Isolated strong thunderstorms developed in the late evening hours along a surface trough and moved to the east across portions of southeast Georgia. A couple of these storms became severe and produced damaging wind gusts.
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The episode as NWS CHS wrote it up.
Isolated strong thunderstorms developed in the late evening hours along a surface trough and moved to the east across portions of southeast Georgia. A couple of these storms became severe and produced damaging wind gusts.
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 1, 8:55 PM EST, 3 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 955 PM EDT WED JUL 1 2015 .SYNOPSIS... ATLANTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL RESIDE ACROSS THE AREA WHILE A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE PERSISTS INLAND. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM THURSDAY MORNING/... LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE ZONE...WHAT LOOKS TO BE THE INLAND TROUGH AIDED BY OUTFLOW FROM DECAYING UPSTREAM MCS HAS SHIFTED INTO THE FORECAST AREA. THIS FEATURE ALONG WITH SHORT WAVE ENERGY ALOFT AND UPPER DIFLUENCE WILL CONTINUE TO SPUR SCATTERED CONVECTION MAINLY TO THE WEST OF SAVANNAH PRIOR TO MIDNIGHT. WE HAVE ADJUSTED POPS INTO THE 40-50 PERCENTILE FROM PEMBROKE AND STATESBORO TO TATTNALL AND CANDLER COUNTIES. THIS IS SURROUNDED BY 20-30 POPS FROM BEAUFORT TO SAVANNAH AND LUDOWICI AND NW TO RIDGEVILLE AND HAMPTON. THIS SCENARIO IS WELL DEPICTED BY THE 18Z NAM. DCAPES ARE STILL AS HIGH AS 1200-1300 J/KG AND MLCAPES OF 2000-2500 J/KG. DESPITE THE NOCTURNAL ENVIRONMENT AND INCREASING CINH...A FEW OF THESE STORMS WILL BE STRONG TO SEVERE THROUGH 11 PM OR MIDNIGHT. STRONG DOWNBURSTS OF WIND WILL BE THE MAIN HAZARD...ALONG WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS. COVERAGE WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH OVERNIGHT...BUT WILL ATTEMPT TO SHIFT INTO THE CHARLESTON METRO AREA AS MID LEVEL PERTURBATION RIDES TOWARD COASTAL SC. THAT ALONG WITH SOME ENHANCEMENT FROM COASTAL CONVERGENCE WITHIN A SW SYNOPTIC FLOW COULD TRIGGER ISOLATED SHOWERS/T-STORMS FROM ABOUT 1-4 AM. SMOKEY CONDITIONS ALOFT ORIGINATING FROM WESTERN CANADIAN WILDFIRES WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE NIGHT...GIVING THE SKY THE APPEARANCE OF CIRRIFORM CLOUDINESS AND ODD COLORS TO THE FULL MOON. BUT ACTUAL CLOUD COVER WILL GENERALLY BE PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY...THE RESULT OF SCATTERED TO BROKEN CUMULIFORM CLOUDS AND SCATTERED TO OVERCAST MID/HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS. ON AVERAGE LOWS WILL BE IN THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 70S...BUT A FEW PLACES COULD HIT 70 WHERE HEAVIER RAINS OCCUR. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY/... THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...A BROAD MID LVL TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL EXPAND OVER MUCH OF THE EASTERN CONUS THROUGH LATE WEEK WITH A SERIES OF H5 SHORTWAVES THAT ROUND ITS SOUTHERN PERIPHERY OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES. AT THE SFC...THE AREA WILL REMAIN BETWEEN A PIEDMONT TROUGH INLAND AND HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC. THE SETUP WILL FAVOR A SOUTHWEST FLOW THAT BUILDS DEEP MOISTURE TO THE AREA WITH PWATS CHARACTERIZED AROUND 2.0 INCHES EACH DAY. THESE MOISTURE LEVELS ALONG WITH FORCING ALONG THE BASE OF THE LOW PRESSURE TROUGH CENTERED WELL TO OUR NORTH WILL FAVOR CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE AREA. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD ALSO BE STRONG OR SEVERE WHEN H5 SHORTWAVE ACTIVITY ALONG WITH THE ARRIVAL OF A 20-30 KT LOW LVL JET SHIFTS OVER THE AREA ON THURSDAY. WE COULD SEE A SIMILAR RISK OF STRONGER TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON FRIDAY AS THE PIEDMONT TROUGH MAKES A SLIGHT SHIFT TOWARD THE COAST IN RESPONSE TO LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING OVER THE MID ATLANTIC REGION. THE MAIN THREAT ASSOCIATED WITH STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. OVERALL HIGH TEMPS WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE LOWER 90S EACH DAY. HOWEVER...TEMPS COULD BE A FEW DEGREES COOLER THAN CURRENTLY FORECAST ON THURSDAY DUE TO SMOKE FROM FIRES ORIGINATING IN CANADA. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL RANGE IN THE LOW TO MID 70S AWAY FROM THE COAST EACH NIGHT. SATURDAY...WEAK LOW PRESSURE SHOULD REMAIN OVER THE MID ATLANTIC STATES INTO THE WEEKEND...RESULTING IN STRONGER LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE ALONG A SEABREEZE ACROSS THE CHARLESTON TRI-COUNTY. CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN IN THE FORECAST FOR MOST AREAS...BUT EXPECT MOST ACTIVITY IN NORTHERN AREAS ALONG AN INLAND MOVING SEABREEZE. IN GENERAL...HIGH TEMPS WILL BE IN THE LOW 90S FOR MOST AREAS. && .LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... THE END OF THE WEEKEND WILL CONTINUE TO FEATURE AN INLAND TROUGH AS HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUES TO BUILD IN FROM THE ATLANTIC. COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE RATHER MINIMAL ON SUNDAY WITH LITTLE IN THE WAY OF STRONG FORCING FOR ASCENT. BY EARLY NEXT WEEK...MODELS ARE TRENDING A BIT WETTER AS THEY INDICATE MORE IN THE WAY OF TROUGHING ALOFT. THIS WILL NOT ONLY SUPPORT AT LEAST SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY...BUT COULD ALSO RESULT IN SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES THAN WHAT IS CURRENTLY FORECAST. && .AVIATION /02Z THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... WE HAVE RECENTLY ADJUSTED THE KSAV TAF TO INCLUDE MENTION OF VCTS DUE TO UPSTREAM CONVECTION REACHING NEAR THE AIRFIELD FROM 03-05Z. IF A DIRECT IMPACT WERE TO OCCUR THAN A PERIOD OF FLIGHT RESTRICTIONS WOULD BE NECESSARY. STAY TUNED FOR POSSIBLE AMENDMENTS. ODDS FAVOR THE UPSTREAM CONVECTION FALLING APART BEFORE REACHING KCHS TONIGHT. BUT WE/LL AMEND IF NECESSARY. FOR THURSDAY...PROBABILITIES ARE SUFFICIENT ENOUGH TO INCLUDE VCTS AND CB CLOUDS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH STRONGER VERTICAL WIND FIELDS AND MID LEVEL ENERGY TO ARRIVE. SHOULD DIRECT IMPACTS OCCUR THEN FLIGHT RESTRICTIONS AND A TEMPORARY BURST OF HIGH WINDS WOULD OCCUR...MAINLY IN THE 18-23Z TIME FRAME. EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...BRIEF FLIGHT RESTRICTIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN MAINLY AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. OTHERWISE...VFR CONDITIONS ARE GENERALLY EXPECTED TO PREVAIL. && .MARINE... TONIGHT...THERE REMAINS A DECENT GRADIENT BETWEEN SUB-TROPICAL RIDGING TO THE SE AND SOUTH AND A PRONOUNCED TROUGH INLAND TO THE NW AND NORTH. THIS ALONG WITH NOCTURNAL JETTING WILL KEEP SW WINDS ELEVATED NEAR 15 KT IN THE ATLANTIC AND 10-15 KT IN CHARLESTON HARBOR FOR MUCH OF THE NIGHT...BEFORE LAND BREEZE INFLUENCES CLOCK WINDS AROUND MORE TO THE WEST AT LOWER SPEEDS LATE. SEAS WILL AVERAGE 1-3 FT NEAR THE IMMEDIATE COAST AND 2-4 FT FURTHER OUT...DROPPING ABOUT A FOOT LATE. A FEW STORMS THAT MOVE OFFSHORE WILL BE STRONG OR EVEN SEVERE...PRODUCING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 35 OR 40 KT. THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY...ATLANTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL GENERALLY DOMINATE THE WEATHER PATTERN OVER THE COASTAL WATERS WITH A PIEDMONT TROUGH SITUATED INLAND. A TIGHTENED PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN THE TWO FEATURES WILL KEEP WINDS FAIRLY ELEVATED THROUGH THE PERIOD. IN FACT...IT APPEARS THAT CONDITIONS COULD REACH MARGINAL SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CRITERIA OVER A PORTION OF THE WATERS FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. OTHERWISE...SEA BREEZE CIRCULATIONS AND NOCTURNAL LOW LEVEL JETTING WILL ALLOW SOUTH/SOUTHWEST WINDS TO PEAK NEAR 15-20 KTS...WITH 25 KTS LOCALLY AT TIMES IN FAVORED LOCATIONS. SEAS WILL BE 2-4 FEET ON AVERAGE...BUT COULD REACH 5 FT IN THE OUTER PORTIONS OF THE WATERS DURING NOCTURNAL SURGES. RIP CURRENTS...ASTRONOMICAL INFLUENCES FROM A FULL MOON ALONG WITH SWELL OF 2 FT WITH A PERIOD OF 8-9 SECONDS WILL LEAD TO AN ENHANCED PERIOD OF RIP CURRENTS ON THURSDAY. A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS THEREFORE POSSIBLE ALONG THE CHARLESTON COUNTY COAST. && .CHS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. SC...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && SYNOPSIS... NEAR TERM... SHORT TERM...DPB LONG TERM...JAQ AVIATION... MARINE...
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 401 PM EDT WED JUL 1 2015 AMZ330-350-352-354-374-GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040- 042>045-047>049-051-052-022015- 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-COASTAL JASPER- TIDAL BERKELEY- 401 PM EDT WED JUL 1 2015 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...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS THE AREA DURING MID AFTERNOON TO EARLY EVENING HOURS ON THURSDAY. THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK THAT SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...PRIMARILY CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ASSISTANCE IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. SCZ050-022015- CHARLESTON- 401 PM EDT WED JUL 1 2015 ...MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .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. A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS THE AREA DURING MID AFTERNOON TO EARLY EVENING HOURS ON THURSDAY. THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK THAT SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...PRIMARILY CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ASSISTANCE IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 88 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:55 UTC.
5 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Bulloch County dispatch reported a tree down on Highway 80 near the intersection with Reddick Road.
Bulloch County dispatch reported a tree down across the road in the 700 block of W Jones Avenue.
Bulloch County dispatch reported a tree blown down on Wood Valley Circle Road.
Bulloch County dispatch reported a large tree blown down in the 700 block of Pine Straw Court.
Bulloch County dispatch reported a tree down on Stillson-Leefield Road near the intersection with Spring Creek Road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Georgia in 2015Every state in 2015This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, July 2015
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: 592955, 592956, 592957, 592958, 592959.