Widespread showers and thunderstorms developed along and ahead of a southward moving cold front. Training cells over downtown Charleston and surrounding areas, combined with high tide, resulted in flash flooding.
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The episode as NWS CHS wrote it up.
Widespread showers and thunderstorms developed along and ahead of a southward moving cold front. Training cells over downtown Charleston and surrounding areas, combined with high tide, resulted in flash flooding. Conditions were made worse because flooding occurred during rush hour.
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 19, 3:02 PM EST, 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 402 PM EDT WED JUN 19 2013 .SYNOPSIS... A COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY PROGRESS THROUGH THE REGION TONIGHT. THE FRONT WILL THEN STALL JUST SOUTH OF THE AREA THURSDAY AND LINGER THROUGH SATURDAY...AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS FROM THE NORTH. THE CENTER OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN SLIP INTO THE ATLANTIC EARLY NEXT WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM THURSDAY MORNING/... THIS AFTERNOON...SO FAR THE BULK OF THE SHOWER/THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS REMAINED CENTERED OVER THE TRI-COUNTY REGION AND ALONG THE COASTLINE. THESE AREAS ARE SEEING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH HIGH RAINFALL RATES AND THIS WILL BE THE REGION OF GREATEST CONCERN FOR POTENTIAL FLOODING THROUGH THE EVENING. ELSEWHERE...SHOWERS AND STORMS HAVE BEEN LESS IN COVERAGE THOUGH RADAR SHOWS NUMEROUS OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FLOATING AROUND WHICH MAY SERVE TO KICK OFF ADDITIONAL CONVECTION OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. I HAVE ADJUSTED POPS ACCORDING TO RADAR TRENDS WITH THE IDEA OF THE BEST COVERAGE SHIFTING SOUTHWARD ALONG THE FRONT THROUGH THE EVENING. TONIGHT...THE COLD FRONT TO THE NORTH WILL CONTINUE SINKING SOUTHWARD AND THE BULK OF THE PRECIP DURING THE EARLY PART OF THE PERIOD WILL BE FOCUSED ALONG IT. EXPECT ONGOING CONVECTION TO DIMINISH WITH THE LOSS OF HEATING...THOUGH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS MAY CONTINUE ALONG AND NEAR THE COAST AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW A WAVE DEVELOPING ALONG THE FRONT...THOUGH IT WILL RIDE NORTHEASTWARD AND OFF THE COAST RATHER QUICKLY. SOME MINOR POP ADJUSTMENTS WERE MADE...MAINLY TO KEEP A SLIGHT CHANCE INLAND ACROSS SOUTHEAST GA...AND CHANCES OVER THE WATERS WHERE THE BETTER INSTABILITY WILL RESIDE. FOG...THOUGH NOT A WIDESPREAD CONCERN...WILL BE POSSIBLE IN LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAINFALL THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING. LOWS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE UPPER 60S INLAND AND LOW 70S ALONG THE COAST. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY/... THURSDAY...WE SHOULD EXPERIENCE A DECREASE IN SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE THURSDAY MORNING AS A STALLED FRONT REMAINS JUST OFFSHORE AND SOUTH OF THE FORECAST AREA. MODELS ARE FAIRLY CONSISTENT THAT A WEAK LOW/COASTAL TROUGH WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE STALLED BOUNDARY DURING THE DAY...THUS PROVIDING A FORCING MECHANISM FOR ADDITIONAL SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR LOCATIONS WHERE ABUNDANT LOW LVL MOISTURE LINGERS...MAINLY ALONG COASTAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA COUNTIES. HAVE THEREFORE MAINTAINED 30-40 POPS OVER THESE LOCATIONS. OVERALL HIGH TEMPS SHOULD REMAIN A DEGREE OR TWO BELOW NORMAL WITH INCREASING CLOUD COVER AND PRECIP OVER THE AREA. EXPECT TEMPS TO PEAK IN THE MID/UPPER 80S. SHOWERS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS MAY LINGER INTO THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD AS THE SFC LOW/COASTAL TROUGH REMAINS POSITIONED NEAR THE SOUTHEAST COAST. FOR THIS REASON...HAVE MAINTAINED 20 POPS MAINLY OVER ALL SOUTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA COASTAL COUNTIES. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL RANGE IN THE UPPER 60S INLAND TO LOW/MID 70S ALONG THE COAST. FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL EVENTUALLY BUILD OVER THE MIDLANDS FROM THE NORTH BY FRIDAY...WITH THE PATTERN TRANSITIONING INTO AN INLAND WEDGE AND COASTAL TROUGH TYPE SCENARIO. MODELS CONTINUE TO SUGGEST WEAK WAVES OF ENERGY DEVELOPING ALONG THE COASTAL TROUGH WHICH GRADUALLY SLIDE THE TROUGH NEAR THE IMMEDIATE COAST FRIDAY AFTERNOON...THUS PROVIDING ANOTHER DAY OF SHOWER AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS...WITH THE GREATEST COVERAGE ALONG COASTAL COUNTIES. BY SATURDAY...HIGH PRESSURE WILL GRADUALLY STRENGTHEN OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC AND LIKELY FORCE THE COASTAL TROUGH OVER LAND BY THE AFTERNOON OR EVENING. HAVE THEREFORE INDICATED A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF COASTAL SHOWERS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY MORNING GRADUALLY SHIFTING INLAND WITH THE TROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. OVERALL HIGHS WILL CONTINUE TO REMAIN A FEW DEGREES BELOW NORMAL ON BOTH DAYS...WITH TEMPS EXPECTED TO REACH THE MID/UPPER 80S...HIGHEST OVER INLAND GEORGIA. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL RANGE IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S. && .LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... THE INLAND WEDGE/COASTAL TROUGH PATTERN WILL TRANSITION ON SUNDAY...AS THE TROUGH DAMPENS AND/OR MOVES INLAND WHILE THE CENTER OF HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES OVER THE ATLANTIC. THE FORECAST AREA WILL THEN REMAIN ALONG THE WESTERN PERIPHERY OF THE ATLANTIC HIGH PRESSURE INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...WITH A WEAK INLAND SURFACE TROUGH DEVELOPING TOWARD THE MID WEEK PERIOD. HAVE INDICATED A MORE SEASONAL CONVECTIVE SCENARIO....WITH THUNDERSTORMS GENERALLY DEVELOPING ALONG AND INLAND OF THE SEABREEZE EACH AFTERNOON...DIMINISHING IN COVERAGE AND/OR RE-DEVELOPING OVER THE WATERS EACH NIGHT. 500 MB HEIGHTS PEAK EARLY NEXT WEEK...EVIDENCE THAT THE INITIALLY WEAK UPPER LEVEL PATTERN WILL TRANSITION INTO BROAD RIDGING ALOFT. AS A RESULT...EXPECT A GRADUAL WARMING TREND THROUGH THE PERIOD. HIGH TEMPERATURES AROUND 90 DEGREES AWAY FROM THE COASTLINE SUNDAY WILL INCREASE INTO THE LOWER 90S MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. && .AVIATION /20Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... THE BIGGEST IMMEDIATE CONCERN IS THE POSSIBILITY OF DIRECT IMPACTS FROM THUNDERSTORMS AT THE TERMINALS. AT KCHS...THUNDERSTORMS ARE CURRENTLY AFFECTING AREAS WELL NORTH OF THE AIRFIELD...BUT THIS BROKEN LINE OF STORMS IS EXPECTED TO SINK SOUTHWARD WITH A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE EVENING. I HAVE ADJUSTED THE TIMING FOR TSRA TO BE 19Z-22Z. AT KSAV...CURRENT STORMS TO THE SOUTH WILL REMAIN THERE AND IT WILL TAKE A BIT LONGER FOR STORMS TO THE NORTH TO GET INTO THE VICINITY. I HAVE HIGHLIGHTED 20Z-23Z FOR TEMPO TSRA. HEAVY RAIN REDUCING VISIBILITIES IS THE BIGGEST CONCERN...THOUGH GUSTY WINDS COULD BE POSSIBLE. OVERNIGHT...CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT RESTRICTED CEILINGS WILL DEVELOP ALONG AND IMMEDIATELY BEHIND THE SOUTHWARD SINKING FRONT. SREF PROBABILITIES ARE HIGHEST AT KCHS AND WILL START EARLIER THAN AT KSAV. I HAVE TAKEN BOTH SITES TO MVFR...AND ALLOWED CEILINGS TO STICK AROUND INTO THE MID MORNING HOURS. EXTENDED AVIATION...MVFR OR LOWER CIGS/VSBYS POSSIBLE THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY WITH ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING NEAR A COASTAL TROUGH. VFR CONDITIONS MAY RETURN BY SUNDAY. && .MARINE... TONIGHT...A COLD FRONT TO THE NORTH WILL CONTINUE SINKING SOUTHWARD AND INTO THE VICINITY OF THE WATERS THROUGH TONIGHT. MOST OF THE WATERS WILL MAINTAIN WESTERLY FLOW TONIGHT...EXCEPT FOR THE CHARLESTON COUNTY WATERS WHICH MAY BEGIN TURNING MORE NORTHERLY DUE TO THE FRONT VERY LATE. OVERALL CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN WELL BELOW SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVELS WITH WINDS LESS THAN 15 KNOTS AND SEAS 2-3 FT WITHIN 20 NM AND 3-4 FT BEYOND. THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...EAST/NORTHEAST WINDS AND SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN WELL BELOW SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CRITERIA THURSDAY AS A COLD FRONT STALLS OVER OR NEAR THE WATERS. A COASTAL TROUGH IS THEN EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE STALLED BOUNDARY BY FRIDAY WHILE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS FROM THE NORTH INLAND. THIS MAY PRODUCE A MODEST PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER THE WATERS WITH WIND SPEEDS PEAKING BETWEEN AROUND 15 KTS AND WAVES BUILDING TO 3-4 FT. ADDITIONALLY...SHOWERS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH SATURDAY OVER ALL WATERS UNTIL HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC AND SHIFTS THE COASTAL TROUGH ONSHORE. WINDS/SEAS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO DECREASE/SUBSIDE INTO SUNDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUES TO BUILD OVER THE ATLANTIC. && .CHS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. SC...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && SYNOPSIS... NEAR TERM...BSH SHORT TERM...DPB LONG TERM...WMS AVIATION...BSH MARINE...BSH/DPB
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 353 PM EDT WED JUN 19 2013 GAZ087-088-099>101-114>116-118-137-138-140-SCZ040-042>045-047-052- 201200- 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- 353 PM EDT WED JUN 19 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. HEAVY RAINFALL...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA TODAY IN ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT. STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS. WET SOILS CONDITIONS ARE IN PLACE LIMITING RUNOFF IN MANY AREAS...THUS MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS WILL OCCUR WHERE HEAVIER RAINS FALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ASSISTANCE IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. GAZ117-119-139-141-SCZ048>051-201200- COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH- BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- 353 PM EDT WED JUN 19 2013 ...MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. HEAVY RAINFALL...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA TODAY IN ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT. STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS. WET SOILS CONDITIONS ARE IN PLACE LIMITING RUNOFF IN MANY AREAS...THUS MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS WILL OCCUR WHERE HEAVIER RAINS FALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. 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. AMZ330-350-352-354-201200- 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- 353 PM EDT WED JUN 19 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE WATERS LATER TODAY AND THIS EVENING WITH A CHANCE FOR HAZARDOUS WEATHER CONDITIONS FROM DEADLY LIGHTING STRIKES... POOR VISIBILITIES IN HEAVY RAIN...AND LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS AND HIGHER SEAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ASSISTANCE IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. AMZ374-201200- WATERS FROM SAVANNAH GA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GA EXTENDING FROM 20 TO 60 NM- 353 PM EDT WED JUN 19 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. HE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ASSISTANCE IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
100 PM EDT WED JUN 19 2013
SCZ045-191745-
INLAND BERKELEY-
100 PM EDT WED JUN 19 2013
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF BERKELEY COUNTY
THROUGH 145 PM EDT...
AT 1256 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM...NEAR CROSS CROSS ROADS...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
CROSS CROSS ROADS...CROSS...CHICORA...MURRAYSVILLE...NORTHERN LAKE
MOULTRIE...SOUTHERN LAKE MOULTRIE...PINEVILLE...JUDGE TOWN...BONNEAU
BEACH...
PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS...
GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPACT LAKE MOULTRIE. BOATERS SHOULD
SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY. IF CAUGHT ON THE OPEN WATERS...STAY AS
LOW AS POSSIBLE AND WEAR A PERSONAL FLOATATION DEVICE. SWIMMERS
SHOULD GET OUT OF THE WATER AND INTO A STURDY BUILDING. REMEMBER...IF
YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER YOU ARE AT RISK OF BEING STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
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 3308 7985 3327 8036 3328 8035 3327 8031
3330 8026 3338 8025 3339 8023 3345 8022
3345 8017 3346 8017 3345 8015 3347 8014
3348 8016 3351 8012 3350 7997 3344 7987
3339 7983 3337 7981 3338 7978 3332 7974
TIME...MOT...LOC 1701Z 270DEG 18KT 3335 8014SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
202 PM EDT WED JUN 19 2013
SCZ044-045-191900-
DORCHESTER-INLAND BERKELEY-
202 PM EDT WED JUN 19 2013
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF DORCHESTER AND
BERKELEY COUNTIES THROUGH 300 PM EDT...
AT 200 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM...NEAR GIANT...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
ROSINVILLE...INDIAN FIELD...GIANT...HARLEYVILLE...FRANCIS BEIDLER
FOREST...SPRING HILL...EBENEZER...SANDRIDGE...PRINGLETOWN...
PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS...
GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...
FUNNEL CLOUDS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPACT LAKE MOULTRIE. BOATERS SHOULD
SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY. IF CAUGHT ON THE OPEN WATERS...STAY AS
LOW AS POSSIBLE AND WEAR A PERSONAL FLOATATION DEVICE. SWIMMERS
SHOULD GET OUT OF THE WATER AND INTO A STURDY BUILDING. REMEMBER...IF
YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER YOU ARE AT RISK OF BEING STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
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 3341 8001 3311 8004 3317 8059 3323 8070
3333 8051 3332 8049 3328 8048 3326 8043
3327 8039 3326 8036 3328 8035 3327 8031
3330 8026 3335 8024 3338 8025 3340 8022
TIME...MOT...LOC 1802Z 268DEG 17KT 3324 8047SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
206 PM EDT WED JUN 19 2013
SCZ045-050-052-191900-
CHARLESTON-INLAND BERKELEY-TIDAL BERKELEY-
206 PM EDT WED JUN 19 2013
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF CHARLESTON...BERKELEY
AND GEORGETOWN COUNTIES THROUGH 300 PM EDT...
AT 204 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM...NEAR NEW HOPE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
RICHMOND...CORDESVILLE...NEW HOPE...HUGER...FAREWELL CORNER...
BEUFORDTOWN...SMITH...THOMAS CORNER...JAMESTOWN...
PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS...
GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...
FUNNEL CLOUDS...
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 3308 7934 3300 7936 3301 7943 3300 7949
3303 7953 3302 7955 3299 7954 3302 7955
3300 7958 3311 8004 3341 8002 3341 7985
3338 7978 3332 7974 3327 7956 3324 7949
3325 7948 3318 7939 3313 7927
TIME...MOT...LOC 1807Z 282DEG 15KT 3310 7983SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
251 PM EDT WED JUN 19 2013
GAZ087-088-SCZ040-191930-
ALLENDALE-JENKINS-SCREVEN-
251 PM EDT WED JUN 19 2013
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SCREVEN...JENKINS AND
ALLENDALE COUNTIES THROUGH 330 PM EDT...
AT 249 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM AVERILL TO 10
MILES NORTHWEST OF ZEIGLER...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
AVERILL...MILLETT...MARTIN...MILLHAVEN...BALDOCK...ZEIGLER...
HILLTONIA...WATERS...SYLVANIA...
PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS...
GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...
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 3284 8197 3295 8182 3294 8181 3291 8177
3304 8155 3308 8161 3315 8151 3311 8136
3312 8120 3303 8108 3296 8121 3294 8123
3291 8124 3266 8156
TIME...MOT...LOC 1852Z 272DEG 29KT 3310 8147 3286 8183SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
257 PM EDT WED JUN 19 2013
SCZ044-045-050-052-192000-
CHARLESTON-DORCHESTER-INLAND BERKELEY-TIDAL BERKELEY-
257 PM EDT WED JUN 19 2013
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF DORCHESTER...
CHARLESTON AND BERKELEY COUNTIES THROUGH 400 PM EDT...
AT 254 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM GIVHANS TO
SMITH...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
MOUNT HOLLY...SANGAREE...GIVHANS...DRIGGERSTOWN...GETTYSVILLE...
CROWFIELD PLANTATION...MORELAND...KNIGHTSVILLE...CANAAN...CLUBHOUSE
CROSSROADS...
PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS...
GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...
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 3300 7936 3299 7955 3301 7957 3297 7955
3299 7959 3295 7961 3290 7958 3275 7984
3278 7991 3276 7987 3275 7987 3268 7989
3254 8017 3254 8022 3298 8042 3304 8039
3307 8046 3316 7955 3307 7933
TIME...MOT...LOC 1857Z 297DEG 12KT 3303 8033 3303 7975SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 401 PM EDT WED JUN 19 2013 SCZ040-042-192030- ALLENDALE-HAMPTON- 401 PM EDT WED JUN 19 2013 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF ALLENDALE AND HAMPTON COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM EDT... AT 358 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM LAKE WARREN STATE PARK TO ESTILL...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE... LAKE WARREN STATE PARK...LURAY...HAMPTON...ESTILL...VARNVILLE... HAMPTON-VARNVILLE AIRPORT...ALMEDA...ALMEDA INTERSECTION...CAMP BRANCH...STAFFORD... PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS... STRONG WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH... 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 3291 8120 3282 8092 3262 8119 3274 8139 TIME...MOT...LOC 2002Z 291DEG 22KT 3283 8115 3272 8129 JAQ
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 39 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:17 UTC.
6 flash flood, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
The South Carolina Department of Highways reported a tree down near the intersection of Cayce Road and Willow Swamp Road.
Highway 52 near Jacksonville Road was closed due to flooding. Two cars were also stranded in the water.
A spotter reported two feet of standing water at the intersection of Smith Street and Vanderhorst Street.
Law enforcement reported the intersections of Ashley Avenue and Bennett Street, Morris Street and Coming Street, Morrison Drive and Meeting Street, Coming Street and Spring Street, Rutledge Avenue and Beaufain Street flooded and impassable. America Street was also flooded and impassable between Cooper Street and Lee Street.
The South Carolina Department of Highways reported a tree down near the intersection of Coolers Dairy Road and Cottageville Highway.
The South Carolina Department of Highways reported a tree down near the intersection of Wesley Chapel Road and Wesley Grove Road.
Law enforcement reported stranded vehicles in water at the intersection of Rutledge Avenue and Septima Clark Parkway and at the intersection of East Bay Street and Columbus Street. One water rescue was needed.
Law enforcement reported Spruill Avenue closed at the Interstate 26 off ramp due to flooding. Law enforcement also reported parts of Joppa Avenue, Kingworth Avenue and Little Avenue also closed due to flooding.
A local newspaper reported parts of Ashley Avenue north of Fishburne closed due to flooding. The local newspaper also reported parts of Rutledge Avenue, Sam Rittenburg Boulevard, Sumter Street, Huger Street and King Street closed due to flooding.
The South Carolina Department of Highways reported a tree down near the intersection of John Smith Road and Independence Boulevard. Tree likely fell due to heavy rainfall over time.
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