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PRELIMINARY STORM REPORT...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1000 AM EDT THU SEP 16 1999
A. HIGHEST WINDS...
CHARLESTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...
2-MINUTE ASOS 44 KNOTS FROM 350 DEGREES AT 0046 UTC SEP 16 1999
PEAK GUST 58 KNOTS FROM 345 DEGREES AT 2257 UTC SEP 15 1999
CHARLESTON CITY OFFICE...
1- MINUTE HANDAR 50 KNOTS FROM 350 DEGREES AT 0150 UTC SEP 16 99
PEAK GUST 74 KNOTS FROM 350 DEGREES AT 0046 UTC SEP 16 99
SAVANNAH AIRPORT...
2-MINUTE ASOS 35 KNOTS FROM 350 DEGREES AT 1810 UTC SEP 15 1999
PEAK GUST 46 KNOTS FROM 350 DEGREES AT 2058 UTC SEP 15 1999
EDISTO BEACH STATE PARK PEAK 33 KNOTS AT 0029 UTC SEP 16 1999
PEAK GUST 47 KNOTS FROM 330 DEGREES AT 2203 UTC SEP 15 1999
EDISTO BUOY(41004) PEAK WIND 54 KTS FROM 325 DEGREES
AT 0200 UTC SEP 16 1999
PEAK GUSTS 72 KTS FROM 325 DEGREES AT 0200 UTC
MAX SEAS 38 FT SEP 16 1999
SAVANNAH (GRAYS REEF BUOY) PEAK WINDS 24 KTS FROM 350 DEGREES
PEAK GUSTS 31 KNOTS FROM 350 DEGREES AT 2100 UTC SEP 15 1999
SEAS 19 FT AT 2200 UTC SEP 15 1999
FOLLY BEACH...PEAK WIND 47 KTS 350 DEGREES AT 2300 UTC SEP 15 99
PEAK GUST 62 KTS FROM 350 DEGREES AT 2300 UTC SEP 15 1999.
B. LOWEST PRESSURE...
CHARLESTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT - 29.22 INCHES OR
/989.5 MILLIBARS / AT 0052 UTC SEP 15 1999
C. RAINFALL...
SOUTH CAROLINA GEORGIA
LADSON OAKBROOK 4.30 SAVANNAH 1.32
CHARLESTON AIRPORT 3.91 LUDOWICI .52
CHARLESTON CITY OFFICE 3.99 NEWINGTON .85
RIDGEVILLE 3.58 BROOKLET .41
WALTERBORO 2.50 DOVER .40
WILLIAMS 2.42 ROCKY FORD .20
ST. GEORGE 1.90
BEAUFORT 1.83
ALLENDALE .67
D. STORM TIDES...
CHARLESTON HARBOR...DOWNTOWN CITY HANDAR
MAX TIDE HEIGHT... 10.1 FT ASL (7.1 FT MLLW)
AT 2000 UTC SEP 15 99
MAX TIDE DEPARTURE ABOVE NORMAL...3.5 FEET AT 2300 UTC
SEP 15 1999
FORT PULASKI, GA...NOS TIDE GAUGE
MAX TIDE HEIGHT...12.39 ASL (8.69 FT MLLW) AT 1742 UTC
MAX TIDE DEPARTURE ABOVE NORMAL...3.3 FEET AT 0848 UTC
E. BEACH EROSION...
MINOR TO MODERATE BEACH EROSION ALONG SOUTH COASTAL SOUTH
CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA COASTS.
F. FLOODING
NO KNOWN FLOODING.
G. TORNADOES
NONE
H. STORM EFFECTS...
PRELIMINARY REPORTS OF EVACUATION FROM NEWS REPORTS: WELL OVER
A HALF-MILLION PEOPLE EVACUATED IN COASTAL SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND
SOUTH COASTAL SOUTH CAROLINA.
SOUTH CAROLINA:
THERE WERE NUMEROUS REPORTS OF TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN OVER
SOUTH COASTAL COUNTIES WITH TREES ACROSS ROADWAYS AND TREES ON
HOMES. AT ONE POINT, OVER 100,000 CUSTOMERS WERE WITH OUT
POWERS.
SOUTHEAST GEORGIA:
SCATTERED AREAS OF TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.
NOTE: MORE DETAILED INFORMATION WILL BE RELEASED NEXT WEEK
9/20-25/99.
HARRISON/COLE