A squall line of thunderstorms passed over the region as a mid level low pressure system interacted with a seabreeze and modest instability.
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The episode as NWS CHS wrote it up.
A squall line of thunderstorms passed over the region as a mid level low pressure system interacted with a seabreeze and modest instability.
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 24, 4:30 PM EST, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 530 PM EDT TUE JUN 24 2014 .SYNOPSIS... ATLANTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL GRADUALLY BECOME THE DOMINANT FEATURE THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK WHILE A WEAK TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE PERSISTS INLAND. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING/... GRIDS/TEXT PRODUCTS HAVE BEEN UPDATED TO REFLECT GOING TRENDS. APPROACHING LINE OF SHOWERS/TSTMS APPEARS LINKED TO WEAK SHORTWAVE ENERGY MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN GEORGIA. INSTABILITY IS NOT THE GREATEST AHEAD OF THE LINE WITH MLCAPE RUNNING ABOUT 1500 J/KG...BUT IS ENOUGH TO SUSTAIN ACTIVITY AS IT MOVES EAST. KCLX ALSO SHOWS THE SEA BREEZE BEGINNING TO BOW INLAND ACROSS NORTH COASTAL GEORGIA WHICH MAY HELP INCREASE LOW-LEVEL CONVERGENCE... MAINLY SOUTH OF I-16. THERE APPEARS TO BE A WEAK CAP IN PLACE WHICH MAY SUPPRESS ACTIVITY FARTHER TO THE NORTH ACROSS SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...EXCEPT ACROSS THE FAR SOUTH NEAR THE SAVANNAH RIVER. ADJUSTED POPS TO INCREASE GRIDDED VALUES TO 70 PERCENT ROUGHLY ALONG/SOUTH OF I-16 WITH POPS UP TO 30/40 PERCENT ELSEWHERE...LOWEST ACROSS THE FAR NORTHERN ZONES. AN ISOLATED STRONG/SEVERE TSTM CAN NOT BE RULED OUT...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF I-16 WHERE A COLLISION WITH THE SEA BREEZE COULD LOCALLY BOOST UPDRAFT STRENGTH. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO A CONCERN ALTHOUGH STORM MOVEMENT IS A BIT MORE THAN YESTERDAY. HOWEVER...IT WILL NOT TAKE MUCH HEAVY RAIN ACROSS NORTHERN CHATHAM COUNTY TO PRODUCE AT LEAST MINOR FLOODING WHERE UPWARDS OF 6-10 INCHES OF RAIN FELL MONDAY. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY/... THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL GRADUALLY BUILD OVER THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. MEANWHILE BERMUDA HIGH PRESSURE WILL BECOME ENTRENCHED ACROSS THE WESTERN ATLANTIC. DEEP WESTERLY FLOW WILL SETUP ON WEDNESDAY...PRODUCING BROAD SUBSIDENCE AND PREVENTING THE SEA BREEZE FROM MAKING MUCH INLAND PROGRESS UNTIL LATER IN THE AFTERNOON. DOWNSLOPE FLOW WILL PUSH HIGH TEMPS INTO THE MIDDLE 90S. MODEL SOUNDINGS DEPICT A STRENGTHENING MID LEVEL CAP WHICH WILL PRECLUDE MUCH IN THE WAY OF CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT AT LEAST EARLY ON. THE NAM SHOWS SOME WEAK SHORTWAVE ENERGY PUSHING INTO THE AREA LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. THERE WILL ALSO BE A WEAK LEE TROUGH TO THE WEST WHICH MAY PRODUCE SOME SHOWERS AND TSTMS THAT COULD MOVE INTO OUR AREA LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. WE DECREASED POPS TO SLIGHT CHANCE AND MAINLY AFTER 2PM. RESIDUAL CONVECTION SHOULD DISSIPATE EARLY IN THE EVENING WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. ON THURSDAY A SIMILAR PATTERN WILL BE IN PLACE...THOUGH THE MID-LEVEL CAP WILL BE EVEN STRONGER. HOWEVER IN THE LOWER LEVELS THE FLOW BECOMES MORE SOUTHWESTERLY WHICH SHOULD ALLOW THE SEA BREEZE TO PUSH INLAND A FEW HOURS EARLIER THAN ON WEDNESDAY. MODEL SOUNDINGS AND TIME SECTIONS SHOW QUITE A BIT MORE DRY AIR OVER THE AREA WITH PWAT VALUES DROPPING BELOW 1.40 INCHES AT KCHS IN THE AFTERNOON. THERE COULD BE ANOTHER BOUT OF LATE AFTERNOON VORTICITY ENERGY MOVING IN FROM THE WEST WHICH MAY HELP A FEW SHOWERS AND TSTMS DEVELOP THOUGH OVERALL COVERAGE SHOULD AGAIN BE LESS THAN 25 PERCENT. IF ANY STRONGER STORMS CAN DEVELOP THE PRESENCE OF MID-LEVEL DRY AIR COULD LEAD TO A SLIGHTLY GREATER CHANCE FOR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. WARM THICKNESSES AND SOME DOWNSLOPE FLOW WILL PUSH HIGHS INTO THE MIDDLE 90S. SOME MODEL DIFFERENCES EXIST FOR FRIDAY WITH THE CONSENSUS SHOWING STRENGTHENING LOW AND MID LEVEL RIDGING...THOUGH THE NAM SHOWS A WEAK 500 MB LOW DRIFTING THROUGH. WE ARE TRENDING TOWARD THE GFS/ECMWF AND ANOTHER RELATIVELY QUIET DAY WITH MAINLY LEE TROUGH AND SEA BREEZE CONVECTION AND HIGH TEMPS IN THE MIDDLE 90S. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/... MODEL AGREEMENT CONTINUES TO BE GOOD IN THE LONG TERM PERIOD. THE BUILDING RIDGE WILL BECOME CENTERED NEARLY RIGHT OVER THE FORECAST AREA THIS WEEKEND BEFORE THE RIDGE FLATTENS OUT SOME AND BECOMES MORE WEST/EAST ORIENTED ACROSS THE CONUS EARLY NEXT WEEK. OVERALL THIS WILL RESULT IN A TYPICAL SUMMERTIME PATTERN WITH THE REGION UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF SUBTROPICAL HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE ATLANTIC. IN THE ABSENCE OF ANY ORGANIZED FEATURES ALOFT OR AT THE SURFACE...CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT WILL BE DRIVEN NEARLY COMPLETELY BY SURFACE HEATING AND PERHAPS SEA BREEZE INFLUENCES. 20-30 POPS SEEM REASONABLE AND ARE IN PLACE THROUGH THE END OF THE FORECAST. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO BE ABOVE NORMAL WITH HIGHS IN THE LOW TO MID 90S EACH DAY. && .AVIATION /22Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... MAIN IMPACT THIS PERIOD WILL BE SHOWERS AND TSTMS THIS AFTN/EVE WITH PLENTIFUL MOISTURE IN PLACE ALONG WITH THE SEA BREEZE AND UPPER DISTURBANCE APPROACHING FROM THE WEST. CONVECTION SHOULD FIRE FIRST ALONG THE SEA BREEZE AND THEN ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY COULD MOVE IN FROM THE WEST. TRIED TO TIME THE BEST CHANCE OF CONVECTION BASED ON THE LATEST RADAR IMAGERY AND SHORT TERM MODEL GUIDANCE BUT AS USUAL MUCH WILL DEPEND ON MESOSCALE BOUNDARIES WHICH ARE HARD TO PIN DOWN IN ADVANCE. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY CONVECTION SO VSBYS COULD EASILY DROP LESS THAN 3SM. EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...BRIEF CEILING/VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS POSSIBLE IN AFTERNOON/EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. && .MARINE... TONIGHT...MAINLY SW FLOW AOB 15 KT. SEAS WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM 2-3 FT...HIGHEST E. WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...THE COASTAL WATERS WILL GENERALLY BE BETWEEN ATLANTIC HIGH PRESSURE TO THE EAST AND AN INLAND TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE TO THE WEST. THIS WILL MAINTAIN A SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST FLOW ACROSS THE AREA. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT DUE TO A TIGHTENING GRADIENT AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. WINDS COULD OCCASIONALLY GUST TO NEAR 25 KT BUT SEAS WILL RISE NO HIGHER THAN 4 FT. OTHERWISE THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE ALONG THE COAST WITH THE SEA BREEZE EACH AFTERNOON. && .TIDES/COASTAL FLOODING... WILL NEED TO KEEP AN EYE ON THE HIGH TIDE THIS EVENING GIVEN THE HIGH TIDAL DEPARTURES WE HAVE SEEN RECENTLY. THERE IS A SMALL RISK OF MINOR SALTWATER INUNDATION ALONG THE COAST...ESPECIALLY IN SC. HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE AROUND THIS TIME WHICH WOULD JUST EXACERBATE THE FLOODING THREAT. && .CHS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. SC...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && ST
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 410 AM EDT TUE JUN 24 2014 GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-042>045-047>052-251000- 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- 410 AM EDT TUE JUN 24 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. HEAVY RAIN...NUMEROUS SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON. AS A RESULT... THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ASSISTANCE IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. AMZ330-350-352-354-374-251000- 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- 410 AM EDT TUE JUN 24 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ASSISTANCE IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
442 PM EDT TUE JUN 24 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0926 AM WATER SPOUT 4 SE FOLLY BEACH 32.61N 79.89W
06/24/2014 AMZ350 SC LIFEGUARD
LIFEGUARD REPORTED TWO WATERSPOUTS.
&&
EVENT NUMBER CHS1400762
TIMTESPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
540 PM EDT TUE JUN 24 2014
GAZ114-137-242215-
LONG-TATTNALL-
540 PM EDT TUE JUN 24 2014
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF TATTNALL AND LONG
COUNTIES THROUGH 615 PM EDT...
AT 537 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM FIVE POINTS TO 24
MILES SOUTHWEST OF NOBLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
FIVE POINTS...FIVE POINTS...TISON...DANIELS...MENDES...LYNN...LYNN...
NOBLE...GLENNVILLE...
PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS...
GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...
THIS LINE OF STORMS PRODUCED A WIND GUST TO 43 MPH AT THE APPLING
COUNTY AIRPORT NEAR BAXLEY.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3197 8213 3209 8198 3205 8189 3205 8181
3202 8180 3201 8182 3198 8180 3172 8177
3166 8185 3171 8188 3173 8191 3175 8191
3177 8195 3179 8195 3179 8199 3182 8202
3182 8204 3186 8212 3189 8211 3189 8214
TIME...MOT...LOC 2140Z 219DEG 35KT 3196 8207 3157 8213SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
613 PM EDT TUE JUN 24 2014
GAZ114-115-137-138-242245-
EVANS-INLAND LIBERTY-LONG-TATTNALL-
613 PM EDT TUE JUN 24 2014
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF TATTNALL...EVANS...
LIBERTY AND LONG COUNTIES THROUGH 645 PM EDT...
AT 611 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MIDWAY TO DONALD
TO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WEFANIE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
GLENNVILLE...NOBLE...MIDWAY...MIDWAY...DONALD...WEFANIE...JONES
CREEK...LUDOWICI...
PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS...
GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...
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 3212 8176 3210 8176 3209 8170 3158 8170
3161 8174 3160 8175 3162 8176 3161 8177
3165 8181 3165 8182 3167 8185 3171 8188
3173 8191 3175 8191 3175 8193 3177 8195
3203 8198
TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 252DEG 19KT 3202 8191 3179 8189
3162 8198SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
613 PM EDT TUE JUN 24 2014
GAZ114-115-137-138-242245-
EVANS-INLAND LIBERTY-LONG-TATTNALL-
613 PM EDT TUE JUN 24 2014
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF TATTNALL...EVANS...
LIBERTY AND LONG COUNTIES THROUGH 645 PM EDT...
AT 611 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MIDWAY TO DONALD
TO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WEFANIE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
GLENNVILLE...NOBLE...MIDWAY...DONALD...WEFANIE...JONES
CREEK...LUDOWICI...
PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS...
GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...
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 3212 8176 3210 8176 3209 8170 3158 8170
3161 8174 3160 8175 3162 8176 3161 8177
3165 8181 3165 8182 3167 8185 3171 8188
3173 8191 3175 8191 3175 8193 3177 8195
3203 8198
TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 252DEG 19KT 3202 8191 3179 8189
3162 8198The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 124 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:45 UTC.
10 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The Long County 911 Call Center reported a tree down on Highway 57.
The McIntosh County 911 Call Center reported a tree down on Belle Hammock Road.
The McIntosh County 911 Call Center reported 2 trees down on Highway 99 near Carnigan and at mile marker 13.
The Bryan County 911 Call Center reported a power line down at the intersection of Belle Island Road and Kilkenny Road.
A trained spotter reported windows blown out of the back side of a house off Windsor Road near the marsh.
A Chatham County emergency manager reported a tree down at the intersection of Reid Street and Rothwell Street.
A Chatham County emergency manager reported trees down at the Arbors off of Benton Boulevard.
A Chatham County emergency manager reported a tree down at the intersection of Habersham Street and Maupas Avenue.
A Chatham County emergency manager reported a tree down at the intersection of West Victory Drive and Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard.
A Chatham County emergency manager reported a power line down at the 200 block of West Bolton Street.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Georgia in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, June 2014
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: 531108, 531105, 531104, 531111, 531079, 531089, 531087, 531090, 531092, 531144.