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WWUS82 KCAE 092000  
SPSCAE  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC  
400 PM EDT WED JUL 9 2025  
 
SCZ027-028-030-037-092030-  
LEXINGTON SC-AIKEN SC-CALHOUN SC-RICHLAND SC-  
400 PM EDT WED JUL 9 2025  
 
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN CALHOUN,  
SOUTHERN LEXINGTON, NORTHEASTERN AIKEN AND CENTRAL RICHLAND COUNTIES  
THROUGH 430 PM EDT...  
 
AT 400 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG  
A LINE EXTENDING FROM SC STATE FARMER'S MARKET TO 13 MILES SOUTHWEST  
OF GASTON. MOVEMENT WAS WEST AT 10 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...  
WEST COLUMBIA, CAYCE, RED BANK, OAK GROVE, SOUTH CONGAREE, PINE  
RIDGE, GASTON, SC STATE FARMER'S MARKET, COLUMBIA METRO AIRPORT,  
WAGENER, PELION, SALLEY, PERRY, CAYCE RIVERWALK, THOR, GUIGNARD PARK,  
NEW HOLLAND, DIXIANA, PERRY AIRPORT, AND NEW ZION.  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...  
INTERSTATE 26 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 109 AND 122.  
INTERSTATE 77 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 5.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS AND MAY LEAD  
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED  
ROADWAYS.  
 
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.  
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE  
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3403 8112 3369 8155 3357 8130 3392 8095  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2000Z 081DEG 9KT 3391 8106 3373 8130  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH  
 

 
 
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