Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued September 5 at 4:27PM EDT until September 5 at 5:15PM EDT by NWS Columbia SC
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
September 5, 2026 - 1:27pm
Expires:
September 5, 2026 - 2:15pm
Description:
SVRCAE
The National Weather Service in Columbia has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
East central Fairfield County in central South Carolina...
Southwestern Lee County in central South Carolina...
Northwestern Sumter County in central South Carolina...
Northeastern Richland County in central South Carolina...
Southwestern Kershaw County in central South Carolina...
* Until 515 PM EDT.
* At 427 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Longtown to near Bishopville, moving south at
10 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and powerlines.
* Locations impacted include...
Columbia, Camden, Bishopville, Lake Wateree Dam, Dentsville,
Lugoff, Villages at Sandhill, Elgin, Killian, Sesquicentennial
State Park, Lake Carolina, Goodale State Park, Mayesville, Dinkins
Mill, Manville, Spring Hill, North Towne Square Shopping Center,
Boykin, Pine Grove Fire Station, and Wateree River Correctional
Institution.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 20 in South Carolina between mile markers 78 and 118.
Interstate 77 between mile markers 18 and 20.
Instruction:
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Area Description:
Fairfield, SC; Kershaw, SC; Lee, SC; Richland, SC; Sumter, SC
Forcast Office:
NWS Columbia SC
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov