NWS Columbia SCSV.W 0157September 6, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Fairfield, Lexington, Newberry and 2 more, SC
The National Weather Service office in Columbia issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Fairfield, Lexington, Newberry and 2 more in South Carolina, which was in force until 6:00 p.m. local time on September 6. It was the 157th 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 56 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, Lexington, Newberry and 2 more
- State
- South Carolina
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 5:04 p.m. EDT, September 6, 2026
- Expires
- 6:00 p.m. EDT, September 6, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KCAE SV.W 0157
- 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... Western Fairfield County in central South Carolina... Newberry County in central South Carolina... Northwestern Lexington County in central South Carolina... Northern Saluda County in central South Carolina... Northwestern Richland County in central South Carolina... * Until 600 PM EDT. * At 504 PM EDT, a cluster of severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 7 miles west of Blackstock to near Lake Greenwood State Park, moving south at 20 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... Newberry, VC Summer Nuclear Station, Whitmire, Prosperity, Fairfield County Airport, Jenkinsville, Newberry College, Monticello, Newberry County Airport, Ballentine, Blair, Dreher Island State Park, Chapin, Little Mountain, Pomaria, Silverstreet, Peak, Lebanon Fire Station, US-176 and SC- 34 Crossroads, and Good Hope. This includes Interstate 26 between mile markers 62 and 99.
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 these storms, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
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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