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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
546 AM EDT THU APR 30 2026
SCZ020-025>027-030-301015-
LEXINGTON SC-AIKEN SC-NEWBERRY SC-SALUDA SC-EDGEFIELD SC-
546 AM EDT THU APR 30 2026
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN
NEWBERRY, NORTHEASTERN EDGEFIELD, SOUTHWESTERN LEXINGTON, SALUDA AND
NORTH CENTRAL AIKEN COUNTIES THROUGH 615 AM EDT...
AT 546 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAKE GREENWOOD STATE PARK
TO NEAR SALUDA COUNTY AIRPORT TO NEAR EDGEFIELD COUNTY AIRPORT.
MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BATESBURG-LEESVILLE, EDGEFIELD, SALUDA, JOHNSTON, PROSPERITY, RIDGE
SPRING, SALUDA COUNTY AIRPORT, SUMMIT, MONETTA, TRENTON,
SILVERSTREET, WARD, CEDAR GROVE FIRE STATION, STROM THURMOND HIGH
SCHOOL, SALUDA CO SHERIFF'S OFFICE, GOOD HOPE, HOLLYWOOD ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL, EMORY, CAMP KINARD, AND DELMAR.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 20 IN SOUTH CAROLINA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 34
AND 41.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 3409 8192 3410 8189 3413 8187 3415 8190
3416 8191 3418 8190 3419 8192 3426 8150
3377 8140 3374 8191 3394 8194 3405 8194
TIME...MOT...LOC 0946Z 266DEG 28KT 3412 8188 3396 8186 3379 8183
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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