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WWUS82 KCAE 301015
SPSCAE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
615 AM EDT THU APR 30 2026
SCZ026-027-030-301045-
LEXINGTON SC-AIKEN SC-SALUDA SC-
615 AM EDT THU APR 30 2026
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF CENTRAL LEXINGTON,
SOUTHEASTERN SALUDA AND NORTHERN AIKEN COUNTIES THROUGH 645 AM EDT...
AT 615 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES WEST OF DREHER ISLAND STATE PARK TO
NEAR BATESBURG-LEESVILLE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 35 MPH.
..BOATERS ON LAKE MURRAY SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LEXINGTON, CAYCE, IRMO, BATESBURG-LEESVILLE, HIGHWAY 6 AT LAKE MURRAY
DAM, RED BANK, OAK GROVE, SOUTH CONGAREE, PINE RIDGE, COLUMBIA METRO
AIRPORT, GILBERT, SUMMIT, CEDAR GROVE FIRE STATION, SOUTH SHORE
MARINA, OSWALD PARK, BUNDRICK ISLAND, MURRAY, CAMP KINARD, DELMAR,
AND HOLLOW CREEK PUBLIC PARK.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 20 IN SOUTH CAROLINA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 42 AND 63.
INTERSTATE 26 NEAR MILE MARKER 105, AND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 111 AND
112.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
LAT...LON 3408 8164 3406 8113 3394 8109 3384 8111
3384 8159 3398 8161
TIME...MOT...LOC 1015Z 276DEG 30KT 3406 8158 3398 8152 3388 8155
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
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