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WWUS82 KCAE 091855
SPSCAE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
255 PM EDT WED JUL 9 2025
SCZ116-091930-
SOUTHERN LANCASTER SC-
255 PM EDT WED JUL 9 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN
LANCASTER COUNTY THROUGH 330 PM EDT...
AT 254 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
FORT LAWN, OR NEAR LANCASTER. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.
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.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LANCASTER, ELGIN, USC LANCASTER, IRWIN, FISHING CREEK RESERVOIR,
LANCASTER MILL, ARROWOOD ESTATES, BELL TOWN FIRE STATION, MCWHIRTER
AIRFIELD, AND MCDONALD GREEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND MAY LEAD TO
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
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.
LAT...LON 3482 8078 3459 8071 3463 8089 3467 8089
3469 8086 3470 8086 3474 8088 3479 8087
3480 8089 3482 8090
TIME...MOT...LOC 1854Z 258DEG 1KT 3470 8089
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
DH/BC
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