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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Charleston, SC

March 31, 20256 counties in Georgia

NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 31, 2025, 3:59 PM EDT for 6 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 61 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
Mar 31, 2025, 3:59 PM EDT (19:59 UTC)
Expired
Mar 31, 2025, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Bulloch County, GA, Candler County, GA, Evans County, GA, Jenkins County, GA, Screven County, GA, Tattnall County, GA

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 31, 3:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 185 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 2025-03-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 7 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 2025-03-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 72 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
7 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-135 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
542 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
103 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Mar 31, 2:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 31, 2:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 31, 3:39 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Charleston SC
339 PM EDT Mon Mar 31 2025

GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-042>045-047>052-011945-
Jenkins-Screven-Candler-Bulloch-Effingham-Tattnall-Evans-
Inland Bryan-Coastal Bryan-Inland Chatham-Coastal Chatham-Long-
Inland Liberty-Coastal Liberty-Inland McIntosh-Coastal McIntosh-
Allendale-Hampton-Inland Colleton-Dorchester-Inland Berkeley-
Inland Jasper-Beaufort-Coastal Colleton-Charleston-Coastal Jasper-
Tidal Berkeley-
339 PM EDT Mon Mar 31 2025

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeast Georgia and
southeast South Carolina.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

See the Graphical Hazardous Weather Outlook for more information
about the following possible hazardous weather:

- Severe Thunderstorm

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

&&

The Graphical Hazardous Weather Outlook can be found at:
https://www.weather.gov/erh/ghwo/?wfo=chs

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 31, 4:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSBulloch, Effingham, Evans, Tattnall56 min
Mar 31, 4:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSScreven61 min
Mar 31, 5:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSBryan, Chatham, Effingham, Liberty, Long, McIntosh25 min
Mar 31, 5:53 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS97 min
Mar 31, 6:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSChatham, Liberty, McIntosh56 min
Mar 31, 6:21 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS84 min
Mar 31, 6:39 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS80 min
Mar 31, 6:54 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS93 min
Mar 31, 4:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSAllendale36 min
Mar 31, 5:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSColleton, Dorchester49 min
Mar 31, 5:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBerkeley, Colleton, Dorchester54 min
Mar 31, 5:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBerkeley38 min
Mar 31, 6:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBeaufort, Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester54 min
Mar 31, 6:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBerkeley, Charleston61 min

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.