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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
858 AM EDT THU MAR 12 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL COLUMBIA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
CENTRAL RICHMOND COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
WESTERN FAIRFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
NEWBERRY COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
EDGEFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
WESTERN LEXINGTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
SALUDA COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
AIKEN COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
NORTHWESTERN RICHLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 945 AM EDT.
* AT 857 AM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR WHITMIRE TO NEAR EDGEFIELD TO NEAR SOUTH
AUGUSTA, MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWERLINES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
AIKEN, NORTH AUGUSTA, NEWBERRY, BATESBURG-LEESVILLE, WINNSBORO,
AUGUSTA, CLEARWATER, MARTINEZ, AIKEN MALL, VC SUMMER NUCLEAR
STATION, BELVEDERE, EDGEFIELD, HEPHZIBAH, SALUDA, JOHNSTON, NEW
ELLENTON, JACKSON, WHITMIRE, PROSPERITY, AND RIDGE SPRING.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 20 IN GEORGIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 196 AND 201.
INTERSTATE 20 IN SOUTH CAROLINA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 49.
INTERSTATE 26 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 64 AND 98.
INTERSTATE 520 IN GEORGIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 15.
INTERSTATE 520 IN SOUTH CAROLINA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 16 AND 23.
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 MURRAY 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 3383 8203 3453 8165 3449 8158 3445 8154
3449 8149 3449 8146 3450 8142 3457 8142
3455 8102 3383 8135 3330 8173 3332 8214
TIME...MOT...LOC 1257Z 260DEG 27KT 3450 8157 3377 8190 3336 8210
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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