NWS Columbia SCSV.W 0166September 11, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Fairfield, Kershaw, Richland and 1 more, SC
The National Weather Service office in Columbia issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Fairfield, Kershaw, Richland and 1 more in South Carolina, which was in force until 6:30 p.m. local time on September 11. It was the 166th severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Columbia issued in 2026. South Carolina had 59 severe thunderstorm warnings in September 2026, against 19 in an average September of 2008-2025 (South Carolina's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 46 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Columbia SC
- Area
- Fairfield, Kershaw, Richland and 1 more
- State
- South Carolina
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 5:44 p.m. EDT, September 11, 2026
- Expires
- 6:30 p.m. EDT, September 11, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KCAE SV.W 0166
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
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The notice as issued
SVRCAE The National Weather Service in Columbia has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southeastern Fairfield 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 630 PM EDT. * At 544 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Lugoff, or near Camden, moving south at 15 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to trees and powerlines. * Locations impacted include... Columbia, Camden, Lake Wateree Dam, Dentsville, Lugoff, Villages at Sandhill, Elgin, Killian, Sesquicentennial State Park, Lake Carolina, Longtown, Goodale State Park, Oakland, Woodfield, Blythewood, Ridgeway, Dinkins Mill, North Towne Square Shopping Center, Boykin, and Pine Grove Fire Station. This includes the following highways... Interstate 20 in South Carolina between mile markers 76 and 102. Interstate 77 between mile markers 17 and 33.
What the agency told people to do
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
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.