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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 23, 2025, 3:36 PM EDT for Jenkins County, Screven County, Georgia; Allendale County, Hampton County, South Carolina. It was in force for 39 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 23, 2025, 3:36 PM EDT (19:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 23, 2025, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Jenkins County, GA, Screven County, GA, Allendale County, SC, Hampton County, SC
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 152 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 295 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -93 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 879 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted.
822
WUUS52 KCHS 231936
SVRCHS
GAC165-251-SCC005-049-232015-
/O.NEW.KCHS.SV.W.0021.250423T1936Z-250423T2015Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Charleston SC
336 PM EDT Wed Apr 23 2025
The National Weather Service in Charleston has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for portions of...
Jenkins County in southeastern Georgia...
Screven County in southeastern Georgia...
Allendale County in southeastern South Carolina...
Hampton County in southeastern South Carolina...
* Until 415 PM EDT.
* At 336 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line from
over Lake Warren State Park to over Scarboro, moving east at 15
mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and small hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Sylvania, Estill, Fairfax, Hiltonia, Gifford, Furman, Scotia,
Rocky Ford, Luray and Burtons Ferry Landing.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Seek shelter inside a well-built structure and stay away from
windows. These storms are capable of producing damaging winds.
&&
LAT...LON 3265 8197 3292 8175 3295 8170 3298 8126
3269 8110
TIME...MOT...LOC 1936Z 272DEG 14KT 3284 8121 3274 8147 3273 8184
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
ACD1 follow-up statement
618
WWUS52 KCHS 232014
SVSCHS
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston SC
414 PM EDT Wed Apr 23 2025
GAC165-251-SCC005-049-232024-
/O.EXP.KCHS.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-250423T2015Z/
Jenkins GA-Screven GA-Allendale SC-Hampton SC-
414 PM EDT Wed Apr 23 2025
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 415 PM EDT FOR
JENKINS, SCREVEN, ALLENDALE AND HAMPTON COUNTIES...
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe
limits, and no longer pose an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.
&&
LAT...LON 3265 8197 3292 8175 3295 8170 3298 8126
3269 8110
TIME...MOT...LOC 1936Z 272DEG 14KT 3284 8121 3274 8147 3273 8184
$$
ACDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 9:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Candler | 37 min |
| Apr 23, 2:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Jenkins | 30 min |
| Apr 23, 3:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Jenkins | 30 min |
| Apr 23, 3:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Jenkins | 26 min |
| Apr 23, 4:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Jenkins | 25 min |
| Apr 23, 4:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Screven | 30 min |
| Apr 23, 5:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Effingham | 28 min |
| Apr 23, 5:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Effingham | 39 min |
| Apr 23, 6:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Candler, Evans, Tattnall | 51 min |
| Apr 23, 7:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Tattnall | 34 min |
| Apr 23, 2:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Allendale | 23 min |
| Apr 23, 2:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Allendale | 23 min |
| Apr 23, 2:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Allendale, Colleton, Hampton | 56 min |
| Apr 23, 3:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Colleton | 42 min |
| Apr 23, 3:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Colleton, Dorchester | 47 min |
| Apr 23, 4:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Dorchester | 22 min |
| Apr 23, 4:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Colleton | 31 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.