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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 103, NWS Charleston, SC

August 5, 2025Colleton County, Hampton County, Jasper County, South Carolina

NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 5, 2025, 5:28 PM EDT for Colleton County, Hampton County, Jasper County, South Carolina. It was in force for 62 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 5, 2025, 5:28 PM EDT (21:28 UTC)
Expired
Aug 5, 2025, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Colleton County, SC, Hampton County, SC, Jasper County, SC

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, 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 this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 4, 6:07 PM EDT, 23 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 4, 6:07 PM EDT, 23 hours 21 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 5, 3:48 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS87 min
Aug 5, 4:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSScreven29 min
Aug 5, 4:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSBryan, Liberty33 min
Aug 5, 4:31 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCHSBryan, Liberty, McIntosh119 min
Aug 5, 4:35 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCHSBryan, Chatham15 min
Aug 5, 4:50 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCHSBryan, Chatham, Effingham92 min
Aug 5, 4:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSChatham37 min
Aug 5, 5:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSChatham, Effingham50 min
Aug 5, 5:12 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS2 hr
Aug 5, 6:22 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningCHSBryan, Chatham, Effingham2 hr
Aug 5, 6:49 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS116 min
Aug 5, 7:46 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS88 min
Aug 5, 1:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSBerkeley53 min
Aug 5, 3:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSColleton27 min
Aug 5, 5:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSAllendale30 min
Aug 5, 5:17 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCHSAllendale, Colleton, Hampton73 min
Aug 5, 5:48 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCHSBeaufort, Charleston, Colleton, Hampton, Jasper3 hr
Aug 5, 6:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBeaufort, Colleton55 min
Aug 5, 6:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSCharleston52 min
Aug 5, 6:57 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCHSCharleston, Dorchester2 hr
Aug 5, 7:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSCharleston, Colleton57 min
Aug 5, 7:54 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCHSCharleston81 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.