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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
1031 AM EDT THU MAR 12 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL FAIRFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHERN LANCASTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
LEE COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
CALHOUN COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
CENTRAL CLARENDON COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
CHESTERFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
SUMTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
NORTH CENTRAL ORANGEBURG COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
EASTERN RICHLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
KERSHAW COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 1115 AM EDT.
* AT 1031 AM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR HEATH SPRINGS TO NEAR FORT JACKSON TO
ORANGEBURG COUNTY AIRPORT, MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWERLINES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COLUMBIA, SUMTER, ORANGEBURG, CAMDEN, CHERAW, MANNING, BISHOPVILLE,
SOUTH SUMTER, SHAW AIR BASE, LAKE WATEREE DAM, MCENTIRE AIR BASE,
BROOKDALE, DENTSVILLE, ST. MATTHEWS, KERSHAW, CHESTERFIELD, ELGIN,
SUMMERTON, EASTOVER, AND HEATH SPRINGS.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 20 IN SOUTH CAROLINA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 75 AND 125.
INTERSTATE 26 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 132 AND 147.
INTERSTATE 77 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 14 AND 17.
INTERSTATE 95 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 113 AND 146.
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 3453 7983 3449 7990 3449 8005 3437 8029
3432 8024 3437 8018 3423 8011 3415 8015
3399 7989 3395 7998 3388 7994 3388 7988
3377 7999 3368 8000 3350 8096 3376 8093
3406 8094 3462 8084 3479 7994 3462 7978
TIME...MOT...LOC 1431Z 274DEG 47KT 3456 8069 3405 8081 3347 8084
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
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