Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 149, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 5, 2026, 4:14 PM EDT for Fairfield County, Kershaw County, Lancaster County, South Carolina. It was in force for 46 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 5, 2026, 4:14 PM EDT (20:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 5, 2026, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.88 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Fairfield County, SC, Kershaw County, SC, Lancaster County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 1:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Sep 5, 1:40 PM EDT, 2 hours 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 5, 1:40 PM EDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 4:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Fairfield, Kershaw, Lee, Richland, Sumter | 48 min |
| Sep 5, 4:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lexington, Newberry, Richland, Saluda | 53 min |
| Sep 5, 5:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Clarendon, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lee, Lexington, Richland and 1 more | 52 min |
| Sep 5, 5:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken, Edgefield, Lexington, McCormick, Saluda | 41 min |
| Sep 5, 5:54 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Lexington, Richland, Sumter | 79 min |
| Sep 5, 6:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Aiken, Calhoun, Clarendon, Edgefield, Lexington | 45 min |
| Sep 5, 6:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Clarendon | 42 min |
| Sep 5, 6:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken | 44 min |
| Sep 5, 6:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Clarendon, Orangeburg | 43 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 2026Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2026
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.