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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2026, 12:55 PM EDT for Colleton County, Dorchester County, South Carolina. It was in force for 35 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 6, 2026, 12:55 PM EDT (16:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2026, 1:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Colleton County, SC, Dorchester County, SC
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 46 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2265 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 798 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Aug 6, 7:32 AM EDT, 5 hours 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 6, 7:32 AM EDT, 5 hours 23 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 6, 12:55 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston SC
1255 PM EDT Thu Aug 6 2026
SCZ043-044-150-061730-
Charleston SC-Dorchester SC-Inland Colleton SC-
1255 PM EDT Thu Aug 6 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CHARLESTON...COLLETON AND
DORCHESTER COUNTIES UNTIL 130 PM EDT...
At 1255 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Cottageville, moving north at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Walterboro, Givhans Ferry State Park, Ridgeville, Cottageville,
Round O, Givhans, Canadys, Norman Landing, Gloverville and Hiotts.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Stay tuned to NOAA Weather Radio All Hazards, TV or your local news
source for the latest information from the National Weather Service.
&&
LAT...LON 3307 8062 3317 8060 3310 8026 3309 8024
3274 8032 3284 8067
TIME...MOT...LOC 1655Z 188DEG 15KT 3291 8049
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 TO 55 MPH
CPMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 6:58 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 2 hr | |
| Aug 6, 10:54 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 54 min | |
| Aug 6, 5:20 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Berkeley | 73 min |
| Aug 6, 3:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Liberty, Long | 50 min |
| Aug 6, 3:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Long | 39 min |
| Aug 6, 4:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Tattnall | 30 min |
| Aug 6, 4:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Evans | 29 min |
| Aug 6, 5:54 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Jenkins | 96 min |
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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.