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Special Weather Statement, NWS Columbia, SC

July 10, 2026McCormick County, South Carolina; Lincoln County, Georgia

NWS Columbia, SC issued this special weather statement at Jul 10, 2026, 2:13 PM EDT for McCormick County, South Carolina; Lincoln County, Georgia. It was in force for 32 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: Jul 10, 2026, 2:13 PM EDT (18:13 UTC)
Expired: Jul 10, 2026, 2:45 PM EDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Columbia, SC
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 55

Counties Lincoln County, GA, McCormick County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 201 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: 1445 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -40 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 813 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 59 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jul 10, 6:39 AM EDT, 7 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 10, 6:39 AM EDT, 7 hours 34 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 10, 1:12 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Columbia SC
112 PM EDT Fri Jul 10 2026

SCZ018-025-026-101800-
McCormick SC-Saluda SC-Edgefield SC-
112 PM EDT Fri Jul 10 2026

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northwestern
Edgefield, southwestern Saluda and northeastern McCormick Counties
through 200 PM EDT...

At 112 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Mccormick County Airport, or 21 miles south of Greenwood, moving east
at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Edgefield, McCormick, Plum Branch, Strom Thurmond High School,
Cleora, Pleasant Lane, Whitetown, Northside Fire Station Main, and
Edgefield Federal Correction Institution.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3399 8224 3399 8221 3397 8218 3399 8215
      3398 8205 3396 8205 3396 8201 3400 8199
      3400 8184 3374 8187 3381 8228
TIME...MOT...LOC 1712Z 279DEG 14KT 3388 8218

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

PL

Special weather statement, Jul 10, 2:13 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Columbia SC
213 PM EDT Fri Jul 10 2026

GAZ040-063-064-SCZ018-025-026-101845-
McDuffie GA-Lincoln GA-Columbia GA-McCormick SC-Saluda SC-
Edgefield SC-
213 PM EDT Fri Jul 10 2026

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northwestern
McDuffie, northwestern Columbia, Lincoln, northwestern Edgefield,
western Saluda and McCormick Counties through 245 PM EDT...

At 213 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Bobby Brown State Park, or 14 miles northeast of Washington, moving
east at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
McCormick, Lincolnton, Elijah Clark State Park, Mccormick County
Airport, Hamilton Branch State Park, Lake Strom Thurmond, Bobby Brown
State Park, Bradley, Parksville, Plum Branch, Bordeaux, Broad River
Campground, Knox Scout Reservation, Double Branches, Curry Hill,
Cleora, Chennault, Modoc Boat Ramp, New Hope, and Long Cane Creek
Picnic Area.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.

&&

LAT...LON 3364 8261 3365 8249 3382 8259 3386 8257
      3386 8261 3398 8265 3398 8261 3396 8257
      3402 8259 3407 8253 3406 8233 3397 8230
      3402 8224 3398 8220 3398 8205 3395 8203
      3400 8198 3383 8191 3357 8263 3360 8265
TIME...MOT...LOC 1813Z 256DEG 25KT 3389 8257

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH

DH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 10, 1:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Edgefield	48 min
Jul 10, 2:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Edgefield, McCormick	48 min
Jul 10, 2:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Lexington, Richland	41 min
Jul 10, 3:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Edgefield	47 min
Jul 10, 3:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Fairfield, Newberry, Saluda	58 min
Jul 10, 3:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	CAE	Fairfield, Lexington, Newberry, Richland	47 min
Jul 10, 4:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Aiken, Barnwell, Edgefield	43 min
Jul 10, 4:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Lexington	39 min
Jul 10, 4:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Lexington	34 min
Jul 10, 4:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Lancaster	47 min
Jul 10, 4:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Sumter	51 min
Jul 10, 4:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Clarendon, Kershaw, Lee, Richland, Sumter	50 min
Jul 10, 4:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Aiken, Barnwell	48 min
Jul 10, 4:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Chesterfield, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lancaster	45 min
Jul 10, 4:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Calhoun, Clarendon, Lexington, Orangeburg, Richland, Sumter	40 min
Jul 10, 5:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Chesterfield, Kershaw, Lancaster	64 min
Jul 10, 5:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Calhoun, Clarendon, Lee, Richland, Sumter	50 min
Jul 10, 5:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Calhoun, Clarendon, Orangeburg	57 min
Jul 10, 5:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Calhoun, Clarendon, Orangeburg, Sumter	66 min
Jul 10, 6:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Bamberg	45 min
Jul 10, 6:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Clarendon, Orangeburg	30 min
Jul 10, 2:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Columbia, McDuffie	41 min
Jul 10, 3:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Columbia, Richmond	31 min

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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.