462  
WWUS82 KCAE 181814  
SPSCAE  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC  
214 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2026  
 
GAZ063-064-181900-  
MCDUFFIE GA-COLUMBIA GA-  
214 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2026  
 
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF MCDUFFIE AND  
COLUMBIA COUNTIES THROUGH 300 PM EDT...  
 
AT 213 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR  
THOMSON, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 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...  
GROVETOWN, THOMSON, HARLEM, APPLING, MISTLETOE STATE PARK,  
THOMSON-MCDUFFIE COUNTY AIRPORT, WRIGHTSBORO, DEARING, WINFIELD,  
SWEETWATER PARK, ARTIES POND PUBLIC FISHING AREA, MCDUFFIE COUNTY  
FIRE DEPARTMENT, ADAMSVILLE, THOMSON FIRE DEPARTMENT, MCDUFFIE  
REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, WHITE OAK CAMPGROUND, AUTNEY, BONEVILLE,  
COLUMBIA COUNTY JAIL, AND WILDWOOD PARK.  
 
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 20 IN GEORGIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 167 AND  
191.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3370 8231 3347 8216 3332 8241 3333 8242  
3334 8244 3334 8250 3336 8253 3335 8255  
3341 8255 3346 8259 3355 8262  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1813Z 241DEG 20KT 3344 8256  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH  
 

 
 
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