South Carolina, 2025

Lightning Strike in South Carolina, June 15, 2025

June 15, 2025 · NWS CHS · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A moist and moderately unstable environment in wake of a departing mid-level shortwave supported afternoon thunderstorms.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$1,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What happened

The episode as NWS CHS wrote it up.

A moist and moderately unstable environment in wake of a departing mid-level shortwave supported afternoon thunderstorms.

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 63 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:22 UTC.

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Event by event

1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.

Lightning, Charleston

When
June 15, 4:25 PM EST
Where
Charleston County, 1.35 mi ENE of Parkers Ferry
Property damage
$1,000
Reported by
Emergency Manager
Coordinates
32.760, -80.380

A Charleston County emergency manager reported a tree down near the intersection of Mitchell Road and Old Jacksonboro Road due to a lightning strike.

What these are

Lightning
A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1279772.