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WWUS82 KCHS 152342
SPSCHS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
742 PM EDT SAT AUG 15 2026
SCZ043-044-149-150-160045-
CHARLESTON SC-INLAND COLLETON SC-COASTAL COLLETON SC-DORCHESTER
SC-
742 PM EDT SAT AUG 15 2026
..A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT CHARLESTON
COLLETON
AND DORCHESTER COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM EDT...
AT 742 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM OVER MAGNOLIA GARDENS TO NEAR
JACKSONBORO, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NORTH CHARLESTON, SUMMERVILLE, WEST ASHLEY, JOHNS ISLAND,
HOLLYWOOD, RAVENEL, COTTAGEVILLE, DELEMAR CROSSROADS, JACKSONBORO
AND ASHEPOO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. DO NOT DRIVE
YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
EXCESSIVE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 3287 8061 3297 8037 3295 8013 3278 8004
3277 8029 3266 8060
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 330DEG 3KT 3287 8012 3290 8031 3282 8051
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 TO 55 MPH
BRS
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