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Overview

An unseasonably deep upper-level trough of low pressure and an associated surface low pressure affected the region on April 19, 2019. Very strong low to mid-level winds contributed to the development of a strong squall line and damaging winds ahead of a surface cold front which tracked eastward through southeast Georgia and southeast South Carolina during the early to mid afternoon. 

Satellite Imagery

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GOES Visible Satellite Image (11 AM EDT) GOES IR Satellite Image (131 PM EDT)

 

Radar Imagery

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Radar Reflectivity Loop (11 AM EDT to 354 PM EDT) 

 

Charleston, SC Doppler Radar Velocity (140 PM EDT) - Note the 80+ knot winds near Walterboro, SC

Damage Pictures

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Port Wentworth, GA  (courtesy of WTOC)  Mount Pleasant, SC West Ashley, SC