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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Charleston, SC

July 5, 2026Beaufort County, Jasper County, South Carolina; Chatham County, Georgia

NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2026, 3:35 PM EDT for Beaufort County, Jasper County, South Carolina; Chatham County, Georgia. It was in force for 40 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
Jul 5, 2026, 3:35 PM EDT (19:35 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 2026, 4:15 PM EDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Chatham County, GA, Beaufort County, SC, Jasper County, SC

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 356 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2026-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1885 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2026-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 51 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1885 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
995 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 5, 2:10 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryCHSBeaufort, Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton, Jasper16 hr
Jul 5, 1:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSColleton45 min
Jul 5, 1:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBeaufort, Colleton, Hampton, Jasper25 min
Jul 5, 1:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBerkeley, Charleston32 min
Jul 5, 1:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSBerkeley40 min
Jul 5, 1:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSCharleston, Dorchester34 min
Jul 5, 2:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSColleton53 min
Jul 5, 2:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSCharleston, Colleton, Dorchester53 min
Jul 5, 2:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBerkeley, Charleston46 min
Jul 5, 2:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSCharleston61 min
Jul 5, 2:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSCharleston52 min
Jul 5, 3:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSJasper41 min
Jul 5, 3:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSBerkeley45 min
Jul 5, 4:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSJasper41 min
Jul 5, 4:19 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS61 min
Jul 5, 4:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSHampton49 min
Jul 5, 4:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSColleton43 min
Jul 5, 4:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSColleton, Hampton33 min
Jul 5, 5:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSColleton48 min
Jul 5, 3:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSLiberty, McIntosh55 min
Jul 5, 3:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSChatham41 min
Jul 5, 4:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSEffingham42 min
Jul 5, 5:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSBryan34 min
Jul 5, 5:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSEvans42 min
Jul 5, 6:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSBulloch25 min
Jul 5, 6:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSTattnall37 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.