NWS Wilmington NCSV.W 0092September 6, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Florence, SC
The National Weather Service office in Wilmington issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Florence in South Carolina, which was in force until 4:30 p.m. local time on September 6. It was the 92nd 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
- Florence
- State
- South Carolina
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 3:51 p.m. EDT, September 6, 2026
- Expires
- 4:30 p.m. EDT, September 6, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KILM SV.W 0092
- 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... West central Florence County in northeastern South Carolina... * Until 430 PM EDT. * At 350 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Sardis, or 8 miles southwest of Florence, moving south at 10 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect wind damage to trees and power lines. * Locations impacted include... Florence, Timmonsville, Sardis, Effingham, Cartersville, New Hope, Coward, and Olanta.
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