311  
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  
 

 
 
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