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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
647 PM EDT SAT SEP 5 2026
GAZ063>065-077-SCZ027-030-031-035-037-038-041-135>137-052330-
BURKE GA-RICHMOND GA-MCDUFFIE GA-COLUMBIA GA-LEXINGTON SC-
BARNWELL SC-SOUTHEASTERN ORANGEBURG SC-CENTRAL ORANGEBURG SC-
AIKEN SC-CALHOUN SC-BAMBERG SC-CLARENDON SC-SUMTER SC-
NORTHWESTERN ORANGEBURG SC-
647 PM EDT SAT SEP 5 2026
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN
MCDUFFIE, SOUTHERN COLUMBIA, NORTHERN BURKE, RICHMOND, CALHOUN,
CLARENDON, BARNWELL, BAMBERG, SOUTHEASTERN LEXINGTON, SOUTHWESTERN
SUMTER, AIKEN AND ORANGEBURG COUNTIES THROUGH 730 PM EDT...
AT 645 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR AUGUSTA GA, TO NEAR SPRINGFIELD, TO NEAR
ORANGEBURG, TO NEAR SUMMERTON.
MOVEMENT WAS SOUTH AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR DAMAGE TO OUTDOOR OBJECTS IS
POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
AIKEN, NORTH AUGUSTA, ORANGEBURG, GROVETOWN, EVANS, THOMSON,
WAYNESBORO, BARNWELL, MANNING, BAMBERG, DENMARK, FORT GORDON,
AUGUSTA, CLEARWATER, BROOKDALE, SAVANNAH RIVER SITE, AIKEN MALL,
PLANT VOGTLE, BELVEDERE, AND MARTINEZ.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 20 IN GEORGIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 187 AND 201.
INTERSTATE 26 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 134 AND 169.
INTERSTATE 520 IN GEORGIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 15.
INTERSTATE 520 IN SOUTH CAROLINA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 16 AND 21.
INTERSTATE 95 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 85 AND 119.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR
EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3371 8090 3372 7997 3346 8013 3345 8022
3327 8030 3326 8043 3333 8051 3313 8089
3306 8090 3310 8094 3303 8108 3312 8119
3311 8136 3316 8153 3310 8162 3303 8157
3314 8227 3326 8225 3335 8255 3344 8257
TIME...MOT...LOC 2245Z 007DEG 27KT 3362 7995 3351 8076 3340 8277
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
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