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Cold Weather Advisory 2, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this cold weather advisory at Feb 1, 2026, 11:42 AM EST for 18 counties in South Carolina; 5 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Feb 1, 2026, 6:00 PM EST. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 1, 2026, 11:42 AM EST (16:42 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 1, 2026, 6:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Feb 2, 2026, 9:00 AM EST
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
All 23 counties
Burke County, GA, Columbia County, GA, Lincoln County, GA, McDuffie County, GA, Richmond County, GA, Aiken County, SC, Bamberg County, SC, Barnwell County, SC, Calhoun County, SC, Chesterfield County, SC, Clarendon County, SC, Edgefield County, SC, Fairfield County, SC, Kershaw County, SC, Lancaster County, SC, Lee County, SC, Lexington County, SC, McCormick County, SC, Newberry County, SC, Orangeburg County, SC, Richland County, SC, Saluda County, SC, Sumter County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.