027  
WWUS82 KCAE 092012  
SPSCAE  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC  
412 PM EDT WED JUL 9 2025  
 
SCZ020-026-027-030-092100-  
LEXINGTON SC-AIKEN SC-NEWBERRY SC-SALUDA SC-  
412 PM EDT WED JUL 9 2025  
 
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN  
NEWBERRY, NORTHWESTERN LEXINGTON, SOUTHEASTERN SALUDA AND NORTH  
CENTRAL AIKEN COUNTIES THROUGH 500 PM EDT...  
 
AT 412 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR  
DREHER ISLAND STATE PARK, OR 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF  
BATESBURG-LEESVILLE, MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.  
   
..BOATERS ON LAKE MURRAY SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR
 
 
 
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...  
BATESBURG-LEESVILLE, DREHER ISLAND STATE PARK, CHAPIN, GILBERT,  
SUMMIT, CEDAR GROVE FIRE STATION, SOUTH SHORE MARINA, OSWALD PARK,  
PUTNAM'S LANDING, MURRAY, ROCKY POINT RECREATION AREA, CAMP KINARD,  
DELMAR, HOLLOW CREEK PUBLIC PARK, MELVIN PARK, SAMARIA FIRE STATION,  
CEDAR POND CAMPGROUND, FREDONIA, SHULL ISLAND, AND FAIRVIEW FIRE  
STATION.  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...  
INTERSTATE 20 IN SOUTH CAROLINA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 30 AND 47.  
INTERSTATE 26 NEAR MILE MARKER 90.  
 
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 3369 8155 3375 8158 3416 8158 3419 8133  
3385 8135  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2012Z 254DEG 6KT 3403 8147  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH  
 

 
 
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