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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
542 PM EDT THU JUL 10 2025
SCZ025>027-030-102230-
LEXINGTON SC-AIKEN SC-SALUDA SC-EDGEFIELD SC-
542 PM EDT THU JUL 10 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF CENTRAL EDGEFIELD,
SOUTHWESTERN LEXINGTON, SALUDA AND NORTHWESTERN AIKEN COUNTIES
THROUGH 630 PM EDT...
AT 542 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
EDGEFIELD COUNTY AIRPORT, OR 17 MILES NORTH OF AIKEN, MOVING EAST AT
25 MPH.
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...
BATESBURG-LEESVILLE, EDGEFIELD, SALUDA, JOHNSTON, RIDGE SPRING,
SALUDA COUNTY AIRPORT, EDGEFIELD COUNTY AIRPORT, AIKEN MUNICIPAL
AIRPORT, GILBERT, SUMMIT, MONETTA, TRENTON, WARD, STROM THURMOND HIGH
SCHOOL, SALUDA CO SHERIFF'S OFFICE, GOOD HOPE, MURRAY, NORTHSIDE FIRE
STATION MAIN, CAMP KINARD, AND EMORY.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 20 IN SOUTH CAROLINA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 18
AND 44.
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 3399 8199 3404 8195 3408 8193 3398 8137
3361 8142 3366 8201
TIME...MOT...LOC 2142Z 268DEG 23KT 3378 8182
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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