A broken line of thunderstorms developed ahead of a cold front in the afternoon hours. A few of these storms became strong enough to produce damaging wind gusts as well as frequent lightning.
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A broken line of thunderstorms developed ahead of a cold front in the afternoon hours. A few of these storms became strong enough to produce damaging wind gusts as well as frequent lightning.
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 28, 2:56 PM EST, 12 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 356 PM EDT SUN JUN 28 2015 .SYNOPSIS... A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL STALL ALONG THE COAST OVERNIGHT AND DISSIPATE THROUGH MONDAY. OTHERWISE...ATLANTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL RESIDE ACROSS THE AREA WHILE A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE PERSISTS INLAND. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM MONDAY MORNING/... REST OF THE AFTERNOON...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE ONGOING MAINLY CLOSER TO THE COAST AND ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE I-16 CORRIDOR. SO FAR...ONLY THE STORM IN WESTERN CHARLESTON COUNTY HAS BEEN STRONG ENOUGH TO PROMPT A WARNING. UPDRAFTS APPEAR TO BE STRUGGLING TO GET TOO STRONG AND LOFT REFLECTIVITY NEAR THE -20 C. THE AMBIENT SHEAR THOUGH IS ON THE ORDER OF 30-35 KT AND THAT MAY HELP ENHANCE THE SEVERE THREAT A BIT. GIVEN THE MAGNITUDE OF THE SHEAR...A FEW OF THE STORM MAY EXHIBIT SOME INTERESTING STRUCTURE WITH SOME ROTATION. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS CONTINUE TO BE THE MAIN THREAT WITH ANY STRONGER STORMS THAT DEVELOP. CONVECTION WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING WITH THE LOSS OF HEATING IN MOST AREAS...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE SOUTHEAST GEORGIA COAST CLOSER TO THE ALTAMAHA. TONIGHT...DRIER AIR IN THE MID/UPPER LEVELS WILL PUSH IN AS THE DEEP MOISTURE FEED BEGINS TO SLIP OFFSHORE. AS SUCH...THE MAIN FOCUS FOR ANY NOCTURNAL SHOWER/THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL REMAIN OFFSHORE OVER THE COASTAL WATERS AND THAT IS WHERE THE HIGHEST POPS RESIDE. OTHERWISE...IT WILL BE A RELATIVELY QUIET NIGHT WITH COOLER TEMPERATURES. FORECAST LOWS ARE IN THE UPPER 60S WELL INLAND RANGING TO THE LOW/MID 70S AT THE COAST. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... MONDAY...A STALLED FRONT NEAR THE COAST WILL DISSIPATE THROUGH THE DAY ALLOWING ATLANTIC HIGH PRESSURE TO RETURN. PROXIMITY TO THE BOUNDARY AND REMNANT MOISTURE WILL KEEP CHANCES OF SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST ALONG COASTAL LOCATIONS AND OVER THE NEARSHORE WATERS. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM UPPER 80S AT THE BEACHES TO LOW 90S INLAND. MONDAY NIGHT...CLEARING SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO DROP TO NEAR NORMAL WITH LOWS EXPECTED TO BE IN THE UPPER 60S/LOW 70S. TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...THE FORECAST AREA WILL BE POSITIONED ON THE WESTERN PERIPHERY OF ATLANTIC HIGH PRESSURE WITH A PIEDMONT TROUGH BECOMING ESTABLISHED INLAND. ALOFT...A BROAD MID LEVEL TROUGH WILL ENCOMPASS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE COUNTRY. SHORTWAVE ENERGY ROUNDING THE BASE OF THE TROUGH WILL CROSS THE SOUTHEAST STATES AIDING IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. CURRENT POP SCHEME FEATURES SLIGHT CHANCE/CHANCE POPS DURING PEAK HEATING EACH AFTERNOON. OVERALL SEVERE THREAT LOOKS RATHER LOW GIVEN MARGINAL INSTABILITY AND UNIMPRESSIVE MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL MAINLY BE IN THE LOW 90S...WITH LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW/MID 70S. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/... A QUASI-ZONAL FLOW WILL AFFECT THE REGION WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY AS A LONGWAVE TROUGH REMAINS POSITIONED TO THE NORTHWEST. HEIGHTS WILL BE INCREASING OVER THE INDEPENDENCE DAY WEEKEND AS THE UPPER RIDGE RESTRENGTHENS OVER THE SOUTHEAST. CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE A BIT HIGHER THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY DUE TO WEAKER CAPPING. DECREASING COVERAGE EXPECTED OVER THE WEEKEND AS THE UPPER RIDGE REBUILDS AND MID-LEVELS WARM. HIGHS WILL BE IN THE LOWER 90S LATE WEEK...INCREASING INTO THE LOW/MID 90S OVER THE WEEKEND. && .AVIATION /20Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS APPEAR TO BE PASSING BY BOTH TERMINALS TO THE SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON. KCHS LOOKS LIKE IT WILL NOT SEE ANY FURTHER THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. KSAV WILL STILL HAVE STORMS IN THE VICINITY FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. OTHER THAN THE THUNDERSTORMS CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN VFR. THERE IS AGAIN A CHANCE FOR SOME MVFR CEILINGS TO DEVELOP NEAR SUNRISE ON MONDAY AND LINGER FOR A FEW HOURS. HAVE LEFT THE FORECAST WITH JUST A VFR CEILING FOR NOW. EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...BRIEF FLIGHT RESTRICTIONS POSSIBLE IN AFTERNOON SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. && .MARINE... TONIGHT...THE INLAND COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN THOUGH THE WATERS WILL REMAIN WITHIN THE SOUTHWEST FLOW JUST OUT AHEAD OF IT. A MODEST NOCTURNAL SURGE IS EXPECTED WITH WINDS UP TO 15 KT OUT TO 20 NM AND A SOLID 15 TO 20 KT BEYOND. SEAS WILL GENERALLY RANGE 2-3 FT IN THE NEARSHORE WATERS AND UP TO 4 FT IN THE OUTER WATERS. MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...ATLANTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL GENERALLY DOMINATE THE WEATHER PATTERN OVER THE COASTAL WATERS AS A PIEDMONT TROUGH BECOMES ESTABLISHED INLAND. SEA BREEZE CIRCULATIONS AND NOCTURNAL LOW LEVEL JETTING WILL ALLOW SOUTH/SOUTHWEST WINDS TO PEAK 15-20 KT AT TIMES. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES ARE NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH THE PERIOD. SEAS WILL BE 2-4 FEET ON AVERAGE. && .CHS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. SC...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && NEAR TERM...BSH SHORT TERM...ECT LONG TERM...JRL AVIATION...BSH MARINE...BSH/ECT
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 443 AM EDT SUN JUN 28 2015 GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-042>045-047>052-290845- 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- 443 AM EDT SUN JUN 28 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ASSISTANCE IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. AMZ330-350-352-354-374-290845- 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- 443 AM EDT SUN JUN 28 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE COASTAL WATERS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 35 KT WITH LOCALLY HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS INCLUDING LOW VISIBILITIES IN VERY HEAVY RAIN AND ROUGH SEAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. 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 222 PM EDT SUN JUN 28 2015 SCZ043-048>050-281845- CHARLESTON SC-BEAUFORT SC-COASTAL COLLETON SC-BEAUFORT SC- CHARLESTON SC-INLAND COLLETON SC- 222 PM EDT SUN JUN 28 2015 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF COLLETON...CHARLESTON AND BEAUFORT COUNTIES UNTIL 245 PM EDT... AT 222 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER WHITE HALL...OR 9 MILES EAST OF YEMASSEE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ASHEPOO...RITTER...WHITE HALL...GARDENS CORNER...GREEN POND...ADAMS RUN AND JACKSONBORO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED ROAD FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. && LAT...LON 3258 8030 3256 8076 3276 8078 3286 8039 TIME...MOT...LOC 1822Z 262DEG 32KT 3268 8068
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
245 PM EDT SUN JUN 28 2015
SCZ049-050-281915-
CHARLESTON SC-COASTAL COLLETON SC-CHARLESTON SC-
245 PM EDT SUN JUN 28 2015
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF COLLETON AND
CHARLESTON COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM EDT...
AT 244 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
BENNETTS POINT...OR 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF EDISTO BEACH...MOVING EAST
AT 30 MPH.
WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CHARLESTON...HOLLYWOOD...RAVENEL...SEABROOK ISLAND...KIAWAH ISLAND...
MEGGETT...ROCKVILLE AND EDISTO ISLAND.
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3258 8015 3256 8018 3255 8017 3256 8019
3253 8026 3252 8053 3257 8055 3255 8057
3269 8060 3275 8045 3281 8011 3260 8008
TIME...MOT...LOC 1844Z 265DEG 28KT 3264 8050The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 74 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:08 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A member of the broadcast media reported power lines down on Fox Chase Road due to a tree being struck by lightning.
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