NWS Charleston SCSV.W 0088August 27, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Charleston and Colleton, SC
The National Weather Service office in Charleston issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Charleston and Colleton in South Carolina, which was in force until 6:00 p.m. local time on August 27. It was the 88th severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Charleston issued in 2026. South Carolina had 158 severe thunderstorm warnings in August 2026, against 63 in an average August of 2008-2025 (South Carolina's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).
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In force for 54 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Charleston SC
- Area
- Charleston and Colleton
- State
- South Carolina
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 5:06 p.m. EDT, August 27, 2026
- Expires
- 6:00 p.m. EDT, August 27, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KCHS SV.W 0088
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina since 2008Every warning type in South Carolina
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The notice as issued
SVRCHS The National Weather Service in Charleston has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for portions of... Charleston County in southeastern South Carolina... Colleton County in southeastern South Carolina... * Until 600 PM EDT. * At 506 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Ashepoo, moving southeast at 10 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Hollywood, Ravenel, Meggett, Jacksonboro, Ashepoo, Adams Run, Green Pond, Ritter, Parkers Ferry and Beck Landing.
What the agency told people to do
Seek shelter inside a well-built structure and stay away from windows. This storm is capable of producing damaging winds. Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
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The record around this notice
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina since 2008501 a year
- Every warning type in South Carolina
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning: what it means, and the states that get the most20,005 a year
- NWS notices, August 20264,574 in the month
- The latest from the National Weather Service
- Warning, watch or advisory: the three NWS levels