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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Charleston, SC

August 10, 2026Bryan County, Chatham County, Liberty County, Georgia

NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 10, 2026, 6:21 PM EDT for Bryan County, Chatham County, Liberty 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
Aug 10, 2026, 6:21 PM EDT (22:21 UTC)
Expired
Aug 10, 2026, 7:01 PM EDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Bryan County, GA, Chatham County, GA, Liberty County, GA

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 165 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 2026-08-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1172 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 2026-08-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 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
1172 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-44 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1033 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 10, 12:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSBerkeley28 min
Aug 10, 1:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSBerkeley30 min
Aug 10, 1:51 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryCHSBeaufort, Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton, Jasper30 hr
Aug 10, 2:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSCharleston34 min
Aug 10, 2:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSCharleston32 min
Aug 10, 3:01 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS80 min
Aug 10, 3:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSDorchester24 min
Aug 10, 3:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSColleton27 min
Aug 10, 3:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSBerkeley24 min
Aug 10, 3:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSColleton32 min
Aug 10, 5:28 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS32 min
Aug 10, 5:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSBeaufort44 min
Aug 10, 5:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSBeaufort22 min
Aug 10, 6:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBeaufort27 min
Aug 10, 6:24 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS51 min
Aug 10, 5:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSChatham49 min
Aug 10, 5:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBryan, Chatham50 min
Aug 10, 6:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSEffingham39 min
Aug 10, 7:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSMcIntosh45 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.