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WUUS52 KCAE 121327  
SVRCAE  
GAC033-SCC003-009-011-121415-  
/O.NEW.KCAE.SV.W.0004.260312T1327Z-260312T1415Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC  
927 AM EDT THU MAR 12 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...  
SOUTHEASTERN BURKE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...  
BARNWELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...  
SOUTHWESTERN BAMBERG COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...  
SOUTHERN AIKEN COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...  
 
* UNTIL 1015 AM EDT.  
 
* AT 926 AM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE  
EXTENDING FROM SAVANNAH RIVER SITE TO 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF SARDIS  
TO NEAR MILLEN, MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWERLINES.  
 
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
BARNWELL, BAMBERG, DENMARK, SAVANNAH RIVER SITE, SARDIS, RIVERS  
BRIDGE STATE PARK, EHRHARDT, HILDA, SNELLING, OLAR, KLINE, GIRARD,  
GOVAN, SAVANNAH RIVER SITE H CANYON, SAVANNAH RIVER SITE K COMPLEX,  
BAMBERG COUNTY AIRPORT, AND BARNWELL COUNTY AIRPORT.  
 
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.  
 
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM EDT FOR EAST CENTRAL  
GEORGIA...AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3295 8184 3303 8178 3332 8173 3332 8098  
3309 8098 3304 8106 3303 8108 3305 8112  
3312 8119 3311 8136 3316 8154 3310 8162  
3304 8156 3305 8154 3304 8154 3304 8155  
3291 8176  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1326Z 264DEG 37KT 3327 8166 3304 8169 3279 8188  
 
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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