Narrative:

Location: south of charleston, sc. I was the first officer and had just awoken from my rest break in first class when we hit severe turbulence. I had my seat belt on and was forced violently upwards into it. Everything in front of me went up into the air, scattering pillows and other service items throughout first class. Duration was maybe 10 seconds. When I got up to the cockpit, they were trying to clean up because water had spilled on some personal effects. We contacted dispatch and started trying to determine the extent of damage to passenger and flight attendants. There was only 1 episode and there had been virtually no turbulence prior, nor was there any significant turbulence afterwards. Since I wasn't in the cockpit, I was unaware of what conditions we were flying in. Supplemental information from acn 425918: ATC facility: ZJX, FL270. Location: between jains and oldey. Encountered extreme turbulence in-flight. No 'painting' of precipitation on radar but lightning and st elmo's fire on windshield. Altitude loss of 100 ft down. No aircraft damage.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN A300-600 ACFT FLIES INTO A TSTM DURING AN OVERWATER NIGHT OP AND EXPERIENCES 10 SECONDS OF SEVERE TURB.

Narrative: LOCATION: S OF CHARLESTON, SC. I WAS THE FO AND HAD JUST AWOKEN FROM MY REST BREAK IN FIRST CLASS WHEN WE HIT SEVERE TURB. I HAD MY SEAT BELT ON AND WAS FORCED VIOLENTLY UPWARDS INTO IT. EVERYTHING IN FRONT OF ME WENT UP INTO THE AIR, SCATTERING PILLOWS AND OTHER SVC ITEMS THROUGHOUT FIRST CLASS. DURATION WAS MAYBE 10 SECONDS. WHEN I GOT UP TO THE COCKPIT, THEY WERE TRYING TO CLEAN UP BECAUSE WATER HAD SPILLED ON SOME PERSONAL EFFECTS. WE CONTACTED DISPATCH AND STARTED TRYING TO DETERMINE THE EXTENT OF DAMAGE TO PAX AND FLT ATTENDANTS. THERE WAS ONLY 1 EPISODE AND THERE HAD BEEN VIRTUALLY NO TURB PRIOR, NOR WAS THERE ANY SIGNIFICANT TURB AFTERWARDS. SINCE I WASN'T IN THE COCKPIT, I WAS UNAWARE OF WHAT CONDITIONS WE WERE FLYING IN. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 425918: ATC FACILITY: ZJX, FL270. LOCATION: BTWN JAINS AND OLDEY. ENCOUNTERED EXTREME TURB INFLT. NO 'PAINTING' OF PRECIP ON RADAR BUT LIGHTNING AND ST ELMO'S FIRE ON WINDSHIELD. ALT LOSS OF 100 FT DOWN. NO ACFT DAMAGE.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.