NWS Columbia SCTO.W 0014October 10, 2026
Tornado Warning: Lexington and Saluda, SC
The National Weather Service office in Columbia issued a tornado warning for Lexington and Saluda in South Carolina, which was in force until 6:45 p.m. local time on October 10. It was the 14th 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
- Lexington and Saluda
- State
- South Carolina
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 6:42 p.m. EDT, October 10, 2026
- Expires
- 6:45 p.m. EDT, October 10, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Extreme, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KCAE TO.W 0014
- 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 storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado. Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 PM EDT for central South Carolina.
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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