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WWUS72 KCAE 180513
NPWCAE
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
113 AM EDT TUE AUG 18 2026
GAZ064-065-077-SCZ016-022-027>031-035-037-038-041-135>137-181900-
/O.CON.KCAE.HT.Y.0008.260818T1500Z-260819T0000Z/
COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-CHESTERFIELD-KERSHAW-LEXINGTON-RICHLAND-LEE-
AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-CALHOUN-CLARENDON-BAMBERG-
NORTHWESTERN ORANGEBURG-CENTRAL ORANGEBURG-SOUTHEASTERN ORANGEBURG-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF MANNING, WEST COLUMBIA, ST. MATTHEWS,
SUMMERTON, DENMARK, WILLISTON, BATESBURG-LEESVILLE, BARNWELL,
BLACKVILLE, ORANGEBURG, CAYCE, AUGUSTA, NORTH AUGUSTA, ELGIN, SANTEE,
RED BANK, SPRINGFIELD, PAGELAND, EVANS, BROOKDALE, NEESES, AIKEN,
BAMBERG, OAK GROVE, ELLOREE, NORTH, BRANCHVILLE, MARTINEZ,
EUTAWVILLE, WAYNESBORO, BOWMAN, CHERAW, SUMTER, HOLLY HILL,
LEXINGTON, COLUMBIA, CAMDEN, BISHOPVILLE, SEVEN OAKS, AND LUGOFF
113 AM EDT TUE AUG 18 2026
...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM
EDT THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...HEAT INDEX VALUES UP TO 110 EXPECTED.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH
CAROLINA.
* WHEN...FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING.
* IMPACTS...HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY MAY CAUSE HEAT
ILLNESSES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS WHEN OUTSIDE. WEAR LIGHTWEIGHT AND LOOSE
FITTING CLOTHING. TRY TO LIMIT STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING
OR EVENING. TAKE ACTION WHEN YOU SEE SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND
HEAT STROKE.
DO NOT LEAVE YOUNG CHILDREN AND PETS IN UNATTENDED VEHICLES. CAR
INTERIORS WILL REACH LETHAL TEMPERATURES IN A MATTER OF MINUTES.
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