Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 6 at 4:40PM EDT until August 6 at 5:15PM EDT by NWS Columbia SC
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
August 6, 2026 - 1:40pm
Expires:
August 6, 2026 - 2:15pm
Description:
SVRCAE
The National Weather Service in Columbia has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southeastern Lancaster County in central South Carolina...
Northwestern Chesterfield County in central South Carolina...
Northeastern Kershaw County in central South Carolina...
* Until 515 PM EDT.
* At 440 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles south of
Pageland, or 22 miles east of Lancaster, moving northeast at 20
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...
Pageland, Chesterfield, Carolina Sandhills Wildlife Refuge,
Jefferson, Ruby, Mount Croghan, Chesterfield Ruby Middle School,
High Point Fire Station, Bay Springs Fire Station, Forty Acre Rock
Preserve, Taxahaw, Chesterfield Detention Center, and Central High
School.
Instruction:
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Area Description:
Chesterfield, SC; Kershaw, SC; Lancaster, SC
Forcast Office:
NWS Columbia SC
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov