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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Columbia, SC

May 23, 2026Columbia County, Richmond County, Georgia; Aiken County, Edgefield County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 2026, 2:38 PM EDT for Columbia County, Richmond County, Georgia; Aiken County, Edgefield County, South Carolina. It was in force for 52 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 23, 2026, 2:38 PM EDT (18:38 UTC)
Expired: May 23, 2026, 3:30 PM EDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Columbia, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Columbia County, GA, Richmond County, GA, Aiken County, SC, Edgefield County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 202 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 946 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 760 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 57 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.2

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The text

As transmitted.

702 
WUUS52 KCAE 231838
SVRCAE
GAC073-245-SCC003-037-231930-
/O.NEW.KCAE.SV.W.0021.260523T1838Z-260523T1930Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Columbia SC
238 PM EDT Sat May 23 2026

The National Weather Service in Columbia has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Columbia County in east central Georgia...
  Richmond County in east central Georgia...
  South central Edgefield County in central South Carolina...
  West central Aiken County in central South Carolina...

* Until 330 PM EDT.

* At 238 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Fort Gordon,
  moving northeast at 25 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to trees and powerlines.

* Locations impacted include...
  North Augusta, Grovetown, Evans, Martinez, Fort Gordon, Augusta,
  Clearwater, Belvedere, Hephzibah, Glendale, South Augusta, Midtown,
  Summerville, Augusta Mall, Daniel Field, Augusta Regional Airport,
  Village Plaza Shopping Center, Augusta National Golf Club,
  Burnettown, and West End Augusta.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 20 in Georgia between mile markers 191 and 201.
 Interstate 20 in South Carolina between mile markers 0 and 4.
 Interstate 520 in Georgia between mile markers 1 and 15.
 Interstate 520 in South Carolina between mile markers 16 and 21.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3364 8204 3342 8178 3325 8212 3328 8214
      3328 8215 3340 8226
TIME...MOT...LOC 1838Z 229DEG 23KT 3338 8212 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

MG

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 23, 1:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Richmond	36 min
May 23, 2:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Burke, Columbia, McDuffie, Richmond	41 min
May 23, 2:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Lincoln	28 min
May 23, 3:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Lincoln	32 min
May 23, 3:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Burke	48 min
May 22, 10:17 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Chesterfield, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lancaster	4 hr
May 23, 2:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Newberry	30 min
May 23, 3:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Newberry	30 min
May 23, 3:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Saluda	39 min
May 23, 4:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Lexington, Newberry, Saluda	46 min
May 23, 4:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Kershaw	33 min
May 23, 5:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Lexington, Newberry, Richland, Saluda	47 min
May 23, 5:18 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Lexington, Richland	117 min
May 23, 6:23 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Fairfield, Kershaw, Lexington, Newberry, Richland	112 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.