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Heat Advisory 2, NWS Columbia, SC

July 2, 2026Lancaster County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this heat advisory at Jul 2, 2026, 1:37 AM EDT for Lancaster County, South Carolina. It took effect at Jul 2, 2026, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 2, 2026, 1:37 AM EDT (05:37 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 2, 2026, 12:00 PM EDT
Expired: Jul 2, 2026, 8:00 PM EDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Columbia, SC

County Lancaster County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this heat advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Columbia, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this heat advisory went out at Jul 1, 8:55 PM EDT, 4 hours 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 8:55 PM EDT, 4 hours 42 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 2, 1:15 PM EDT	Heat Advisory	CAE	Aiken, Chesterfield, Edgefield, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lancaster and 5 more	31 hr
Jul 2, 4:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Newberry	37 min
Jul 2, 5:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Newberry	29 min
Jul 2, 5:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Edgefield, McCormick	57 min
Jul 2, 6:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Lincoln	31 min

Nearby

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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.