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Gale Warning 10, NWS Charleston, SC

June 18, 2026

NWS Charleston, SC issued this gale warning at Jun 18, 2026, 2:06 PM EDT. It took effect at Jun 19, 2026, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 8 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: Jun 18, 2026, 2:06 PM EDT (18:06 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 19, 2026, 6:00 AM EDT
Expired: Jun 19, 2026, 2:06 PM EDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Charleston, SC

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this gale 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 gale warning went out at Jun 18, 7:38 AM EDT, 6 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 7:38 AM EDT, 6 hours 28 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 18, 1:25 PM EDT, 41 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 18, 1:35 PM EDT, 31 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 18, 2:02 PM EDT, 4 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
Jun 18, 1:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Charleston	35 min
Jun 18, 1:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Charleston	25 min
Jun 18, 2:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Charleston	28 min
Jun 18, 3:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Colleton	34 min
Jun 18, 3:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Colleton	40 min
Jun 18, 3:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Beaufort, Hampton, Jasper	38 min
Jun 18, 4:24 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		81 min
Jun 18, 4:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Beaufort, Colleton, Hampton, Jasper	49 min
Jun 18, 4:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Beaufort	42 min
Jun 18, 4:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Beaufort, Colleton, Jasper	32 min
Jun 18, 5:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Beaufort, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester	48 min
Jun 18, 5:20 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		50 min
Jun 18, 5:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Colleton, Dorchester	29 min
Jun 18, 5:47 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		118 min
Jun 18, 6:07 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		53 min
Jun 18, 6:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Berkeley	36 min
Jun 18, 6:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Allendale	46 min
Jun 18, 7:42 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		60 min
Jun 18, 2:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Evans	30 min
Jun 18, 3:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Bryan, Long	36 min
Jun 18, 3:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Effingham	27 min
Jun 18, 3:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Effingham	35 min
Jun 18, 4:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Screven	28 min
Jun 18, 4:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Chatham	52 min
Jun 18, 5:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Jenkins	29 min
Jun 18, 5:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Jenkins	52 min
Jun 18, 5:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Long	25 min
Jun 18, 6:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Bryan, Chatham, Liberty, Long, McIntosh	40 min
Jun 18, 6:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Bryan, Liberty, Long, McIntosh	49 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.