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WWUS52 KCAE 292052
SVSCAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
452 PM EDT THU MAY 29 2025
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FAIRFIELD SC-CALHOUN SC-LEXINGTON SC-RICHLAND SC-
452 PM EDT THU MAY 29 2025
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL FAIRFIELD...NORTHWESTERN CALHOUN...CENTRAL
LEXINGTON AND RICHLAND COUNTIES...
AT 452 PM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM DREHER ISLAND STATE PARK TO NEAR GASTON, MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWERLINES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COLUMBIA, LEXINGTON, WEST COLUMBIA, CAYCE, IRMO, FOREST ACRES,
SPRINGDALE, ST. ANDREWS, DENTSVILLE, OAK GROVE, MCENTIRE AIR BASE,
HIGHWAY 6 AT LAKE MURRAY DAM, RED BANK, SOUTH CONGAREE, PINE RIDGE,
GASTON, ARCADIA LAKES, EASTOVER, COLUMBIA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY,
AND HARBISON STATE FOREST.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 126 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 3.
INTERSTATE 20 IN SOUTH CAROLINA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 50 AND 79.
INTERSTATE 26 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 90 AND 130.
INTERSTATE 77 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 27.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REPORT ANY HAIL, DAMAGING WINDS OR FLOODING DIRECTLY TO THE COLUMBIA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 803 234 4115 WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO.
YOU CAN ALSO SEND REPORTS BY FACEBOOK OR TWITTER TO NWSCOLUMBIA OR BY
E-MAIL AT NWS.COLUMBIA@NOAA.GOV.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE LARGE CAPSIZING WAVES AND FREQUENT
LIGHTNING. IF ON OR NEAR LAKE MURRAY MOVE AWAY FROM THE WATER AND
TAKE SHELTER!
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS, AND MAY LEAD TO
FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 3371 8105 3401 8143 3408 8147 3409 8146
3408 8145 3408 8143 3407 8139 3408 8139
3412 8143 3436 8113 3386 8063
TIME...MOT...LOC 2052Z 239DEG 24KT 3409 8139 3378 8106
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
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