Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued June 18 at 4:17PM EDT until June 18 at 5:00PM EDT by NWS Columbia SC
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
June 18, 2026 - 1:17pm
Expires:
June 18, 2026 - 2:00pm
Description:
SVRCAE
The National Weather Service in Columbia has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northwestern Sumter County in central South Carolina...
Northeastern Richland County in central South Carolina...
Southwestern Kershaw County in central South Carolina...
* Until 500 PM EDT.
* At 417 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Columbia,
moving northeast at 30 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...
Columbia, Forest Acres, Camden, Dentsville, Arcadia Lakes, Lugoff,
Woodfield, Sesquicentennial State Park, Lake Carolina, Villages at
Sandhill, Fort Jackson, Elgin, Horrel Hill, Killian, Rosewood,
North Towne Square Shopping Center, Fort Jackson Wildcat Road,
Boykin, Fort Jackson McCrady Training Center, and Wateree River
Correctional Institution.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 20 in South Carolina between mile markers 69 and 99.
Interstate 77 between mile markers 6 and 22.
Instruction:
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Area Description:
Kershaw, SC; Richland, SC; Sumter, SC
Forcast Office:
NWS Columbia SC
Sender: