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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
714 PM EDT FRI AUG 21 2026
SCZ031-037-038-041-136-137-220015-
CENTRAL ORANGEBURG SC-SOUTHEASTERN ORANGEBURG SC-CALHOUN SC-
BAMBERG SC-CLARENDON SC-SUMTER SC-
714 PM EDT FRI AUG 21 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN
CALHOUN, CLARENDON, BAMBERG, CENTRAL SUMTER AND SOUTHEASTERN
ORANGEBURG COUNTIES THROUGH 815 PM EDT...
AT 713 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING NUMEROUS STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM BAMBERG COUNTY THROUGH NORTHERN
CLARENDON COUNTY, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MANNING, BAMBERG, HOLLY HILL, BRANCHVILLE, SUMMERTON, BOWMAN,
ELLOREE, ALCOLU, WOODS BAY STATE PARK, SANTEE STATE PARK, SANTEE
COOPER REGIONAL AIRPORT, RIVERS BRIDGE STATE PARK, SANTEE,
TURBEVILLE, EHRHARDT, EUTAWVILLE, ROWESVILLE, OLAR, PAXVILLE, AND
VANCE.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 26 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 152 AND 169.
INTERSTATE 95 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 85 AND 141.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
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 900 PM EDT FOR
CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3377 7999 3372 7997 3350 8010 3345 8015
3345 8022 3330 8025 3326 8043 3333 8051
3313 8089 3306 8090 3310 8094 3303 8108
3311 8118 3315 8122 3394 8013 3402 7994
3400 7990 3395 7998 3388 7994 3388 7988
TIME...MOT...LOC 2313Z 237DEG 15KT 3308 8097
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
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