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WWUS82 KCAE 090336
SPSCAE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
1136 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2025
SCZ016-022-116-090400-
CHESTERFIELD SC-SOUTHERN LANCASTER SC-KERSHAW SC-
1136 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN
LANCASTER, CENTRAL CHESTERFIELD AND NORTHEASTERN KERSHAW COUNTIES
THROUGH MIDNIGHT EDT...
AT 1136 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
KERSHAW, OR 18 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAKE WATEREE DAM, MOVING EAST AT 15
MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND HALF INCH 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...
CHERAW, KERSHAW, CAROLINA SANDHILLS WILDLIFE REFUGE, MT PISGAH,
MCBEE, JEFFERSON, PATRICK, BETHUNE, CHERAW FISH HATCHERY, ALLIGATOR
FIRE STATION, MIDDENDORF, BAY SPRINGS FIRE STATION, FORTY ACRE ROCK
PRESERVE, TAXAHAW, AND KERSHAW CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FOR
CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3449 8004 3436 8029 3448 8066 3475 8058
3469 7988
TIME...MOT...LOC 0336Z 284DEG 15KT 3455 8052
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
CAL
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