A stationary cold front was positioned to the north with a weak area of low pressure along it. Scattered to numerous thunderstorms developed in the mid to late afternoon hours within a very unstable airmass.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS CHS wrote it up.
A stationary cold front was positioned to the north with a weak area of low pressure along it. Scattered to numerous thunderstorms developed in the mid to late afternoon hours within a very unstable airmass. The thunderstorms were aided by the presence of a shortwave trough aloft and 15-20 knots of bulk shear. The thunderstorms produced numerous reports of damaging wind gusts across southeast South Carolina.
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 23, 12:53 PM EST, 1 hour 32 minutes earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 318 AM EDT THU JUL 23 2015 AMZ330-350-352-354-374-GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040- 042>045-047>052-240730- 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- 318 AM EDT THU JUL 23 2015 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS...SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO AFFECT SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP TODAY. THE RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE THE GREATEST BETWEEN 2 PM AND 8 PM. PEOPLE ACROSS SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA... INCLUDING THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS...SHOULD REMAIN WEATHER AWARE TODAY. BE ALERT FOR CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... PLEASE RELAY ANY REPORTS OF HAZARDOUS WEATHER INCLUDING...BUT NOT LIMITED TO LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON AT 1-888-383-2024.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1222 PM EDT THU JUL 23 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0623 PM TSTM WND DMG 6 N TYBEE ISLAND 32.10N 80.87W
07/22/2015 BEAUFORT SC CITY OFFICIAL
BLOODY POINT RESORT REPORTS NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN BOTH
THE BLOODY POINT AND OAKRIDGE PLANTATION COMMUNITY
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EVENT NUMBER CHS1500768
CBThe Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 29 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:23 UTC.
10 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
South Carolina Highway Patrol reported two trees down and in the roadway on Jacob White Road near Enoch Norris Road and Highway 17.
South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down and in the roadway on Hope Well Road near the intersection with Deer Road. South Carolina Department of Transportation is responding to the downed tree.
Beaufort County dispatch reported a tree down near the intersection of Bay Street and Ribaut Road.
South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down and in the roadway on Gumwood Drive near Little Capers Road. South Carolina Department of Transportation responded to the downed tree.
Beaufort County dispatch reported several trees down near Ladys Island. One tree was down and in the roadway on Sea Island Parkway near Polowana Road. Three other trees were down along Martin Luther King Jr. Drive.
Tuc In De Woods Campground reported numerous trees down with power and cable both out of service.
South Carolina Highway Patrol reported two trees down near the 1100 and 1200 blocks of Green Pond Highway.
South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down and in the roadway on Jacksonboro Road near Bodison Memorial Drive. South Carolina Department of Transportation responded to the downed tree.
A Twitter user reported a large tree down at the corner of King Street and Huger Street.
The Daufuskie Island Fire Department reported seven trees down across the island.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in South Carolina in 2015Every state in 2015This day in weather historyWarnings in South Carolina, 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 594098, 594097, 594101, 594103, 594100, 594111, 594099, 594102, 594105, 594106.