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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 38, NWS Charleston, SC

May 26, 2025Liberty County, Long County, Georgia

NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2025, 6:15 PM EDT for Liberty County, Long County, Georgia. It was in force for 45 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued
May 26, 2025, 6:15 PM EDT (22:15 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2025, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Liberty County, GA, Long County, GA

The radar

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NWS Charleston, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 26, 5:07 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 26, 5:07 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 26, 5:04 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Charleston SC
504 PM EDT Mon May 26 2025

GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-042>045-047>052-272115-
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-
504 PM EDT Mon May 26 2025

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

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

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

- Coastal Flood

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

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

- Coastal Flood
- Excessive Rainfall
- Rip Current

&&

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 26, 5:16 PM EDT, 59 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston SC
516 PM EDT Mon May 26 2025

GAZ101-118-SCZ047-051-262145-
Inland Chatham GA-Coastal Jasper SC-Inland Jasper SC-Effingham GA-
516 PM EDT Mon May 26 2025

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT EFFINGHAM...JASPER AND CHATHAM
COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM EDT...

At 516 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Meinhard, moving northeast at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible.

Locations impacted include...
  Pooler, Bluffton, Savannah International Airport, Godley Station,
  Downtown Savannah, Rincon, Garden City, Port Wentworth,
  Hardeeville and Monteith.

This includes the following highways...
	I-16 near mile marker 164.
	I-95 in Georgia between mile markers 105 and 112.
	I-95 in South Carolina between mile markers 2 and 7.
	I-516 near mile marker 9.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Stay tuned to NOAA Weather Radio All Hazards, TV or your local news
source for the latest information from the National Weather Service.

&&

LAT...LON 3217 8129 3237 8119 3225 8100 3225 8101
      3224 8102 3224 8101 3221 8101 3207 8115
TIME...MOT...LOC 2116Z 216DEG 11KT 3217 8121

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

ST
Special weather statement, May 26, 5:27 PM EDT, 48 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 26, 5:54 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 26, 6:08 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 9:53 AM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryCHS12 hr
May 26, 5:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSEffingham29 min
May 26, 5:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSChatham, Effingham54 min
May 26, 5:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSBryan33 min
May 26, 5:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSLong36 min
May 26, 5:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSLong36 min
May 26, 6:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSEffingham22 min
May 26, 7:12 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCHS9 hr
May 26, 7:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSScreven34 min
May 26, 6:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSJasper22 min
May 26, 7:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSHampton28 min

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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.