South Carolina, 2025Strong Wind in South Carolina, March 5, 2025
March 5, 2025 · NWS CHS · 2 events in 2 counties and zones
Strong and gusty gradient winds spread across southeast South Carolina ahead of an approaching cold front. Frequent wind gusts of 40-50 mph were observed, including a peak wind gust of 55 mph at the Charleston International Airport (KCHS).
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
Open the live radar over this ground
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
Strong and gusty gradient winds spread across southeast South Carolina ahead of an approaching cold front. Frequent wind gusts of 40-50 mph were observed, including a peak wind gust of 55 mph at the Charleston International Airport (KCHS). The gusty winds resulted in a few downed trees.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Mar 4, 3:23 PM EST, 17 hours 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 4, 3:23 PM EST, 17 hours 27 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 4, 6:10 PM EST, 14 hours 40 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>Strong Wind, Northern Colleton
- When
- March 5, 8:50 AM EST to 8:51 AM EST
- Where
- Northern Colleton forecast zone
- Measured
- 39 kt (45 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- Emergency Manager
- Coordinates
- 32.843, -80.650 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Colleton County Emergency Management reported a tree down along Interstate 95 near mile marker 41 blocking one lane.
Strong Wind, Southern Colleton
- When
- March 5, 9:40 AM EST to 9:41 AM EST
- Where
- Southern Colleton forecast zone
- Measured
- 39 kt (45 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- Emergency Manager
Colleton County Emergency Management reported a downed tree on a power line which caught fire in the 4800 block of Bennetts Point Road.
- Strong Wind
- Non-thunderstorm winds below high wind criteria that nonetheless caused damage or casualties.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Avalanche and Heavy Snow in Utah, March 5 to 7, 20251 death · 7 events
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Virginia, March 5, 2025$155,000 · EF0 · 43 events
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, March 5, 2025$162,000 · 55 kt wind · 39 events
- Tornado in North Carolina, March 5, 2025$150,000 · EF1 · 1 event
- Blizzard and Winter Weather in Minnesota, March 5, 20253 injured · $60,000 · 6 events
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, March 5, 2025$32,000 · 60 kt wind · 12 events
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Virginia, March 5, 2025$32,000 · 55 kt wind · 11 events
- Strong Wind in Kentucky, March 5, 2025$20,000 · 20 events
- Strong Wind in Illinois, March 5, 2025$16,000 · 16 events
- High Wind in Virginia, March 5, 2025$25,000 · 62 kt wind · 2 events
- Damaging Wind in Florida, March 5, 2025$20,000 · 1 event
- Strong Wind in Indiana, March 5, 2025$15,000 · 6 events
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1234090, 1234091.