Severe Thunderstorm Warning Issued for Central South Carolina
This alert is no longer in effect.
NOAA issued it on July 23, 2026, 4 weeks ago. Warnings of this kind stay in effect for hours to a few days, so this page is a historical record of what was issued, not a current warning. For conditions where you are right now, check weather.gov (US), weather.gc.ca (Canada), the Met Office (UK), or the Bureau of Meteorology (Australia).
Areazine synthesizes this NWS weather alert directly from NOAA's official public data feed. See our methodology for full source attribution and refresh cadence.
NWS Columbia SC has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for eight counties until 8:00 PM EDT on June 18.
Read this weather record in 30 seconds
- Record type
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning
- Affected area
- Central South Carolina
- Issued
- July 23, 2026
- Issuing authority
- NWS Columbia SC
Storm notices can cover different combinations of wind, hail, lightning, and rainfall. Use the original notice for the hazards and boundaries attached to this specific record.
Record status: historical. It was issued 4 weeks ago; use the issuing agency's live warning service for current conditions in Central South Carolina.
Alert Details
A Severe Thunderstorm Warning was issued by NWS Columbia SC on June 18 at 7:09 PM EDT. The alert is effective from 7:09 PM EDT until 8:00 PM EDT.
Affected Areas
The warning covers Calhoun, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lexington, Newberry, Orangeburg, Richland, and Sumter counties in central South Carolina. Specific areas include Southern Fairfield County, Southeastern Newberry County, Northwestern Calhoun County, Lexington County, West central Sumter County, Northwestern Orangeburg County, Richland County, and Southwestern Kershaw County. Impacted locations include Columbia, Lexington, West Columbia, Cayce, Irmo, Forest Acres, Camden, Winnsboro, Springdale, St. Andrews, Dentsville, Oak Grove, McEntire Air Base, Highway 6 at Lake Murray Dam, Red Bank, South Congaree, Pine Ridge, Gaston, Prosperity, and Arcadia Lakes. Highways affected include Interstate 126 (mile markers 0-3), Interstate 20 (mile markers 50-96), Interstate 26 (mile markers 83-132), and Interstate 77 (mile markers 0-41).
What You Should Do
Move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. If on or near Lake Murray or Lake Wateree, move away from the water and take shelter.
Expected Conditions
At 7:09 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line from 6 miles north of Dreher Island State Park to Oak Grove to 9 miles south of Gaston, moving northeast at 50 mph. Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts with expected damage to trees and powerlines. Hail up to 0.75 inches is possible.
Timeline
The warning is in effect from June 18 at 7:09 PM EDT until June 18 at 8:00 PM EDT.
Original source: NOAA Official Notice ↗
Related Weather Alerts
All Weather Alerts →Nationwide notices with similar length or severity timing 8
Two Areazine-derived peer sets for this NWS weather alert: nearest notices by body length and by same severity near the same agency date. Peers come from other categories so they are not the same-feed Related list above.
Similar body length
Nearest notices by article body length (1,596 characters here).
Similar severity timing
Same severity (high) notices issued closest in time to July 23, 2026.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about this NWS weather alert.