South Carolina Severe Severe Thunderstorm Warning | Effective 07/06/2026 09:58

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 6 at 12:58PM EDT until July 6 at 1:45PM EDT by NWS Columbia SC
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
July 6, 2026 - 9:58am
Expires: 
July 6, 2026 - 10:45am
Description: 
SVRCAE The National Weather Service in Columbia has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northeastern Richland County in central South Carolina... Southwestern Kershaw County in central South Carolina... * Until 145 PM EDT. * At 1258 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Arcadia Lakes, or over Forest Acres, moving east at 15 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, Dentsville, Arcadia Lakes, Woodfield, Sesquicentennial State Park, Lake Carolina, Villages at Sandhill, Fort Jackson, Elgin, Killian, Fort Jackson Wildcat Road, Fort Jackson McCrady Training Center, and Fort Jackson Cantonment Area. This includes the following highways... Interstate 20 in South Carolina between mile markers 70 and 88. Interstate 77 between mile markers 11 and 25.
Instruction: 
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
Area Description: 
Kershaw, SC; Richland, SC
Forcast Office: 
NWS Columbia SC