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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
941 AM EDT THU MAR 12 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL FAIRFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHWESTERN LANCASTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
NORTHWESTERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
NORTHEASTERN BARNWELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
NORTHWESTERN BAMBERG COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
LEXINGTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
CENTRAL AIKEN COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
NORTHWESTERN ORANGEBURG COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
RICHLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
KERSHAW COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 1030 AM EDT.
* AT 941 AM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR GREAT FALLS TO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RED BANK
TO NEAR SAVANNAH RIVER SITE, MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWERLINES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COLUMBIA, LEXINGTON, WEST COLUMBIA, CAYCE, IRMO, FOREST ACRES,
CAMDEN, BAMBERG, WINNSBORO, DENMARK, SPRINGDALE, DENTSVILLE, OAK
GROVE, LAKE WATEREE DAM, ST. ANDREWS, MCENTIRE AIR BASE, HIGHWAY 6
AT LAKE MURRAY DAM, RED BANK, WILLISTON, AND BLACKVILLE.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 126 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 3.
INTERSTATE 20 IN SOUTH CAROLINA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 35 AND 98.
INTERSTATE 26 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 94 AND 142.
INTERSTATE 77 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 51.
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 CENTRAL SOUTH
CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3329 8179 3382 8147 3456 8108 3454 8088
3457 8087 3459 8088 3453 8044 3379 8076
3330 8101
TIME...MOT...LOC 1341Z 272DEG 32KT 3454 8098 3382 8137 3330 8168
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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