NWS Columbia SCFF.W 0024August 21, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Clarendon and Orangeburg, SC
The National Weather Service office in Columbia issued a flash flood warning for Clarendon and Orangeburg in South Carolina, which was in force until 10:15 p.m. local time on August 21. It was the 24th flash flood warning the NWS office in Columbia issued in 2026. South Carolina had 19 flash flood warnings in August 2026, against 12 in an average August of 2008-2025 (South Carolina's flash flood warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 3 hours; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Columbia SC
- Area
- Clarendon and Orangeburg
- State
- South Carolina
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 7:13 p.m. EDT, August 21, 2026
- Expires
- 10:15 p.m. EDT, August 21, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KCAE FF.W 0024
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
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The notice as issued
FFWCAE The National Weather Service in Columbia has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Southwestern Clarendon County in central South Carolina... East Central Orangeburg County in central South Carolina... * Until 1015 PM EDT. * At 713 PM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 3 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 2 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms. SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges. IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor drainage and low-lying areas. * Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Manning, Summerton, Santee, Vance, St. Paul and Davis Station. This includes Interstate 95 between mile markers 93 and 118.
What the agency told people to do
Most flooding deaths occur in vehicles. Never drive through a flooded roadway or around barricades. Turn around, don't drown. Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads. Report any flooding directly to the Columbia National Weather Service when it is safe to do so. You can send reports by Facebook or X to NWSColumbia or by e-mail at NWS.Columbia@noaa.gov.
Source: National Weather Service: the notice at its source. The text is the agency's, unedited. A U.S. Government work, in the public domain.