485  
WWUS52 KCAE 302054  
SVSCAE  
 
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC  
454 PM EDT FRI MAY 30 2025  
 
SCC017-027-075-079-085-302115-  
/O.CON.KCAE.SV.W.0048.000000T0000Z-250530T2115Z/  
CALHOUN SC-CLARENDON SC-SUMTER SC-ORANGEBURG SC-RICHLAND SC-  
454 PM EDT FRI MAY 30 2025  
 
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT  
FOR CALHOUN...CLARENDON...SUMTER...CENTRAL ORANGEBURG AND  
SOUTHEASTERN RICHLAND COUNTIES...  
 
AT 454 PM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE  
EXTENDING FROM NEAR SHAW AIR BASE TO 8 MILES NORTH OF SANTEE STATE  
PARK TO NEAR BROOKDALE, MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS.  
 
SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS.  
 
IMPACT...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO MOBILE  
HOMES, ROOFS, AND OUTBUILDINGS.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
SUMTER, MANNING, BROOKDALE, SOUTH SUMTER, ST. MATTHEWS, SUMMERTON,  
EASTOVER, ELLOREE, ALCOLU, SANTEE STATE PARK, SANTEE COOPER REGIONAL  
AIRPORT, MULBERRY, MILLWOOD, POINSETT STATE PARK, SANTEE, PINEWOOD,  
CAMERON, EUTAWVILLE, PAXVILLE, AND VANCE.  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...  
INTERSTATE 26 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 139 AND 151.  
INTERSTATE 95 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 93 AND 138.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
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 MARION MOVE AWAY FROM THE WATER AND  
TAKE SHELTER!  
 
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS, AND MAY LEAD TO  
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3394 8006 3357 8011 3337 8039 3358 8103  
3368 8081 3398 8066  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2054Z 283DEG 40KT 3391 8049 3366 8055 3351 8073  
 
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE  
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH  
 

 
 
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