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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
937 AM EDT FRI APR 19 2024
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL EDGEFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
LEXINGTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHEASTERN SALUDA COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
NORTHEASTERN AIKEN COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
NORTHWESTERN RICHLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 1030 AM EDT.
* AT 937 AM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF SALUDA TO RIDGE SPRING TO NEAR
AIKEN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWERLINES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LEXINGTON, WEST COLUMBIA, CAYCE, IRMO, BATESBURG-LEESVILLE, ST.
ANDREWS, OAK GROVE, HIGHWAY 6 AT LAKE MURRAY DAM, RED BANK, SALUDA,
SOUTH CONGAREE, PINE RIDGE, GASTON, RIDGE SPRING, HARBISON STATE
FOREST, COLUMBIA METRO AIRPORT, SWANSEA, WAGENER, PELION, AND
GILBERT.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 126 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 1.
INTERSTATE 20 IN SOUTH CAROLINA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 22 AND 65.
INTERSTATE 26 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 101 AND 114.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING
KILLERS. REMEMBER, IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER, YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO
BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE LARGE CAPSIZING WAVES AND FREQUENT
LIGHTNING. IF ON OR NEAR LAKE MURRAY MOVE AWAY FROM THE WATER AND
TAKE SHELTER!
LAT...LON 3384 8176 3407 8176 3409 8154 3407 8150
3409 8146 3408 8145 3407 8139 3409 8139
3412 8108 3383 8108 3367 8115 3366 8119
3356 8129 3370 8180
TIME...MOT...LOC 1337Z 271DEG 29KT 3404 8168 3384 8167 3369 8173
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
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