NWS Columbia SCSV.W 0041June 28, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Lancaster, SC
The National Weather Service office in Columbia issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Lancaster in South Carolina, which was in force until 4:30 p.m. local time on June 28. It was the 41st severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Columbia issued in 2026. South Carolina had 65 severe thunderstorm warnings in June 2026, against 129 in an average June 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
- Lancaster
- State
- South Carolina
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 3:34 p.m. EDT, June 28, 2026
- Expires
- 4:30 p.m. EDT, June 28, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KCAE SV.W 0041
- 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... Lancaster County in central South Carolina... * Until 430 PM EDT. * At 333 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Lowrys, or 7 miles northeast of Chester, moving east at 35 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and powerlines. * Locations impacted include... Lancaster, Indian Land, Kershaw, Elgin, Heath Springs, USC Lancaster, Irwin, Andrew Jackson State Park, Van Wyck, Buford, Arrowood Estates, Bell Town Fire Station, Community of Almond Glen, Faith Christian School, Carolina Commons Shopping Center, Bear Creek Park, McDonald Green Elementary School, Tradesville, Camp Creek Fire Station, and Antioch.
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, June 20265,183 in the month
- The latest from the National Weather Service
- Warning, watch or advisory: the three NWS levels