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WWUS82 KCAE 070016
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
816 PM EDT SAT SEP 6 2025
SCZ021-022-028-070100-
FAIRFIELD SC-RICHLAND SC-KERSHAW SC-
816 PM EDT SAT SEP 6 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN
FAIRFIELD, NORTHWESTERN RICHLAND AND SOUTHWESTERN KERSHAW COUNTIES
THROUGH 900 PM EDT...
AT 816 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
IRMO, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 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...
COLUMBIA, IRMO, WINNSBORO, FAIRFIELD COUNTY AIRPORT, BLYTHEWOOD,
RIDGEWAY, RION, WINNSBORO MILLS, SMALLWOOD, CEDAR CREEK FIRE STATION,
AND UPPER RICHLAND FIRE STATION.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 26 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 96 AND 102.
INTERSTATE 77 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 24 AND 36.
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 3421 8083 3408 8117 3409 8119 3419 8129
3439 8105
TIME...MOT...LOC 0016Z 233DEG 17KT 3416 8116
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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