SKYWARN · Georgia · South Carolina

NWS North Charleston CHS

20 counties, 4 radars, one forecaster on the warning desk when it goes bad. This page is what that desk is looking at, plus the nets that feed it.

📺 Wall mode #ga-wx #sc-wx

Nothing active from this office

NWS checked 11:26 PM

Radar

NWS RIDGE · base reflectivity · last hour

Deeper look: KCLX interactive ↗ · KCLX at College of DuPage ↗ · KCAE interactive ↗ · KCAE at College of DuPage ↗ - velocity, correlation coefficient and every tilt.

Satellite

GOES-East · SE sector · GeoColor

NOAA STAR · updates every 5 min · all bands ↗

SPC outlook · day 1

categorical

Marginal → Slight → Enhanced → Moderate → High · day 2 ↗ · mesoscale discussions ↗

Reports taken by this office today

0 · SPC preliminary

No spotter reports logged by CHS so far today (UTC).

Cameras near the office

none listed yet

No cameras listed near North Charleston yet. Know one?

Radar tells you what the storm is doing; these tell you what it looks like. Pictures open at their source - ODOT and the Mesonet allow linking, not republishing.

SKYWARN & weather nets for this office

Suggest or fix one →

No net is listed for NWS North Charleston yet. If you know the repeater and who runs it, suggest it - the state coordinator checks it and it shows up here and on the state hub. Never guess a frequency from memory; a wrong one during a warning is worse than none.

NOAA Weather Radio in this area

11 transmitters · this office’s first, neighbours after

162.400 MHz KEC85 · Savannahcovers Beaufort, Jasper · 1000 W · NWS Charleston

162.525 MHz KHA35 · Orangeburgcovers Bamberg, Calhoun, Clarendon, Dorchester, Orangeburg, Richland, Sumter · 300 W · NWS Columbia

162.550 MHz KHB29 · Charlestoncovers Berkeley, Charleston, Clarendon (S), Colleton (E), Dorchester, Georgetown (SW), Orangeburg (S), Williamsburg (S) · 1000 W · NWS Charleston

162.500 MHz KHC29 · Barnwellcovers Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Hampton, Orangeburg · 1000 W · NWS Columbia

162.425 MHz WWH25 · Mettercovers Bulloch, Candler, Evans, Jenkins, Montgomery, Screven, Tattnall, Toombs, Treutlen · 1000 W · NWS Charleston

162.425 MHz WWH39 · Brunswickcovers Brantley, Camden, Glynn, McIntosh · 300 W · NWS Jacksonville

162.450 MHz WXJ23 · Beaufortcovers Chatham (East), Effingham (E) · 500 W · NWS Charleston

162.450 MHz WXJ28 · Jesupcovers Appling, Bacon, Brantley, Liberty, Long, McIntosh (West), Pierce, Tattnall, Wayne · 300 W · NWS Jacksonville

162.550 MHz WXK54 · Augustacovers Aiken, Allendale, Barnwell, Edgefield, McCormick · 1000 W · NWS Columbia

162.525 MHz WXM65 · Baxleycovers Appling, Jeff Davis, Tattnall, Toombs · 300 W · NWS Jacksonville · ⚠ Out Of Service

162.475 MHz WXM93 · Crosscovers Berkeley (N), Clarendon, Orangeburg (SE), Williamsburg (NW) · 100 W · NWS Charleston

What to report, and where

Size charts and the full guide →

🌪️ Tornado, funnel, wall cloud

·Tornado on the ground (say if you see debris)
·Funnel cloud - rotating, not touching down
·Wall cloud, especially a rotating one
·Where it is relative to you, and which way it's moving

🧊 Hail

·The largest stone, compared to a coin or ball (chart below)
·1″ (quarter) is the severe threshold - smaller is still worth a report to most offices
·How long it fell and whether it's covering the ground

💨 Wind

·Measured gusts of 40 mph+; 58 mph is severe
·Damage: trees down, limbs bigger than your arm, roof or structure damage, power lines
·Say whether it was measured or estimated

🌊 Flooding

·Water over a road, especially moving water
·Creeks and rivers rising fast or out of their banks
·Rainfall of 1″ or more in an hour if you have a gauge

❄️ Winter

·Snowfall of 1″ an hour or more, and totals
·Freezing rain and ice accumulation on wires and trees
·Visibility under ¼ mile, blowing and drifting

🚫 Not this

·Lightning and thunder on their own
·Rain that isn't causing flooding
·Ordinary dark clouds, scud, or clouds that only look scary

1 · The net, if one is up
When the office activates SKYWARN, a net control on the local repeater takes reports in a set format and relays them straight to the forecaster. Listen first, check in when asked, keep it short: who, what, where, when.
2 · The office directly
No net running? Every office has a spotter line or online report form on its SKYWARN page - for you that’s NWS North Charleston. Trained spotters get the number in class; anyone can use the form.
3 · Tell the room here
/report hail quarter · 71st & Memorial in #sc-wx puts it in front of everyone watching the state. It does not reach the NWS - do 1 or 2 for that.

Counties served by NWS North Charleston · 20

GAC029 Bryan

GAC031 Bulloch

GAC043 Candler

GAC051 Chatham

GAC103 Effingham

GAC109 Evans

GAC165 Jenkins

GAC179 Liberty

GAC183 Long

GAC191 McIntosh

GAC251 Screven

GAC267 Tattnall

SCC005 Allendale

SCC013 Beaufort

SCC015 Berkeley

SCC019 Charleston

SCC029 Colleton

SCC035 Dorchester

SCC049 Hampton

SCC053 Jasper