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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
900 AM EDT MON MAR 16 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
MCDUFFIE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
COLUMBIA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
NORTHWESTERN BURKE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
RICHMOND COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
SOUTHERN EDGEFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
WESTERN AIKEN COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHEASTERN MCCORMICK COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 1000 AM EDT.
* AT 900 AM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTH OF WRIGHTSBORO TO NEAR OCONEE, MOVING
EAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWERLINES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
AIKEN, NORTH AUGUSTA, GROVETOWN, EVANS, THOMSON, FORT GORDON,
AUGUSTA, CLEARWATER, MARTINEZ, AIKEN MALL, BELVEDERE, EDGEFIELD,
HEPHZIBAH, HARLEM, JACKSON, LINCOLNTON, GLENDALE, SOUTH AUGUSTA,
CLARKS HILL RECREATION AREA, AND EDGEFIELD COUNTY AIRPORT.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 20 IN GEORGIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 167 AND 201.
INTERSTATE 20 IN SOUTH CAROLINA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 25.
INTERSTATE 520 IN GEORGIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 15.
INTERSTATE 520 IN SOUTH CAROLINA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 16 AND 23.
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 200 PM EDT FOR EAST CENTRAL
GEORGIA...AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3364 8261 3363 8258 3364 8257 3364 8252
3366 8251 3365 8249 3378 8257 3379 8159
3335 8173 3317 8226 3323 8223 3330 8231
3336 8255 3341 8255 3346 8259 3359 8264
TIME...MOT...LOC 1300Z 253DEG 43KT 3366 8259 3283 8301
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
MG
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