A line of thunderstorms developed well inland in the mid afternoon hours within a lee trough. The line of thunderstorms then pushed toward the coast and produced strong to severe wind gusts.
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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 line of thunderstorms developed well inland in the mid afternoon hours within a lee trough. The line of thunderstorms then pushed toward the coast and produced strong to severe 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 5, 5:07 PM EST, 5 minutes earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 433 AM EDT TUE JUL 5 2016 GAZ087-088-SCZ040-042>045-047>052-060845- JENKINS-SCREVEN-ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER- INLAND BERKELEY-INLAND JASPER-BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON- COASTAL JASPER-TIDAL BERKELEY- 433 AM EDT TUE JUL 5 2016 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. HEAT ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. HEAT...THE COMBINATION OF AFTERNOON TEMPS IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S AND SFC DEWPOINTS IN THE LOW TO MID 70S COULD PRODUCE HEAT INDEX VALUES THAT APPROACH 110 DEGREES AWAY FROM THE COAST. HEAT ADVISORIES COULD BE NEEDED DURING AFTERNOON HOURS...ESPECIALLY THIS WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ASSISTANCE IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. GAZ099>101-114>119-137>141-060845- CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS-INLAND BRYAN-COASTAL BRYAN- INLAND CHATHAM-COASTAL CHATHAM-LONG-INLAND LIBERTY-COASTAL LIBERTY- INLAND MCINTOSH-COASTAL MCINTOSH- 433 AM EDT TUE JUL 5 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. HEAT...THE COMBINATION OF AFTERNOON TEMPS IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S AND SFC DEWPOINTS IN THE LOW TO MID 70S COULD PRODUCE HEAT INDEX VALUES THAT APPROACH 110 DEGREES AWAY FROM THE COAST. HEAT ADVISORIES COULD BE NEEDED DURING AFTERNOON HOURS...ESPECIALLY THIS WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ASSISTANCE IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. AMZ330-350-352-354-374-060845- 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- 433 AM EDT TUE JUL 5 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. .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
517 PM EDT TUE JUL 5 2016
GAZ087-088-052145-
SCREVEN GA-JENKINS GA-
517 PM EDT TUE JUL 5 2016
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF JENKINS AND SCREVEN
COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM EDT...
AT 516 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
WAYNESBORO TO NEAR SWAINSBORO...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...STRONG WINDS 45 TO 55 MPH.
IMPACT...EXPECT MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND BLOWING AROUND OF
LIGHT...UNSECURED OBJECTS.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
MILLEN...BUTTS...ROCKY FORD...HERNDON...SCARBORO...PERKINS...WOODCLIFF AND
EMMALANE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY. 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.
REPORT DAMAGE DIRECTLY TO THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT
1-888-383-2024 WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO. YOU CAN ALSO EMAIL YOUR
REPORT TO NWS.CHARLESTONSC@NOAA.GOV.
&&
LAT...LON 3289 8212 3292 8208 3292 8195 3295 8186
3295 8182 3291 8176 3298 8165 3298 8164
3265 8176 3265 8184 3264 8188 3262 8202
3266 8208 3283 8215
TIME...MOT...LOC 2116Z 275DEG 38KT 3297 8211 3263 8238The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 40 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:13 UTC.
7 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Allendale County dispatch reported a tree down at the intersection of Highway 3 and Cohens Bluff Road.
South Carolina Department of Transportation reported a tree down at the intersection of Buckhead Road and Lodge Highway.
South Carolina Department of Transportation reported a tree down on Highway 63 near the Colleton County line.
South Carolina Department of Transportation reported a tree down on Mt. Carmel Road.
South Carolina Department of Transportation reported a tree down on the 1800 block of Can City Road.
South Carolina Department of Transportation reported a tree down on Quaker Road between Wire Road and Westbury Road.
South Carolina Department of Transportation reported a tree down on Short Cut Road behind Woodland High School.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in South Carolina in 2016Every state in 2016This day in weather historyWarnings in South Carolina, July 2016
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: 651127, 651133, 651138, 651139, 651141, 651145, 651148.