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WWUS82 KCAE 102106
SPSCAE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
506 PM EDT THU JUL 10 2025
SCZ020-021-026>028-102145-
FAIRFIELD SC-LEXINGTON SC-NEWBERRY SC-RICHLAND SC-SALUDA SC-
506 PM EDT THU JUL 10 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN
FAIRFIELD, SOUTHEASTERN NEWBERRY, NORTHWESTERN LEXINGTON, EAST
CENTRAL SALUDA AND NORTHWESTERN RICHLAND COUNTIES THROUGH 545 PM
EDT...
AT 505 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
DREHER ISLAND STATE PARK, OR 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF HIGHWAY 6 AT LAKE
MURRAY DAM, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
..BOATERS ON LAKE MURRAY SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND PEA 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...
COLUMBIA, LEXINGTON, WEST COLUMBIA, IRMO, ST. ANDREWS, HIGHWAY 6 AT
LAKE MURRAY DAM, RED BANK, OAK GROVE, COLUMBIA INTERNATIONAL
UNIVERSITY, HARBISON STATE FOREST, DREHER ISLAND STATE PARK,
BALLENTINE, CHAPIN, LITTLE MOUNTAIN, PEAK, OSWALD PARK, BUNDRICK
ISLAND, PUTNAM'S LANDING, WHITE ROCK, AND ROCKY POINT RECREATION
AREA.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 126 NEAR MILE MARKER 0.
INTERSTATE 20 IN SOUTH CAROLINA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 53 AND 65.
INTERSTATE 26 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 86 AND 108.
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 3408 8154 3419 8150 3425 8129 3414 8101
3390 8120
TIME...MOT...LOC 2105Z 297DEG 19KT 3413 8141
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
CRL
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