634  
WWUS82 KCAE 190151  
SPSCAE  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC  
951 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2026  
 
GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ018-020-025-026-030-190245-  
BURKE GA-RICHMOND GA-MCDUFFIE GA-LINCOLN GA-COLUMBIA GA-AIKEN SC-  
NEWBERRY SC-MCCORMICK SC-SALUDA SC-EDGEFIELD SC-  
951 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2026  
 
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF MCDUFFIE, COLUMBIA,  
LINCOLN, BURKE, RICHMOND, WESTERN NEWBERRY, EDGEFIELD, WESTERN  
SALUDA, SOUTHWESTERN AIKEN AND MCCORMICK COUNTIES THROUGH 1045 PM  
EDT...  
 
AT 950 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG  
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR CALHOUN FALLS TO NEAR MISTLETOE STATE PARK  
TO 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF EAST DUBLIN. 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...  
AIKEN, NORTH AUGUSTA, GROVETOWN, EVANS, THOMSON, WAYNESBORO, FORT  
GORDON, AUGUSTA, CLEARWATER, MARTINEZ, BELVEDERE, EDGEFIELD,  
HEPHZIBAH, MCCORMICK, HARLEM, JOHNSTON, JACKSON, LINCOLNTON,  
MIDVILLE, AND GLENDALE.  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...  
INTERSTATE 20 IN GEORGIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 166 AND 201.  
INTERSTATE 20 IN SOUTH CAROLINA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 16.  
INTERSTATE 520 IN GEORGIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 15.  
INTERSTATE 520 IN SOUTH CAROLINA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 16 AND 23.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3285 8231 3323 8223 3331 8234 3336 8255  
3360 8265 3365 8249 3397 8264 3396 8257  
3402 8259 3408 8248 3406 8233 3397 8230  
3402 8224 3396 8202 3412 8188 3426 8190  
3353 8174 3294 8194 3292 8208 3280 8221  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0150Z 261DEG 26KT 3408 8255 3357 8242 3264 8281  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH  
 

 
 
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