851  
WUUS52 KCAE 161338  
SVRCAE  
SCC025-057-161445-  
/O.NEW.KCAE.SV.W.0014.260316T1338Z-260316T1445Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC  
938 AM EDT MON MAR 16 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...  
NORTHERN LANCASTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...  
NORTHWESTERN CHESTERFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...  
 
* UNTIL 1045 AM EDT.  
 
* AT 937 AM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE  
EXTENDING FROM NEAR HIDDEN VALLEY TO NEAR CHESTER, MOVING EAST AT  
60 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWERLINES.  
 
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
LANCASTER, INDIAN LAND, PAGELAND, ANDREW JACKSON STATE PARK, USC  
LANCASTER, VAN WYCK, IRWIN, BUFORD, ARROWOOD ESTATES, TRADESVILLE,  
CAMP CREEK FIRE STATION, COMMUNITY OF ALMOND GLEN, UNITY FIRE  
STATION, LANCASTER MILL, CAROLINA COMMONS SHOPPING CENTER, AND  
MCWHIRTER AIRFIELD.  
 
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 3507 8090 3493 8078 3482 8079 3481 8034  
3474 8050 3468 8087 3470 8086 3474 8088  
3479 8087 3483 8090 3484 8087 3490 8088  
3493 8086 3501 8091 3503 8090  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1337Z 249DEG 50KT 3528 8083 3468 8116  
 
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH  
 

 
 
MG  
 
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