Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued September 6 at 6:43PM EDT until September 6 at 7:00PM EDT by NWS Columbia SC
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
September 6, 2026 - 3:43pm
Expires:
September 6, 2026 - 4:00pm
Description:
At 642 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Pine Ridge to 12 miles southwest of Gaston to Aiken
Municipal Airport, moving south 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...
Aiken, Red Bank, South Congaree, Pine Ridge, Gaston, Sandy Run, Aiken
Municipal Airport, Swansea, Wagener, Pelion, Perry, Woodford, Perry
Airport, New Zion, Lexington County Airport At Pelion, Hopeland
Gardens, Lexington Acres Pond, Peachtree Rock, Edmund, and Thor.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 20 in South Carolina between mile markers 17 and 35.
Interstate 26 between mile markers 121 and 128.
Instruction:
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Area Description:
Aiken, SC; Calhoun, SC; Lexington, SC; Orangeburg, SC
Forcast Office:
NWS Columbia SC
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov