A few sub-severe thunderstorms developed near a stationary front positioned along the southeast coast.
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A few sub-severe thunderstorms developed near a stationary front positioned along the southeast coast.
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 Aug 2, 12:41 AM EST, 1 hour 9 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 141 AM EDT SAT AUG 2 2014 .SYNOPSIS... A STATIONARY FRONT WILL LINGER NEAR THE SOUTHEAST COAST THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK...STEERING TROPICAL STORM BERTHA OUT TO SEA... AND ALSO BRINGING UNSETTLED WEATHER TO THE LOCAL AREA. A PIEDMONT TROUGH WILL THEN PREVAIL THROUGH LATE NEXT WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM THIS MORNING/... THE COASTAL FRONT IS LURKING ACROSS THE ERN PORTIONS OF THE FCST AREA THIS EVENING AND WILL REMAIN THE PRIMARY FOCUS FOR SHWR/TSTM DEVELOPMENT OVERNIGHT AS A MOIST/SOUTHERLY FLOW INTERACTS WITH IT. ALREADY SEEING SIGNS OF SHOWERS EXPANDING IN COVERAGE OFF THE CHARLESTON COUNTY COAST. CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY LIFT NORTH WAS WEAKENING AS IT MOVES AWAY FROM AN E-W INSTABILITY AXIS CLOSER TO THE ALTAMAHA REGION. ONLY MINOR INITIALIZATION TRENDS WITH CHANCE POPS COASTAL AREAS...PERHAPS EVEN HIGHER ALONG SOUTH CAROLINA BEACHES OVERNIGHT. LOW STRATUS AND PERHAPS SOME FOG DEVELOPING ALONG THE WESTERN PERIPHERY OF THE FRONT...WHERE INCREASED SUBSIDENCE IS EXPECTED. CONSIDERABLE CLOUD COVER WILL ONLY ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO FALL TO LOWS IN THE LOWER TO MID 70S TONIGHT. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM THIS MORNING THROUGH MONDAY/... A BROAD AND PERSISTENT DEEP-LAYERED TROUGH WILL PREVAIL OVER THE EASTERN UNITED STATES...WHILE A STATIONARY FRONT HOLDS NEARBY AND PROBABLY JUST OFF THE LOCAL COAST INTO NEXT WEEK. A DEEP INFLUX OF BOTH GULF AND ATLANTIC SUB-TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE...WITH PWATS CLIMBING NEAR OR GREATER THAN 2 INCHES...NEAR THE 75TH PERCENTILE FOR EARLY AUGUST. VARIOUS WAVES OF UPPER DIVERGENCE ASSOCIATED WITH THE RIGHT ENTRANCE AGEOSTROPHIC CIRCULATION OF THE UPPER JET WILL OCCUR...WHILE SURFACE AND LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONT AND OTHER DEVELOPING MESO-SCALE BOUNDARIES WILL PROVIDE PLENTIFUL LARGE SCALE FORCING FOR ASCENT. POPS WILL BE AS HIGH AS 60-70 PERCENT EACH DAY. COVERAGE WILL TAPER OVERNIGHT...BUT WITH THE FRONT STILL NEARBY AND ABUNDANT MOISTURE...PROBABILITIES WILL REMAIN HIGHEST NEAR THE COAST. RAIN WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES AND LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL BE CAUSE FOR A CONCERN WITH A WEAK STORM MOTION. FLASH FLOOD ADVISORIES AND/OR WARNINGS MAY BE REQUIRED AS A RESULT. THE SEVERE RISK IS QUITE LOW GIVEN CONSIDERABLE CLOUD COVER AND POOR LAPSE RATES. EXTENSIVE CLOUD COVER AND ELEVATED RAIN CHANCES WILL KEEP DAYTIME HIGHS DOWN BELOW SEASONAL NORMS...WHILE NIGHT TIME LOWS WILL BE CLOSE TO CLIMATOLOGICAL LEVELS. && .LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/... DRIER...MORE SEASONABLE WEATHER WILL RETURN BY MID WEEK AS THE FRONT MEANDERS OFFSHORE AND DISSIPATES. ATLANTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL GRADUALLY REESTABLISH ITSELF ACROSS THE REGION WITH MORE A MORE TYPICAL CONVECTIVE PATTERN EXPECTED. HIGHS WILL BE IN THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S WITH LOWS IN THE LOWER-MID 70S. TROPICAL STORM BERTHA IS FORECAST TO REMAIN OFFSHORE AS IT CURVES WELL OFF THE SOUTHEAST U.S. COAST. && .AVIATION /06Z SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... KSAV...LIFR CIGS AND REDUCTIONS IN VSBY ALREADY SHOWING UP AT 0530Z AND CHANCE BETTER THAN NOT FOR LOW CIGS AND PERHAPS EVEN FOG TO LINGER MUCH OF NIGHT TO NEAR MID MORNING. WE HAVE TRENDED MORE PESSIMISTIC ON THE TAF AT 06Z GIVEN LATEST TRENDS. SHOWERS AND TSTMS FROM LATE MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON WILL BE SCATTERED WITH SOME DOWNPOURS LIKELY. KCHS...MAIN FORECAST PROBLEM WILL BE TIMING CONVECTIVE RAINS THROUGH TONIGHT. WE MAY SEE TSTMS SCRAPE THE VICINITY OVERNIGHT WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND TSTMS CONTINUING THIS MORNING UNTIL THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. STRONGER STORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS LOWERING VSBYS WHERE THEY DEVELOP. EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...PERIODS OF IFR/MVFR LIKELY THROUGH TUESDAY IN SHRA/TSRA AS A STATIONARY FRONT LINGERS NEARBY. STILL A CHANCE OF TEMPORARY FLIGHT RESTRICTIONS IN SHRA/TSRA NEXT WEDNESDAY. && .MARINE... TONIGHT...A NEARLY STATIONARY FRONT WILL REMAIN JUST INLAND OF THE COAST...RESULTING IN SOUTH-SOUTHEAST WINDS THROUGH THE NIGHT. WIND SPEEDS COULD BE UPWARDS OF AROUND 15 KT...BEFORE DIMINISHING A BIT OVERNIGHT. SEAS WILL RANGE 2-4 FT...HIGHEST OVER THE OUTER GEORGIA WATERS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD INCREASE IN COVERAGE OVERNIGHT. SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...A STATIONARY FRONT WILL PERSIST OVER OR NEAR THE LOCAL WATERS DURING THIS TIME WITH FLUCTUATIONS IN WIND SPEEDS AND DIRECTIONS DEPENDENT UPON WHERE THE FRONT ACTUALLY ALIGNS ITSELF. ON AVERAGE WINDS WILL BE MAINLY SE SATURDAY/SATURDAY NIGHT...EASTERLY SUNDAY/SUNDAY NIGHT. SPEEDS WILL REMAIN HELD UNDER 15 KT AND SEAS NO HIGHER THAN 3 OR 4 FT. MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...SWELLS GENERATED BY TROPICAL STORM BERTHA COULD IMPACT THE WATERS MONDAY INTO WEDNESDAY AS IT CURVES WELL OFFSHORE OF THE SOUTHEAST U.S. COAST. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT COMBINED SEAS COULD REACH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THRESHOLDS DURING THIS PERIOD...BUT ITS A BIT TOO FAR TO REALLY PIN THAT DOWN THIS FAR OUT. SEAS WILL BE CAPPED AT 4-5 FT FOR NOW. GIVEN THE PROXIMITY TO THE STATIONARY FRONT AND A RICH FLOW OF SUB-TROPICAL MOISTURE...PERIODIC SHOWERS AND T-STORMS WILL OCCUR INTO NEXT WEEK. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL BE STRONG WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. AS A RESULT...MARINERS ARE ADVISED TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS AND/OR APPROPRIATE VHF CHANNELS FOR WEATHER UPDATES AND INFORMATION. && .CHS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. SC...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && NEAR TERM... SHORT TERM... LONG TERM... AVIATION... MARINE...
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 400 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2014 GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-042>045-047>052-022000- 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- 400 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. HEAVY RAIN...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL. LOCALIZED FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. HEAVY RAIN...THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL THROUGH THE WEEKEND. LOCALIZED FLOODING IS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ASSISTANCE IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. AMZ330-350-352-354-374-022000- 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- 400 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. 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 1020 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2014 GAZ119-SCZ048-051-020330- COASTAL CHATHAM-BEAUFORT-COASTAL JASPER- 1020 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2014 ...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS DEVELOPING NEAR THE SAVANNAH RIVER ENTRANCE... A LINE OF SHOWERS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND AFFECT LOCATIONS FROM OSSABAW ISLAND NORTH TO NEAR HILTON HEAD HUNTING ISLAND THROUGH 1130 PM. THE RAIN WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES AND WILL BE CAPABLE OF DROPPING A QUICK 1 TO 2 INCHES IN A VERY SHORT TIME. MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY AS HIGH TIDE APPROACHES SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD ADVISORIES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 101 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:51 UTC.
1 lightning, 1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The St Andrews Fire Department reported three homes struck by lightning on James Island. Minor damage was reported to homes on Ocean Neighbors Blvd and Teal Avenue. Significant roof and attic damage was reported to a home on Peas Hill Road.
One tree was reported down in the Shemwood II subdivision.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in South Carolina in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in South Carolina, August 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: 540451, 540452.