453  
WWUS52 KCAE 291249  
SVSCAE  
 
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC  
749 AM EST SUN DEC 29 2024  
 
GAC073-245-SCC003-037-065-071-081-291330-  
/O.CON.KCAE.SV.W.0154.000000T0000Z-241229T1330Z/  
COLUMBIA GA-RICHMOND GA-NEWBERRY SC-EDGEFIELD SC-SALUDA SC-AIKEN SC-  
MCCORMICK SC-  
749 AM EST SUN DEC 29 2024  
 
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 AM EST  
FOR EAST CENTRAL COLUMBIA...NORTHEASTERN RICHMOND...SOUTHWESTERN  
NEWBERRY...EDGEFIELD...SALUDA...NORTHWESTERN AIKEN AND SOUTHEASTERN  
MCCORMICK COUNTIES...  
 
AT 748 AM EST, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE  
EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES SOUTH OF NINETY SIX HISTORIC SITE TO SOUTH  
AUGUSTA, MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWERLINES.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
AIKEN, NORTH AUGUSTA, AIKEN MALL, AUGUSTA, CLEARWATER, BELVEDERE,  
MARTINEZ, EDGEFIELD, SALUDA, JOHNSTON, NEW ELLENTON, RIDGE SPRING,  
GLENDALE, EDGEFIELD COUNTY AIRPORT, MIDTOWN, SUMMERVILLE, DANIEL  
FIELD, CITIZENS PARK, AUGUSTA REGIONAL AIRPORT, AND AUGUSTA NATIONAL  
GOLF CLUB.  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...  
INTERSTATE 20 IN GEORGIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 197 AND 201.  
INTERSTATE 20 IN SOUTH CAROLINA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 30.  
INTERSTATE 520 IN GEORGIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 8 AND 15.  
INTERSTATE 520 IN SOUTH CAROLINA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 16 AND 23.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM EST FOR EAST CENTRAL  
GEORGIA...AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.  
 
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A  
BUILDING.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3399 8215 3398 8205 3395 8204 3396 8202  
3409 8192 3413 8187 3421 8194 3425 8191  
3430 8190 3435 8183 3350 8145 3332 8199  
3381 8224  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1248Z 249DEG 31KT 3400 8207 3341 8207  
 
TORNADO...POSSIBLE  
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH  
 

 
 
MG  
 
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