NWS Columbia SCTO.W 0009October 10, 2026
Tornado Warning: Barnwell, SC
The National Weather Service office in Columbia issued a tornado warning for Barnwell in South Carolina, which was in force until 5:15 p.m. local time on October 10. It was the 9th tornado warning the NWS office in Columbia issued in 2026. South Carolina had 16 tornado warnings in October 2026, against 3 in an average October of 2008-2025 (South Carolina's tornado warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 3 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Columbia SC
- Area
- Barnwell
- State
- South Carolina
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 5:12 p.m. EDT, October 10, 2026
- Expires
- 5:15 p.m. EDT, October 10, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Extreme, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KCAE TO.W 0009
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Tornado Warnings in South Carolina since 2008Every warning type in South Carolina
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The notice as issued
The Tornado Warning that was previously in effect has been reissued for Barnwell County and is in effect until 545PM. Please refer to that bulletin for the latest severe weather information. A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 PM EDT for central South Carolina.
Source: National Weather Service: the notice at its source. The text is the agency's, unedited. A U.S. Government work, in the public domain.
The record around this notice
- Tornado Warnings in South Carolina since 200850 a year
- Every warning type in South Carolina
- Tornado Warning: what it means, and the states that get the most2,804 a year
- NWS notices, October 202613,132 in the month
- The latest from the National Weather Service
- Warning, watch or advisory: the three NWS levels