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Lake Wind Advisory 3, NWS Columbia, SC

February 18, 202618 counties in South Carolina; 5 counties in Georgia

NWS Columbia, SC issued this lake wind advisory at Feb 18, 2026, 12:07 AM EST for 18 counties in South Carolina; 5 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Feb 18, 2026, 10:00 AM EST. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 18, 2026, 12:07 AM EST (05:07 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 18, 2026, 10:00 AM EST
Expired
Feb 18, 2026, 6:06 PM EST
In force
8 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 05:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.