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WWUS82 KCAE 220107
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
907 PM EDT TUE JUL 21 2026
SCZ037-038-041-136-137-220145-
CENTRAL ORANGEBURG SC-SOUTHEASTERN ORANGEBURG SC-CALHOUN SC-
BAMBERG SC-CLARENDON SC-
907 PM EDT TUE JUL 21 2026
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN CALHOUN,
SOUTHWESTERN CLARENDON, SOUTHEASTERN BAMBERG AND SOUTHEASTERN
ORANGEBURG COUNTIES THROUGH 945 PM EDT...
AT 906 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR ELLOREE TO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
BRANCHVILLE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 15 MPH.
..BOATERS ON LAKE MARION SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HOLLY HILL, BRANCHVILLE, SUMMERTON, BOWMAN, ELLOREE, SANTEE STATE
PARK, SANTEE, EUTAWVILLE, ROWESVILLE, VANCE, POPLAR CREEK LANDING,
ST. PAUL, STUMPHOLE LANDING, YONDER FIELD, INDIAN BLUFF RECREATION
PARK, MILL CREEK MARINA AND CAMPGROUND, LONE STAR, AND LOW FALLS
LANDING.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 26 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 153 AND 169.
INTERSTATE 95 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 85 AND 110.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
IF ON OR NEAR MARION, GET OUT OF THE WATER AND MOVE INDOORS OR
INSIDE A VEHICLE. REMEMBER, LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE OUT TO 10 MILES
FROM THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER, YOU ARE CLOSE
ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER NOW! DO NOT
BE CAUGHT ON THE WATER IN A THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 3319 8102 3365 8059 3360 8028 3332 8037
3327 8045 3329 8049 3333 8049 3333 8051
3313 8089 3311 8089
TIME...MOT...LOC 0106Z 250DEG 12KT 3351 8062 3321 8091
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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