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Special Weather Statement, NWS Columbia, SC

August 6, 2026Fairfield County, Richland County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2026, 12:59 PM EDT for Fairfield County, Richland County, South Carolina. It was in force for 61 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: Aug 6, 2026, 12:59 PM EDT (16:59 UTC)
Expired: Aug 6, 2026, 2:00 PM EDT
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Columbia, SC
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 50

Counties Fairfield County, SC, Richland County, SC

The radar

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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 Aug 5, 1:05 PM EDT, 23 hours 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 5, 1:05 PM EDT, 23 hours 54 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
Aug 5, 11:49 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Lexington, Newberry, Saluda	116 min
Aug 6, 1:37 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Aiken, Edgefield	113 min
Aug 6, 3:28 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Aiken, Edgefield	2 hr
Aug 6, 1:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Barnwell	59 min
Aug 6, 1:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Edgefield	65 min
Aug 6, 1:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Orangeburg	42 min
Aug 6, 1:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Clarendon	54 min
Aug 6, 1:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Fairfield, Kershaw, Lexington, Newberry, Richland	47 min
Aug 6, 1:56 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Lexington, Richland	3 hr
Aug 6, 2:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Bamberg	58 min
Aug 6, 2:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Richland	61 min
Aug 6, 2:15 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Lexington, Richland	3 hr
Aug 6, 2:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	McCormick	55 min
Aug 6, 2:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Lexington	53 min
Aug 6, 2:32 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CAE	Lexington, Richland	3 hr
Aug 6, 2:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Aiken, Calhoun, Lexington, Orangeburg, Richland	41 min
Aug 6, 2:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Edgefield, McCormick	38 min
Aug 6, 2:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Calhoun, Richland	67 min
Aug 6, 3:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Calhoun, Lexington, Richland	50 min
Aug 6, 3:11 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CAE	Lexington, Richland	114 min
Aug 6, 3:18 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CAE	Aiken, Edgefield	3 hr
Aug 6, 3:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Edgefield	55 min
Aug 6, 3:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Newberry, Saluda	58 min
Aug 6, 3:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Lexington	55 min
Aug 6, 3:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Edgefield, Fairfield, Newberry, Saluda	50 min
Aug 6, 3:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Chesterfield, Kershaw	76 min
Aug 6, 4:04 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Aiken, Edgefield, Lexington, Newberry, Saluda	88 min
Aug 6, 4:30 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CAE	Lexington, Newberry, Saluda	2 hr
Aug 6, 4:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Chesterfield, Kershaw, Lancaster	35 min
Aug 6, 5:18 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Fairfield, Newberry	3 hr
Aug 6, 1:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	McDuffie	27 min
Aug 6, 5:42 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Burke	107 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.