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Winter Storm Watch 2, NWS Columbia, SC

January 29, 202618 counties in South Carolina; 5 counties in Georgia

NWS Columbia, SC issued this winter storm watch at Jan 29, 2026, 2:03 AM EST for 18 counties in South Carolina; 5 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Jan 30, 2026, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 29, 2026, 2:03 AM EST (07:03 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 30, 2026, 7:00 PM EST
Expired: Jan 30, 2026, 1:22 AM EST
In force
Issued by: NWS Columbia, SC

All 23 counties

Burke County, GA, Columbia County, GA, Lincoln County, GA, McDuffie County, GA, Richmond County, GA, Aiken County, SC, Bamberg County, SC, Barnwell County, SC, Calhoun County, SC, Chesterfield County, SC, Clarendon County, SC, Edgefield County, SC, Fairfield County, SC, Kershaw County, SC, Lancaster County, SC, Lee County, SC, Lexington County, SC, McCormick County, SC, Newberry County, SC, Orangeburg County, SC, Richland County, SC, Saluda County, SC, Sumter County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm watch 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 winter storm watch went out at Jan 29, 12:39 AM EST, 1 hour 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 29, 12:39 AM EST, 1 hour 24 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
Jan 29, 11:49 AM EST	Extreme Cold Watch	CAE	Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chesterfield, Clarendon and 12 more	24 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in South Carolina, 2026 Winter Storm Watches in Georgia, 2026 Every winter storm watch 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.