTEM WILL GENERATE MODERATE SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 15 KT WITH SOME OCCASIONAL HIGHER GUSTS. SEAS WILL BE A MIX OF WIND DRIVEN WAVES AND SWELLS...AVERAGING 3 TO 4 FT WITHIN 20 NM OF THE COAST AND 4 TO 5 FT FARTHER OFFSHORE. SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...THE PATTERN THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK WILL BE DOMINATED BY SUBTROPICAL HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE LOCAL WATERS. THIS WILL DRIVE A PERSISTENT SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST LOW LEVEL FLOW. WINDS WILL BE 15 KT OR LESS FOR THE MOST PART...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME SLIGHTLY HIGHER SURGES AT TIMES. WINDS WILL ALSO BE LOCALLY STRONGER ALONG THE LAND/SEA INTERFACE IN THE AFTERNOONS. SEAS WILL RANGE 3-5 FT THIS WEEKEND... BEFORE DECREASING A BIT INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. OVERALL...CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN BELOW SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THRESHOLDS. .RIP CURRENTS...APPROXIMATELY 2 FT 8 SECOND SWELL WILL IMPACT THE BEACHES AGAIN SATURDAY. WITH A WEAK ASTRONOMICAL INFLUENCE AND ONSHORE WINDS AROUND 15 KT WE HAVE A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS CONTINUING THROUGH SATURDAY. && .CHS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. SC...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && NEAR TERM...WMS SHORT TERM...JRL LONG TERM...BSH AVIATION...WMS/JRL MARINE...WMS/JRL
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 343 PM EDT FRI JUL 5 2013 GAZ117-119-139-141-SCZ048>051-061945- COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH- BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- 343 PM EDT FRI JUL 5 2013 ...MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY 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. 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. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ASSISTANCE IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. AMZ330-350-352-354-374-GAZ087-088-099>101-114>116-118-137-138-140- SCZ040-042>045-047-052-061945- 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- 343 PM EDT FRI JUL 5 2013 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 ASSISTANCE IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
525 PM EDT FRI JUL 05 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0351 PM RIP CURRENTS TYBEE ISLAND 32.02N 80.86W
07/05/2013 CHATHAM GA LIFEGUARD
*** 1 INJ *** TYBEE ISLAND LIFEGUARD REPORTED 1 RIP
CURRENT THAT RESULTED IN A PERSON BEING TRANSPORTED TO
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL DUE TO WATER INHALATION.
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EVENT NUMBER CHS1300623
BDC1 rip current. Local standard time, as filed.
Tybee Island Lifeguard Station reported 1 Rip Current that resulted in 1 person being rescued and transported to hospital due to water inhalation.
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