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WWUS82 KCAE 022344
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
744 PM EDT WED APR 2 2025
GAZ065-SCZ025-030-030015-
RICHMOND GA-AIKEN SC-EDGEFIELD SC-
744 PM EDT WED APR 2 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF EASTERN RICHMOND,
SOUTH CENTRAL EDGEFIELD AND SOUTHWESTERN AIKEN COUNTIES THROUGH 815
PM EDT...
AT 744 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
AUGUSTA REGIONAL AIRPORT, OR 8 MILES SOUTH OF AUGUSTA, MOVING NORTH
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.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 20 IN SOUTH CAROLINA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 10.
INTERSTATE 520 IN GEORGIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 8 AND 15.
INTERSTATE 520 IN SOUTH CAROLINA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 16 AND 23.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY, SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3327 8184 3326 8204 3365 8200 3354 8166
TIME...MOT...LOC 2344Z 201DEG 16KT 3335 8192
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
CAL
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