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WUUS52 KCAE 121407  
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC  
1007 AM EDT THU MAR 12 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...  
SOUTHEASTERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...  
SOUTHWESTERN CLARENDON COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...  
BAMBERG COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...  
ORANGEBURG COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...  
 
* UNTIL 1045 AM EDT.  
 
* AT 1007 AM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE  
EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES WEST OF EDISTO GARDENS TO 6 MILES NORTHEAST  
OF ULMER TO NEAR ESTILL, MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWERLINES.  
 
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
ORANGEBURG, BAMBERG, DENMARK, BROOKDALE, HOLLY HILL, BRANCHVILLE,  
BOWMAN, ELLOREE, SANTEE STATE PARK, CLAFLIN COLLEGE, SOUTH CAROLINA  
STATE UNIVERSITY, ORANGEBURG COUNTY AIRPORT, RIVERS BRIDGE STATE  
PARK, EDISTO GARDENS, SANTEE, EHRHARDT, CAMERON, NORWAY,  
ROWESVILLE, AND OLAR.  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...  
INTERSTATE 26 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 147 AND 169.  
INTERSTATE 95 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 85 AND 104.  
 
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 CENTRAL SOUTH  
CAROLINA.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3313 8120 3348 8120 3361 8041 3327 8032  
3328 8035 3326 8036 3326 8043 3329 8049  
3333 8049 3333 8051 3313 8089 3309 8088  
3306 8090 3310 8094 3303 8108  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1407Z 259DEG 44KT 3350 8107 3315 8111 3278 8130  
 
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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