Weather warnings
Weather warnings for Charleston
Updated
No warnings; 4 watches in effect: Coastal Flood Watch until Mon 11:00 am Source: National Weather Service.
Official weather warnings, watches and advisories for Charleston, South Carolina, United States, updated every few minutes, plus severe weather flags from the 48-hour forecast.
- Active warnings
- 0 NWS active alerts
- Watches / advisories
- 4
- Next alert ends
- Sun 10:00 pm Coastal Flood Advisory
- Max gust next 48 h
- 50 km/h Sun 8:00 pm
- Rain next 48 h
- 0 mm
- Temperature range
- 12 to 23°C
- Forecast flags
- 0 GodsView, not official
Weather warnings for Charleston now
4 official alerts cover Charleston, South Carolina, United States right now: 0 warnings and 4 watches or advisories.
Coastal Flood Watch (Moderate) until Mon 11:00 am. It starts Mon 5:00 am. * WHAT...For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents. For the High Surf Advisory, large breaking waves of 4 to 6 feet in the surf zone. For the Coastal Flood Advisory, up to one half foot of inundation above ground level expected along shorelines and tidal waterways (7.1 to 7.3 feet Mean Lower Low Water at...
Coastal Flood Advisory (Minor) until Sun 10:00 pm.
High Surf Advisory (Minor) until Mon 5:00 pm.
| Alert | Level | Area | From | Until |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coastal Flood Watch | Moderate | Coastal Colleton; Charleston | Mon 5:00 am | Mon 11:00 am |
| Coastal Flood Advisory | Minor | Coastal Colleton; Charleston | Sun 7:37 pm | Sun 10:00 pm |
| High Surf Advisory | Minor | Coastal Colleton; Charleston | Sun 7:37 pm | Mon 5:00 pm |
| Rip Current Statement | Moderate | Coastal Colleton; Charleston | Sun 7:37 pm | Mon 8:00 pm |
Times are local (America/New_York). Source: National Weather Service.
GodsView forecast flags (not an official warning)
The forecast model shows nothing that crosses our thresholds for Charleston in the next 48 hours.
Expect temperatures between 12 and 23°C, 0 mm of precipitation and gusts peaking near 50 km/h.
Thresholds: gusts 70+ km/h (90+ damaging), 50+ mm rain in 24 h or 10+ mm in an hour, 10+ cm snow in 24 h, thunderstorm and freezing-rain weather codes, 35°C+ heat, -25°C or wind chill -30°C. Open-Meteo model forecast; official warnings take precedence.
Weather warnings near Charleston
Status of nearby cities from our 6-minute-old snapshot of the same official feeds.
| City | Distance | Active alerts |
|---|---|---|
| Mount Pleasant | 7 km | 4: Coastal Flood Watch |
| North Charleston | 10 km | 4: Coastal Flood Watch |
| Savannah | 134 km | None |
| Myrtle Beach | 141 km | 3: Coastal Flood Advisory |
| Florence, SC | 159 km | None |
| Columbia | 170 km | None |
| Lexington, SC | 181 km | None |
| Aiken | 188 km | None |
Warning, watch or advisory: what the levels mean
A Warning means hazardous weather is happening or imminent: act now. A Watch means conditions are favourable for it to develop: be ready. An Advisory is for less serious conditions that still cause significant inconvenience, and a Statement gives follow-up information.