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Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Charleston, SC

January 20, 20258 counties in Georgia; 5 counties in South Carolina

NWS Charleston, SC issued this winter storm warning at Jan 20, 2025, 2:34 PM EST for 8 counties in Georgia; 5 counties in South Carolina. It took effect at Jan 21, 2025, 5:00 PM EST. It was in force for 16 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 20, 2025, 2:34 PM EST (19:34 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 21, 2025, 5:00 PM EST
Expired: Jan 22, 2025, 9:20 AM EST
In force: 16 hr
Issued by: NWS Charleston, SC

Counties Bulloch County, GA, Candler County, GA, Effingham County, GA, Evans County, GA, Jenkins County, GA, Long County, GA, Screven County, GA, Tattnall County, GA, Allendale County, SC, Berkeley County, SC, Colleton County, SC, Dorchester County, SC, Hampton County, SC

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:35 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 winter storm 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 winter storm warning went out at Jan 20, 12:14 PM EST, 2 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 20, 12:14 PM EST, 2 hours 20 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 20, 2:38 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	CHS		4 days

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Georgia, 2025 Winter Storm Warnings in South Carolina, 2025 Every winter storm warning in 2025

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.