597  
WUUS52 KCHS 160310  
SVRCHS  
SCC015-019-035-160415-  
/O.NEW.KCHS.SV.W.0004.260316T0310Z-260316T0415Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC  
1110 PM EDT SUN MAR 15 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF...  
BERKELEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA...  
CHARLESTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA...  
DORCHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA...  
 
* UNTIL 1215 AM EDT.  
 
* AT 1110 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER GOOSE CREEK,  
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...PUBLIC REPORTED. AT 11:07 PM EDT, THE CHARLESTON  
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MEASURED A WIND GUST OF 58 MPH.  
ALSO, A FORMER NWS EMPLOYEE IN WEST ASHLEY REPORTED DIME  
SIZED HAIL.  
 
IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED.  
 
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
NORTH CHARLESTON, SUMMERVILLE, GOOSE CREEK, HANAHAN, MONCKS CORNER,  
NAVAL WEAPONS STATION CHARLESTON, DANIEL ISLAND, LADSON, I-26/I-526  
INTERCHANGE AND DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON.  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...  
I-26 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 199 AND 220. I-526 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 12  
AND 26.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A WELL-BUILT STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM  
WINDOWS. THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED LARGE HAIL.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3342 7986 3340 7985 3337 7981 3338 7978  
3334 7976 3332 7974 3332 7971 3330 7966  
3327 7956 3326 7956 3327 7955 3324 7949  
3325 7948 3324 7948 3324 7947 3323 7947  
3323 7946 3278 8000 3295 8025  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0310Z 223DEG 41KT 3296 8002  
 
HAIL THREAT...OBSERVED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...<50 MPH  
 

 
 
BSH  
 
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