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WWUS82 KCAE 182303
SPSCAE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
603 PM EST WED DEC 18 2024
SCZ025>027-030-182345-
LEXINGTON SC-AIKEN SC-SALUDA SC-EDGEFIELD SC-
603 PM EST WED DEC 18 2024
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL
EDGEFIELD, SOUTHWESTERN LEXINGTON, SOUTHEASTERN SALUDA AND NORTH
CENTRAL AIKEN COUNTIES THROUGH 645 PM EST...
AT 603 PM EST, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
RIDGE SPRING, OR 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BATESBURG-LEESVILLE, MOVING
EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND PEA 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...
BATESBURG-LEESVILLE, RED BANK, JOHNSTON, RIDGE SPRING, PELION,
GILBERT, SUMMIT, MONETTA, TRENTON, WARD, LEXINGTON COUNTY AIRPORT AT
PELION, FREDONIA, CAMP KINARD, HIBERNIA, STEEDMAN, KNEECE, SAMARIA
FIRE STATION, AND CEDAR POND CAMPGROUND.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 20 IN SOUTH CAROLINA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 33
AND 52.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
LAT...LON 3374 8184 3389 8177 3397 8127 3377 8124
TIME...MOT...LOC 2303Z 256DEG 18KT 3383 8171
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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