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Special Weather Statement, NWS Columbia, SC

August 6, 2026Clarendon County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2026, 1:21 PM EDT for Clarendon County, South Carolina. It was in force for 54 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, 1:21 PM EDT (17:21 UTC)
Expired: Aug 6, 2026, 2:15 PM EDT
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Columbia, SC
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 50

County Clarendon County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:22 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, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 63 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: 2265 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 798 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 68 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

064 
WWUS82 KCAE 061721
SPSCAE

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Columbia SC
121 PM EDT Thu Aug 6 2026
 
SCZ031-037-038-136-137-061815-
Central Orangeburg SC-Southeastern Orangeburg SC-Calhoun SC-
Clarendon SC-Sumter SC-
121 PM EDT Thu Aug 6 2026

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southeastern
Calhoun, southwestern Clarendon, south central Sumter and
southeastern Orangeburg Counties through 215 PM EDT...

At 121 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Holly Hill, or 16 miles northeast of Saint George, moving northwest
at 20 mph.

...Boaters on Lake Marion Should Seek Safe Harbor... 

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and numerous cloud to ground 
         lightning strikes.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Orangeburg, Manning, Brookdale, Holly Hill, Summerton, Bowman,
Elloree, Santee State Park, Santee Cooper Regional Airport, Claflin
College, South Carolina State University, Santee, Cameron,
Eutawville, Paxville, Vance, Poplar Creek Landing, Rimini, Stumphole
Landing, and Eautaw Springs.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 26 between mile markers 148 and 169.
 Interstate 95 between mile markers 85 and 120.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

&&

LAT...LON 3348 8015 3346 8013 3345 8015 3346 8016
      3345 8020 3344 8020 3345 8022 3330 8025
      3326 8032 3328 8035 3326 8036 3326 8043
      3328 8048 3333 8050 3328 8060 3350 8086
      3382 8028 3351 8009
TIME...MOT...LOC 1721Z 151DEG 19KT 3330 8033 

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

$$

PL

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, 12:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Fairfield, Richland	61 min
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, 1:28 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.