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Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Charleston SC
1037 PM EDT Tue Aug 18 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0204 PM     Extreme Heat     2 SSW Midway            31.78N  81.44W
08/18/2026  M118.0 F         Liberty            GA   Other Federal

            Peak heat index of 118 degrees at the Midway RAWS site.

0300 PM     Extreme Heat     1 E Saint George        33.19N  80.56W
08/18/2026  M117.0 F         Dorchester         SC   Mesonet

            Peak heat index of 117 degrees at the Saint George
            Mesonet.

0335 PM     Extreme Heat     Metter Airport          32.37N  82.08W
08/18/2026  M113.0 F         Candler            GA   AWOS

            Peak heat index of 113 degrees at the Metter Airport
            (KMHP).

0404 PM     Extreme Heat     6 NNW Gum Branch        31.94N  81.75W
08/18/2026  M114.0 F         Long               GA   Other Federal

            Peak heat index of 114 degrees at the Fort Stewart
            Taylor`s Creek RAWS site.

0434 PM     Extreme Heat     4 NW Flemington         31.90N  81.60W
08/18/2026  M116.0 F         Liberty            GA   Other Federal

            Peak heat index of 116 degrees at the Fort Stewart
            Lawson RAWS site.

0450 PM     Extreme Heat     Hilton Head Airport     32.23N  80.69W
08/18/2026  M113.0 F         Beaufort           SC   AWOS

            Peak heat index of 113 degrees at the Hilton Head
            Airport (KHXD).

0455 PM     Extreme Heat     Charleston Executive Ai 32.70N  80.01W
08/18/2026  M113.0 F         Charleston         SC   AWOS

            Peak heat index of 113 degrees at the Charleston
            Executive Airport (KJZI).

0456 PM     Extreme Heat     Claxton Evans County Ai 32.19N  81.87W
08/18/2026  M115.0 F         Evans              GA   AWOS

            Peak heat index of 115 degrees at the Claxton Evans
            County Airport (KCWV).

0500 PM     Extreme Heat     Bennetts Point          32.56N  80.46W
08/18/2026  M117.0 F         Colleton           SC   Other Federal

            Peak heat index of 117 degrees at the Bennetts Point
            NERRS site.

0504 PM     Extreme Heat     3 S Pembroke            32.10N  81.63W
08/18/2026  M117.0 F         Bryan              GA   Other Federal

            Peak heat index of 117 degrees at the Fort Stewart
            Pembroke RAWS site.

0523 PM     Extreme Heat     3 N Savannah            32.17N  81.12W
08/18/2026  M113.0 F         Jasper             SC   Other Federal

            Peak heat index of 113 degrees at the Savannah NWR RAWS
            site.

0545 PM     Extreme Heat     4 NW Delemar Crossroads 32.89N  80.33W
08/18/2026  M118.0 F         Dorchester         SC   Mesonet

            Peak heat index of 118 degrees at the Delemar
            Crossroads Mesonet.

0545 PM     Extreme Heat     4 NE Shellman Bluff     31.62N  81.28W
08/18/2026  M113.0 F         McIntosh           GA   Mesonet

            Peak heat index of 113 degrees at the UGA Weather
            Network Townsend site.

0547 PM     Extreme Heat     2 NNW Garris Landing    32.97N  79.67W
08/18/2026  M117.0 F         Charleston         SC   Other Federal

            Peak heat index of 117 degrees at the Wambaw RAWS site.

0555 PM     Extreme Heat     Hunter Army Airfield    32.01N  81.13W
08/18/2026  M113.0 F         Chatham            GA   AWOS

            Peak heat index of 113 degrees at the Hunter Army
            Airfield (KSVN).

0600 PM     Extreme Heat     Bennetts Point          32.56N  80.46W
08/18/2026  M113.0 F         Colleton           SC   Other Federal

            Peak heat index of 113 degrees at the Ace Basin RAWS
            site.


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