Scattered to numerous diurnal showers and thunderstorms developed in the afternoon hours across southeast Georgia. These storms developed under the influence of the western periphery of subtropical high pressure and strong surface heating.
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The episode as NWS CHS wrote it up.
Scattered to numerous diurnal showers and thunderstorms developed in the afternoon hours across southeast Georgia. These storms developed under the influence of the western periphery of subtropical high pressure and strong surface heating. A few of these storms became strong enough to produce damaging winds, frequent lightning, and hail.
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 Sep 2, 12:24 PM EST, 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 124 PM EDT TUE SEP 2 2014 .SYNOPSIS... HIGH PRESSURE WILL PREVAIL INTO THIS WEEKEND. A COLD FRONT WILL STALL AND DISSIPATE NORTH OF THE REGION BY LATE WEEK...THEN A STRONGER COLD FRONT COULD ADVANCE INTO THE REGION LATE IN THE WEEKEND OR EARLY NEXT WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... TODAY...SHOWERS AND STORMS BEGINNING TO FIRE...MAINLY ALONG THE SEA BREEZE IN GEORGIA. STILL EXPECT THE BEST RAIN CHANCES AWAY FROM THE COAST AS THE SEA BREEZE PUSHES INLAND. PLENTY OF INSTABILITY AND MESOSCALE BOUNDARIES WILL SUPPORT A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO A THREAT GIVEN THE ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND WEAK LOW-MID LEVEL WINDS. HIGH TEMPS SHOULD REACH THE MID TO EVEN UPPER 90S INLAND WITH HEAT INDICES MOSTLY PEAKING 105-108 DEGREES AWAY FROM THE COAST...JUST SHY OF ADVISORY LEVELS. TONIGHT...CONVECTION WILL QUICKLY FADE IN THE EVENING AS CINH INCREASES WITH THE LOSS OF HEATING AND INSTABILITY DIMINISHING. EXPECT ALL CONVECTION TO COME TO AN END BY AROUND MIDNIGHT. HOWEVER...JUST LIKE PREVIOUS OVERNIGHT PERIODS A FEW MARINE INDUCED SHOWERS OR T-STORMS COULD SNEAK IN FROM OFF THE ATLANTIC IN ASSOCIATION WITH SOME LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE WITHIN THE SOUTH/SW SYNOPTIC FLOW. ADDITIONALLY THERE COULD BE SOME FOG CONCERNS IN LOCATIONS THAT GET RAIN TODAY.. BUT GIVEN LINGERING CONVECTIVE DEBRIS CLOUDS WE ARE HESITANT TO INCLUDE IN THE FORECAST JUST YET. IT/LL BE ANOTHER WARM AND STICKY NIGHT WITH LOWS LUCKY TO FALL TO THE MIDDLE 70S INLAND AND THE UPPER 70S TO NEAR 80 AT THE SHORELINE. && .SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...THE SOUTHEAST AND MUCH OF THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WILL REMAIN UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE UPPER RIDGE AND ASSOCIATED UPPER ANTICYCLONE THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE RIDGE WILL MEANDER AND WOBBLE A BIT AS IT IS IMPACTED SOME BY A TUTT-LIKE FEATURE OVER THE NORTHERN BAHAMAS. REGARDLESS...THERE ARE STILL NO NOTABLE FEATURES ALOFT TO AID IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. AT THE SURFACE...ATLANTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA WITH A SURFACE TROUGH POSITIONED INLAND ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA AND THE CAROLINAS. CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT WILL BE DRIVEN BY SURFACE HEATING...CONVERGENCE ALONG THE SEA BREEZE...AND CONVERGENCE WITHIN THE SURFACE TROUGH. DEPENDING ON THE EXACT LOCATION OF THE SURFACE TROUGH...A BIT MORE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING. I HAVE MAINTAINED THE GOING POPS...AND EVEN INCREASED THE PERCENTAGES A BIT ACROSS THE FAR INLAND ZONES. THE OVERALL SEVERE WEATHER THREAT REMAINS LOW...BUT WE CANNOT COMPLETELY RULE OUT A COUPLE OF STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WHERE MORE SIGNIFICANT BOUNDARY COLLISIONS OCCUR. OVERNIGHT...ANY LINGERING ACTIVITY WILL BE CONFINED TO INLAND AREAS AND WILL DISSIPATE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. OTHERWISE THE FORECAST IS ESSENTIALLY DRY. LOOK FOR HIGHS ONCE AGAIN IN THE LOW TO MID 90S AND LOWS IN THE IN THE LOW/MID 70S. THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE AFOREMENTIONED UPPER RIDGE AND ANTICYCLONE MAY ACTUALLY REASSERT ITSELF ALOFT AND STRENGTHEN A BIT THROUGH THE LATE WEEK TIME PERIOD. FURTHERMORE...THE ATLANTIC HIGH WILL PERSIST AND THE FLOW MAY ACTUALLY BE A BIT MORE ONSHORE DURING THIS TIME. TIME HEIGHTS AND SOUNDINGS ARE A BIT DRIER AND THE INLAND SURFACE TROUGH MAY BE LESS DEFINED AND FURTHER INLAND. ALL THIS MAY ADD UP TO A REDUCTION IN CONVECTION...AND I HAVE REDUCED JUST A BIT KEEPING CHANCE POPS CONFINED TO FAR INLAND PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA FOR THE MOST PART. TEMPERATURES WILL CHANGE LITTLE...LOW 90S FOR HIGHS AND LOW/MID 70S FOR LOWS...AND REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/... THE OVERALL GIST OF THE LONG TERM PERIOD APPEARS TO BE A GRADUAL SHIFT TO A MORE ACTIVE PATTERN BEGINNING LATE IN THE WEEKEND AND CONTINUING INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. THE NEAR CONSTANT RIDGE ALOFT WILL WEAKEN OVER THE REGION AS IT CONSOLIDATES TO THE WEST AND HEIGHTS FALL ALOFT AS A BROAD TROUGH SETS UP ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES REGION AND THE OHIO VALLEY. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR A MORE SIGNIFICANT COLD FRONT TO APPROACH THE REGION FROM THE NORTHWEST ON SUNDAY AND EVENTUALLY STALL IN THE VICINITY OF THE SOUTHEAST COAST MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. MUCH DEEPER MOISTURE WILL ACCOMPANY THE STALLED BOUNDARY AND THIS MAY LEAD TO A MUCH MORE ACTIVE PERIOD ESPECIALLY EARLY NEXT WEEK. AS SUCH THE FORECAST FEATURES A GRADUAL COOLING TREND WITH TEMPERATURES...REACHING NEAR NORMAL VALUES BY MONDAY. ALSO...POPS HAVE BEEN INCREASED INTO THE 40 PERCENT RANGE LATE IN THE PERIOD. && .AVIATION /17Z TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... CONVECTION FIRING ALONG THE SEA BREEZE IN GEORGIA SOUTH OF KSAV AND SHOULD SOON DO THE SAME FARTHER NORTH OVER EASTERN SC NEAR KCHS. WE MAINTAINED VCTS THIS AFTERNOON AS WE EXPECT MOST OF THE CONVECTION WEST OF THE TERMS AS THE SEA BREEZE GATHERS SOME STEAM AND PUSHES INLAND. THE BEST CHANCE OVERALL THOUGH SHOULD BE IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. LATER TONIGHT WE CAN/T RULE OUT SOME LOW STRATUS AND/OR LIGHT FOG CLOSE TO DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY...ESPECIALLY IF RAIN FALLS TODAY...BUT CHANCES ARE LOW ENOUGH TO NOT MENTION YET. EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...LOW CHANCES OF DIRECT IMPACTS FROM ISOLATED SHRA/TSRA ESPECIALLY EACH AFTERNOON/EVENING THROUGH THE START OF THE WEEKEND. OTHERWISE...MAINLY VFR. && .MARINE... TODAY...THE TYPICAL BERMUDA-AZORES HIGH WILL YET AGAIN STRETCH WEST ACROSS THE LOCAL WATERS. SW AND WEST WINDS EARLY THIS MORNING WILL BACK AROUND TO THE SOUTH OR SOUTH/SE IN RESPONSE TO SEA BREEZE CIRCULATIONS THIS AFTERNOON. ON AVERAGE WINDS WILL HOLD AT OR BELOW 15 KT AND SEAS NO MORE THAN 2 OR 3 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND T-STORMS WILL OCCUR MAINLY THIS MORNING. TONIGHT...A SOUTH AND SW FLOW WILL PERSIST AROUND THE WESTERN PERIPHERY OF THE SUB-TROPICAL ATLANTIC RIDGE. WINDS WILL BE THEIR GREATEST UNTIL ABOUT 3 AM...UP AS HIGH AS 15 KT OR SO...WITH SEAS AGAIN 2 OR 3 FT. THE BULK OF THE NOCTURNAL CONVECTION WILL TAKE PLACE OUT NEAR THE WESTERN WALL OF THE GULF STREAM AFTER MIDNIGHT. WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...THE OVERALL SETUP ACROSS THE LOCAL WATERS WILL BY AND LARGE REMAIN UNCHANGED THROUGH THE START OF THE WEEKEND. HIGH PRESSURE ANCHORED OVER THE CENTRAL ATLANTIC WILL DRIVE A SOUTHERLY FLOW...WHICH MAY BE A BIT MORE SOUTHEASTERLY LATE IN THE WEEK. OVERALL WIND SPEEDS WILL BE LESS THAN 15 KT WITH SOME SLIGHTLY STRONGER PERIOD POSSIBLE EACH AFTERNOON WITH THE SEA BREEZE AND DURING THE OVERNIGHT PERIODS WITH SOME NOCTURNAL SURGING. SEAS WILL BE 1-3 FT...HIGHEST BEYOND 20 NM. WATERSPOUTS...THE WEAK PRESSURE GRADIENT/LIGHT WIND FIELD COULD SUPPORT WATERSPOUT DEVELOPMENT WEDNESDAY MORNING. && .CHS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. SC...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && NEAR TERM...RJB SHORT TERM...BSH LONG TERM...BSH AVIATION...RJB MARINE...
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 401 AM EDT TUE SEP 2 2014 AMZ330-350-352-354-374-GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040- 042>045-047>052-030815- 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- 401 AM EDT TUE SEP 2 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS...SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .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.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
215 PM EDT TUE SEP 2 2014
GAZ137-138-021845-
INLAND LIBERTY-LONG-
215 PM EDT TUE SEP 2 2014
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF LIBERTY AND LONG
COUNTIES THROUGH 245 PM EDT...
AT 214 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM...NEAR WILDWOOD ...AND IT IS NEARLY STATIONARY.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
WILDWOOD...LIVE OAK...ALLENHURST...FLEMINGTON...MCINTOSH...SCREVEN
FORK...
PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS...
STRONG WINDS OF 45 TO 55 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 3154 8168 3155 8170 3158 8170 3161 8174
3160 8175 3161 8175 3161 8177 3162 8177
3163 8179 3165 8181 3165 8183 3166 8183
3193 8165 3185 8141 3163 8154 3158 8156
3157 8158 3154 8166
TIME...MOT...LOC 1815Z 297DEG 2KT 3181 8160
JAQThe Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 109 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:19 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
The Liberty County Emergency Manager reported that a tree was blown down onto power lines.
The Liberty County Emergency Manager reported that a large tree was blown down onto Oak Street near the intersection with Palm Drive. The tree was blocking both lanes.
Law enforcement reported that two trees were blown down near the intersection of Old Dixie Highway and Dewitt Road.
A trained spotter reported penny sized hail at Fort Stewart. Gusty winds also blew down small limbs and heavy rain produced standing water in poor drainage areas.
Law enforcement reported that two trees were blown down along Blue Jay Road near the Blandford Road intersection.
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, September 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: 542602, 542603, 542604, 542600, 542605.