NWS Wilmington NCSV.W 0083September 5, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Darlington and Florence, SC
The National Weather Service office in Wilmington issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Darlington and Florence in South Carolina, which was in force until 5:30 p.m. local time on September 5. It was the 83rd severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Wilmington 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).
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The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Wilmington NC
- Area
- Darlington and Florence
- State
- South Carolina
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 4:46 p.m. EDT, September 5, 2026
- Expires
- 5:30 p.m. EDT, September 5, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KILM SV.W 0083
- 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
SVRILM The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northwestern Florence County in northeastern South Carolina... South central Darlington County in northeastern South Carolina... * Until 530 PM EDT. * At 446 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Oats, or 8 miles southwest of Darlington, moving southeast at 10 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Minor hail damage to vehicles is possible. Expect wind damage to trees and power lines. * Locations impacted include... Timmonsville, Oats, and Swift Creek.
What the agency told people to do
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Please send your reports of hail or wind damage, including trees or large limbs downed, by calling the National Weather Service office in Wilmington at 1 800 697 3901.
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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