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Tornado Warning — Aiken, SC — Oct 10, 2026

NWS CAE · ETN 12 · National Weather Service warning
Tornado Warning for Aiken — radar, warned-area polygon and storm motion
Radar-indicated position & projected track

Event Summary

The National Weather Service office CAE issued a tornado warning at 21:47 UTC on Oct 10, 2026 covering Aiken, SC. The warning was in effect for 14 minutes, ending at Oct 10, 2026 22:01 UTC. At the last radar check, the storm was located near 33.55, -81.45, moving north at about 26 mph.

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Counties Affected

Storm Reports

TimeLocationCounty / StateEFRemarks
5 NNE Aiken State Park Aiken, SC Unrated Aiken County EM relayed a report of two downed trees. One near the interaction of Coleman Bridge Road and Quail Run Road... the other near the intersection of Coleman B (CAE)
5 NNE Aiken State Park Aiken, SC EF1° NWS survey team confirmed an EF-1 tornado in northern Aiken County. A tornado touched down just southeast of Bethcar Church Rd. It quickly strengthened and moved northw (CAE)

Preliminary local storm reports (SPC) within the warned area window — subject to revision after NWS surveys. ° = rating parsed from the NWS damage-survey text quoted in the SPC report narrative (derived, not an official F-scale entry).

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