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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Charleston, SC

May 9, 2025Colleton County, Dorchester County, South Carolina

NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 2025, 5:08 AM EDT for Colleton County, Dorchester County, South Carolina. It was in force for 67 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
May 9, 2025, 5:08 AM EDT (09:08 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 2025, 6:15 AM EDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Colleton County, SC, Dorchester County, SC

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 May 9, 3:40 AM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 9, 3:40 AM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 9, 3:45 AM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 6:25 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS102 min
May 9, 6:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSTattnall44 min
May 9, 6:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSChatham28 min
May 9, 6:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSEffingham28 min
May 9, 6:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSChatham50 min
May 9, 7:12 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCHSChatham, Effingham2 hr
May 9, 7:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSChatham42 min
May 9, 5:02 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSDorchester43 min
May 9, 6:32 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSCharleston28 min
May 9, 6:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSColleton34 min
May 9, 7:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSCharleston51 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.