Charleston SC Storm Reports...

[Stormtrack03]

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1009 PM EDT SAT JUN 02 2007

..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..

1009 PM TSTM WND GST CHARLESTON 32.78N 79.94W
06/02/2007 M53 MPH CHARLESTON SC OFFICIAL NWS OBS

LATEST OBSERVATION FROM WATERFRONT PARK...SUSTAINED WINDS
43 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 53 MPH.

[krisj]

I just logged on to get more info. It is pouring rain here and very windy. I'm wondering if we've had the worst of it yet or if there is more to come. I hate the storms in the dark. I'd rather do this storm thing in the daytime.

[Stormtrack03]

I also wanted to report that I lost power here for about 5 minutes, really storming outside, reports of trees down in Hilton Head as well.

[Opal storm]

Wow, ex-Barry still packing a punch. I was just looking at the Charleston radar, you guys are in for a long night.

[Stormtrack03]

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NWUS52 KCHS 030225
LSRCHS

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1025 PM EDT SAT JUN 02 2007

..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..

1009 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG CHARLESTON 32.78N 79.94W
06/02/2007 CHARLESTON SC COAST GUARD

NUMEROUS BOATS BREAKING FREE OF MOORINGS AND FLOATING
THROUGHOUT THE CHARLESTON HARBOR. COAST GUARD IN THE
PROCESS OF CONTAINING THEM.

[Stephanie]

Wow! Barry's sure giving a fight if those boats are breaking free. :0

[boca]

Ft Stewart, Ga has a pressure of 997.3mb.

[boca]

Ft Stewart, Ga has a pressure of 997.3mb.
http://www.erh.noaa.gov/forecast/MapCli ... 4&map.y=24

[Stormtrack03]

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NOUS42 KCHS 030259
PNSCHS
GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-042>045-047>051-030900-

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1100 PM EDT SAT JUN 3 2007

...PRELIMINARY RAINFALL TOTALS AND PEAK WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE
REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM BARRY...

STORM TOTAL RAINFALL THROUGH 11 PM EDT.

...SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
MIDWAY 5.39
DOWNTOWN SAVANNAH 5.35
SAVANNAH AIRPORT 4.65
TYBEE ISLAND 3.68
HINESVILLE 3.60
PORT WENTWORTH 3.29
METTER 3.23
HUNTER ARMY AIRFIELD 3.20
FORT STEWART 2.88
DARIEN 2.71
REIDSVILLE 2.56
WALTHOURVILLE 2.55
BLITCHTON 2.22
MILLEN 2.06
STATESBORO 1.60
BURTONS FERRY 1.50
SYLVANIA 1.49
SPRINGFIELD 1.09

...SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...
LEVY 5.38
HILTON HEAD 3.40
BLUFFTON 3.13
BEAUFORT 2.91
CHARLESTON AIRPORT 2.22
FOLLY BEACH 2.15
EDISTO BEACH 2.12
ACE BASIN 1.78
MCCLELLANVILLE 1.75
SMOAKS 1.56
GOOSE CREEK 1.55
MOUNT PLEASANT 1.35
WITHERBEE 1.35
DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON 1.33
HARLEYVILLE 1.28
HUGER 0.98

PEAK WIND GUSTS THROUGH 11 PM EDT.

BEN SAWYER BRIDGE 60 MPH
DON HOLT BRIDGE 60 MPH
DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON 53 MPH
BUOY 41004 52 MPH
TYBG1 TOWER 54 MPH
BUOY 41008 50 MPH
TYBEE ISLAND 49 MPH
EDISTO BEACH 48 MPH
ISLE OF PALMS 44 MPH
CHARLESTON AIRPORT 44 MPH
DOWNTOWN SAVANNAH 43 MPH
FOLLY BEACH 43 MPH

$$

ST

[BigO]

Y'all must be living a charmed life. We're crying for rain in Marietta and I've been watching the radar as the leading edge keeps bouncing off the outer loop to the southwest. Trust me, we'd accept some really gusty winds and maybe even an extended power outage here if we could just get some freaking RAIN.

We've choked on the smoke from the fires--many times (and I'm a tobacco smoker, so I'm not sensitive to this phenomena, but even I've had trouble breathing outside (I can only imagine how bad it's been for athsmatics)), we've dealt with the water restrictions and our gardens we rely on for summer produce being slowly strangled. We wanted an inch or so of rain out of this system to give us a little bit of hope and the high that the asphaut and concrete downtown provides, combined with a ridge that seems to want to starve us of moisture due to the mountains is about to be dashed yet again.

To quote the prisoner in Life of Brian..."You lucky, lucky bastards!"

[Stormtrack03]

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NWUS52 KCHS 030323
LSRCHS

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1123 PM EDT SAT JUN 02 2007

..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..

1030 PM NON-TSTM WND GST MOUNT PLEASANT 32.79N 79.86W
06/02/2007 M65 MPH CHARLESTON SC COUNTY OFFICIAL

MEASURED ON TOP OF THE CRANES AT THE WANDO TERMINAL.
HEIGHT IS APPROXIMATELY 200 FT ABOVE THE GROUND.


That is pretty impressive for the remnants of a Tropical Storm.

[vacanechaser]

Ft Stewart, Ga has a pressure of 997.3mb.
http://www.erh.noaa.gov/forecast/MapCli ... 4&map.y=24

yep... driving north on i-95 and have seen several nreadings at 997mb....

right now near i-26 and have 1000.4mb, light rain and a few strong gusts...


Jesse V. Bass III
http://www.vastormphoto.com
Hurricane Intercept Research Team

[Epsilon_Fan]

I'm not a Charleston tonight thank God... I've been up in NY for the month so I miss out on the storm!

[Berwick Bay]

Yes indeed. This is why I posted a thread earlier today about the forecast for gales up and down the eastern seaboard. It seemed as though once Barry exited Fl and was labeled extra-tropical there was a tendency to say "well thats it". But no!!. Barry in its extra-tropical incarnation is much more formidable than the small tropical storm which made landfall in Fl. This large extra-tropical storm will rake the entire eastern seaboard with 50-60 mph winds. Those in the Carolinas and further north will experience a much more formidable storm than the people of Fl. Take care.

[boca]

A 995.2mb reading in Savannah, Ga.
http://www.erh.noaa.gov/forecast/MapCli ... &map.y=214

[somethingfunny]

I think the NHC ought to have issued a Tropical Storm Warning along the southeast coast from Hatteras to Jacksonville. Just because the storm isn't technically a tropical storm anymore doesn't mean it won't bring tropical storm conditions...plus that whole swath of coastline is getting onshore winds, so the damage is likely to at least equal whatever was seen in Florida.

[HURAKAN]

I think the NHC ought to have issued a Tropical Storm Warning along the southeast coast from Hatteras to Jacksonville. Just because the storm isn't technically a tropical storm anymore doesn't mean it won't bring tropical storm conditions...plus that whole swath of coastline is getting onshore winds, so the damage is likely to at least equal whatever was seen in Florida.

Then that would be Gale Warning, since it's a gale center of low pressure, not a tropical system.

[brunota2003]

I think the NHC ought to have issued a Tropical Storm Warning along the southeast coast from Hatteras to Jacksonville. Just because the storm isn't technically a tropical storm anymore doesn't mean it won't bring tropical storm conditions...plus that whole swath of coastline is getting onshore winds, so the damage is likely to at least equal whatever was seen in Florida.

Then that would be Gale Warning, since it's a gale center of low pressure, not a tropical system.

Plus if the winds are over land, that is where the wind advisories come in...And I know from the Capes down to about Florida, the coastal counties are indeed under a wind advisory.

[vacanechaser]

just south of the N.C. border heading home and my pressure is 995.4.... cloudy, 74 degrees, dew point 71....940 am...



Jesse V. Bass III
http://www.vastormphoto.com
Hurricane Intercept Research Team

[Berwick Bay]

Along with the wind reports of 50 and 60 mph, I am also even more impressed with those pressure readings from Georgia and the Carolina's. I suppose many have their own "magic number", mine is 997 millibars( or about 29.44 inches as I prefer to state it). A storm of that magnitude is no laughing matter. (If anyone has any doubts, check you're local weather for today's barometer reading). Occasionally, along the gulf coast, you can have pressure readings of 1004 millibars or so associated with strong low pressure systems and the passage of frontal boundaries(although this is infrequent). I've found that the 997 MB reading signifies a more important status when referring to landfalling tropical systems along the gulf coast. The atmosphere seems to become much more unstable at that point, with chances of tornadic development greatly increased. So when I hear of pressure readings of 995 MB's along the Atlantic Coast with the passage of Barry (or whatever you want to call him now, lol, this is so silly) I am impressed. I know that you are experiencing a significant storm.