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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
HC
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