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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
843 AM EDT MON MAR 16 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN FAIRFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
NEWBERRY COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
NORTHERN EDGEFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
SALUDA COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
NORTH CENTRAL AIKEN COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
EAST CENTRAL MCCORMICK COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 945 AM EDT.
* AT 843 AM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAURENS TO NEAR HAMILTON BRANCH
STATE PARK, MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWERLINES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NEWBERRY, BATESBURG-
LEESVILLE, EDGEFIELD, SALUDA, JOHNSTON, WHITMIRE, PROSPERITY, RIDGE
SPRING, MONTICELLO, SALUDA COUNTY AIRPORT, NEWBERRY COLLEGE,
NEWBERRY COUNTY AIRPORT, BLAIR, LITTLE MOUNTAIN, MONETTA, POMARIA,
SILVERSTREET, WARD, SALUDA CO SHERIFF'S OFFICE, AND US-176 AND SC-
34 CROSSROADS.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 26 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 62 AND 87.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL SOUTH
CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3398 8209 3398 8205 3395 8204 3396 8201
3413 8187 3420 8194 3430 8190 3437 8178
3453 8164 3445 8154 3449 8149 3450 8142
3457 8142 3456 8118 3408 8145 3409 8146
3377 8162 3375 8220
TIME...MOT...LOC 1243Z 257DEG 27KT 3456 8193 3377 8229
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
MG
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