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WWUS82 KCAE 092100
SPSCAE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
500 PM EDT WED JUL 9 2025
SCZ020-021-092130-
FAIRFIELD SC-NEWBERRY SC-
500 PM EDT WED JUL 9 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF WESTERN FAIRFIELD
AND EASTERN NEWBERRY COUNTIES THROUGH 530 PM EDT...
AT 500 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
BLAIR, OR 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF VC SUMMER NUCLEAR STATION, MOVING EAST
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...
VC SUMMER NUCLEAR STATION, PROSPERITY, BLAIR, MONTICELLO,
JENKINSVILLE, POMARIA, PEAK, US-176 AND SC-34 CROSSROADS, AND MID-
CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 26 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 77 AND 86.
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 3417 8153 3443 8154 3449 8125 3427 8123
TIME...MOT...LOC 2100Z 276DEG 8KT 3435 8145
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
HC
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