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WWUS52 KCAE 161439
SVSCAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
1039 AM EDT MON MAR 16 2026
SCC017-079-161448-
/O.CAN.KCAE.SV.W.0015.000000T0000Z-260316T1500Z/
CALHOUN SC-RICHLAND SC-
1039 AM EDT MON MAR 16 2026
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL CALHOUN AND
SOUTHEASTERN RICHLAND COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA. THEREFORE, THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL SOUTH
CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3377 8060 3381 8061 3451 8046 3468 8011
3449 8006 3436 8029 3432 8024 3437 8018
3432 8017 3423 8011 3420 8011 3416 8016
3412 8013 3403 7997
TIME...MOT...LOC 1438Z 270DEG 39KT 3442 8029 3390 8045
SCC025-055-061-085-161500-
/O.CON.KCAE.SV.W.0015.000000T0000Z-260316T1500Z/
LEE SC-CHESTERFIELD SC-SUMTER SC-KERSHAW SC-
1039 AM EDT MON MAR 16 2026
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM EDT
FOR LEE...SOUTH CENTRAL CHESTERFIELD...NORTHERN SUMTER AND EASTERN
KERSHAW COUNTIES...
AT 1038 AM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR CLYDE TO NEAR MILLWOOD, MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWERLINES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SUMTER, BISHOPVILLE, SOUTH SUMTER, SHAW AIR BASE, OAKLAND, CASSATT,
ELLIOTT, MULBERRY, LEE STATE PARK, CAROLINA SANDHILLS WILDLIFE
REFUGE, SUMTER COUNTY AIRPORT, MILLWOOD, POINSETT STATE PARK, MCBEE,
MAYESVILLE, LYNCHBURG, BETHUNE, LUCKNOW, CANE SAVANNAH, AND DALZELL.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 20 IN SOUTH CAROLINA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 102 AND 126.
INTERSTATE 95 NEAR MILE MARKER 146.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL SOUTH
CAROLINA.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
LAT...LON 3377 8060 3381 8061 3451 8046 3468 8011
3449 8006 3436 8029 3432 8024 3437 8018
3432 8017 3423 8011 3420 8011 3416 8016
3412 8013 3403 7997
TIME...MOT...LOC 1438Z 270DEG 39KT 3442 8029 3390 8045
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
MG
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