NWS Columbia SCSV.W 0021May 23, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Columbia, Richmond, Aiken and 1 more, GA and SC
The National Weather Service office in Columbia issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Columbia, Richmond, Aiken and 1 more in Georgia, South Carolina, which was in force until 3:30 p.m. local time on May 23. It was the 21st severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Columbia issued in 2026. Georgia had 76 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 2026, against 99 in an average May of 2008-2025 (Georgia's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 52 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Columbia SC
- Area
- Columbia, Richmond, Aiken and 1 more
- State
- Georgia
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 2:38 p.m. EDT, May 23, 2026
- Expires
- 3:30 p.m. EDT, May 23, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KCAE SV.W 0021
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia since 2008Every warning type in Georgia
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The notice as issued
SVRCAE The National Weather Service in Columbia has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southeastern Columbia County in east central Georgia... Richmond County in east central Georgia... South central Edgefield County in central South Carolina... West central Aiken County in central South Carolina... * Until 330 PM EDT. * At 238 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Fort Gordon, moving northeast at 25 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... North Augusta, Grovetown, Evans, Martinez, Fort Gordon, Augusta, Clearwater, Belvedere, Hephzibah, Glendale, South Augusta, Midtown, Summerville, Augusta Mall, Daniel Field, Augusta Regional Airport, Village Plaza Shopping Center, Augusta National Golf Club, Burnettown, and West End Augusta. This includes the following highways... Interstate 20 in Georgia between mile markers 191 and 201. Interstate 20 in South Carolina between mile markers 0 and 4. Interstate 520 in Georgia between mile markers 1 and 15. Interstate 520 in South Carolina between mile markers 16 and 21.
What the agency told people to do
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
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The record around this notice
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia since 2008774 a year
- Every warning type in Georgia
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning: what it means, and the states that get the most20,005 a year
- NWS notices, May 20262,688 in the month
- The latest from the National Weather Service
- Warning, watch or advisory: the three NWS levels