484  
WWUS82 KCAE 090638  
SPSCAE  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC  
238 AM EDT FRI MAY 9 2025  
 
SCZ016-022-029-090715-  
CHESTERFIELD SC-KERSHAW SC-LEE SC-  
238 AM EDT FRI MAY 9 2025  
 
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTHERN LEE, SOUTH  
CENTRAL CHESTERFIELD AND EAST CENTRAL KERSHAW COUNTIES THROUGH 315 AM  
EDT...  
 
AT 238 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR  
CASSATT, OR 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF BISHOPVILLE, MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND PENNY 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...  
BISHOPVILLE, LEE STATE PARK, BETHUNE, LUCKNOW, AND ASHLAND.  
 
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 20 IN SOUTH CAROLINA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS  
122 AND 126.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 
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 3437 8029 3432 8024 3434 8021 3437 8019  
3437 8018 3432 8017 3428 8013 3423 8011  
3420 8011 3418 8013 3422 8044 3443 8043  
3448 8007  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0638Z 273DEG 29KT 3434 8035  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH  
 
 
 
CAL  
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