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WWUS72 KCAE 181542
NPWCAE
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
1142 AM EDT TUE AUG 18 2026
GAZ064-065-077-SCZ016-022-027>031-035-037-038-041-135>137-190000-
/O.CON.KCAE.HT.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-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 DENMARK, EUTAWVILLE, BRANCHVILLE, MANNING,
LUGOFF, OAK GROVE, LEXINGTON, SUMTER, WEST COLUMBIA, BISHOPVILLE,
CAMDEN, BOWMAN, NEESES, SANTEE, SPRINGFIELD,
BATESBURG-LEESVILLE, CHERAW, SEVEN OAKS, BLACKVILLE, ST.
MATTHEWS, ELLOREE, AUGUSTA, HOLLY HILL, ELGIN, WILLISTON, RED BANK,
NORTH AUGUSTA, SUMMERTON, PAGELAND, BAMBERG, NORTH, AIKEN,
WAYNESBORO, BARNWELL, BROOKDALE, COLUMBIA, ORANGEBURG, MARTINEZ,
CAYCE, AND EVANS
1142 AM EDT TUE AUG 18 2026
..HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING
* WHAT...HEAT INDEX VALUES UP TO 109.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH
CAROLINA.
* WHEN...UNTIL 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.
CRL
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