Gear up for a stormy weekend, Beaufort Co. Severe thunderstorms, hail in NWS forecast

Mother’s Day weekend may not be all sunshine and rainbows, according to the National Weather Service in Charleston.

The weather service released a Saturday morning forecast that shows scattered to severe thunderstorms popping up along the I-95 corridor and southeast Georgia on Saturday and Sunday.

The forecast also includes the possibility of hail and damaging winds.

Here’s the weekend forecast:

Saturday weather

Scattered thunderstorms are expected to develop in the Lowcountry Saturday afternoon around 3 p.m., according to the weather brief.

Severe thunderstorms are possible Saturday evening, which could bring large hail, the release said.

Damaging winds are the biggest threat on Saturday night, and the affected area will be along the I-95 corridor in Beaufort and Colleton counties and directly west — including Jasper and Allendale counties.

Sunday weather

On Sunday, showers and thunderstorms are expected along with a cold front in the area, the release says.

Once again, damaging winds and large hail are possible.

This severe weather threatens all of southeast South Carolina and southeast Georgia, the release says.

This story was originally published May 11, 2019 at 9:08 AM.

Katherine Kokal

The Island Packet

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Katherine Kokal graduated from the University of Missouri School of Journalism and joined The Island Packet newsroom in 2018. Before moving to the Lowcountry, she worked as an interviewer and translator at a nonprofit in Barcelona and at two NPR member stations. At The Island Packet, Katherine covers Hilton Head Island’s government, environment, development, beaches and the all-important Loggerhead Sea Turtle. She has earned South Carolina Press Association Awards for in-depth reporting, government beat reporting, business beat reporting, growth and development reporting, food writing and for her use of social media.