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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
809 AM EDT THU MAR 12 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
MCDUFFIE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
COLUMBIA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
LINCOLN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
WESTERN RICHMOND COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
WESTERN EDGEFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHERN MCCORMICK COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 900 AM EDT.
* AT 808 AM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR LINCOLNTON TO NEAR THOMSON TO NEAR MITCHELL,
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWERLINES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NORTH AUGUSTA, GROVETOWN, EVANS, THOMSON, FORT GORDON, MARTINEZ,
HEPHZIBAH, MCCORMICK, HARLEM, LINCOLNTON, SOUTH AUGUSTA, CLARKS
HILL RECREATION AREA, ELIJAH CLARK STATE PARK, MISTLETOE STATE
PARK, WRIGHTSBORO, AUGUSTA MALL, DANIEL FIELD, VILLAGE PLAZA
SHOPPING CENTER, AUGUSTA NATIONAL GOLF CLUB, AND J. STROM THURMOND
DAM.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 20 IN GEORGIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 166 AND 201.
INTERSTATE 20 IN SOUTH CAROLINA NEAR MILE MARKER 0.
INTERSTATE 520 IN GEORGIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 5.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REMAIN ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE TORNADO! TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO GO AT ONCE INTO THE
BASEMENT OR SMALL CENTRAL ROOM IN A STURDY STRUCTURE.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE LARGE CAPSIZING WAVES AND FREQUENT
LIGHTNING. IF ON OR NEAR LAKE STROM THURMOND MOVE AWAY FROM THE WATER
AND TAKE SHELTER!
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM EDT FOR EAST CENTRAL
GEORGIA...AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3366 8251 3365 8249 3382 8259 3386 8258
3386 8261 3399 8210 3398 8205 3397 8205
3360 8198 3332 8209 3328 8230 3331 8234
3331 8239 3334 8244 3335 8255 3341 8255
3346 8259 3360 8265
TIME...MOT...LOC 1208Z 251DEG 25KT 3372 8244 3348 8245 3321 8267
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
DH
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