NWS Columbia SCSV.W 0153September 5, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Aiken, Edgefield, Lexington and 2 more, SC
The National Weather Service office in Columbia issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Aiken, Edgefield, Lexington and 2 more in South Carolina, which was in force until 6:00 p.m. local time on September 5. It was the 153rd 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 41 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Columbia SC
- Area
- Aiken, Edgefield, Lexington and 2 more
- State
- South Carolina
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 5:19 p.m. EDT, September 5, 2026
- Expires
- 6:00 p.m. EDT, September 5, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KCAE SV.W 0153
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina since 2008Every warning type in South Carolina
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The notice as issued
SVRCAE The National Weather Service in Columbia has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Edgefield County in central South Carolina... Lexington County in central South Carolina... Saluda County in central South Carolina... North central Aiken County in central South Carolina... Eastern McCormick County in central South Carolina... * Until 600 PM EDT. * At 519 PM EDT, a cluster of severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Ballentine to near McCormick, moving south at 25 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and powerlines. * Locations impacted include... Lexington, Batesburg-Leesville, Highway 6 at Lake Murray Dam, Red Bank, Oak Grove, Edgefield, Saluda, McCormick, Johnston, South Congaree, Gaston, Ridge Spring, Clarks Hill Recreation Area, Edgefield County Airport, Hamilton Branch State Park, Saluda County Airport, J. Strom Thurmond Dam, Mccormick County Airport, Pelion, and Gilbert. This includes Interstate 20 in South Carolina between mile markers 31 and 59.
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 South Carolina since 2008501 a year
- Every warning type in South Carolina
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning: what it means, and the states that get the most20,005 a year
- NWS notices, September 20262,824 in the month
- The latest from the National Weather Service
- Warning, watch or advisory: the three NWS levels