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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Charleston, SC

June 8, 20254 counties in South Carolina

NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2025, 1:16 PM EDT for 4 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 44 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
Jun 8, 2025, 1:16 PM EDT (17:16 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 2025, 2:00 PM EDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Berkeley County, SC, Charleston County, SC, Colleton County, SC, Dorchester County, SC

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 8, 11:26 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 23 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 2025-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1747 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 2025-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 66 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1747 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-58 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
917 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.6

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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 Jun 8, 12:33 PM EDT, 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 12:33 PM EDT, 43 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 8, 11:40 AM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Charleston SC
1140 AM EDT Sun Jun 8 2025

GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-042>045-047>052-091545-
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-
1140 AM EDT Sun Jun 8 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...Monday through Saturday.

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

- Severe Thunderstorm

&&

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 8, 1:00 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 8, 1:04 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 8:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBryan, Liberty, Long, McIntosh39 min
Jun 7, 8:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSBryan25 min
Jun 7, 8:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSJenkins, Screven32 min
Jun 7, 11:09 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS38 min
Jun 8, 11:27 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSScreven63 min
Jun 8, 12:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSEvans, Tattnall47 min
Jun 8, 12:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSBryan, Liberty, Long49 min
Jun 8, 1:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSEffingham29 min
Jun 8, 1:19 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS86 min
Jun 8, 1:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSChatham, McIntosh62 min
Jun 8, 1:37 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS83 min
Jun 8, 1:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBryan, Chatham, Liberty51 min
Jun 8, 1:43 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS82 min
Jun 8, 2:26 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS64 min
Jun 8, 2:38 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS2 hr
Jun 8, 2:40 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS78 min
Jun 8, 2:45 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS60 min
Jun 8, 2:53 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS19 min
Jun 8, 3:19 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS54 min
Jun 7, 8:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSAllendale, Hampton36 min
Jun 7, 8:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSAllendale, Colleton, Hampton, Jasper35 min
Jun 7, 9:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSColleton41 min
Jun 7, 10:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSBerkeley46 min
Jun 7, 10:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSJasper38 min
Jun 7, 11:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSBerkeley33 min
Jun 8, 12:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSAllendale, Beaufort, Colleton, Hampton, Jasper60 min
Jun 8, 12:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSAllendale, Berkeley, Colleton, Dorchester65 min
Jun 8, 12:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBeaufort, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester, Jasper33 min
Jun 8, 12:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBerkeley, Charleston, Dorchester38 min
Jun 8, 1:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSBeaufort, Jasper60 min
Jun 8, 2:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSCharleston15 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.