619  
WWUS82 KCAE 122141  
SPSCAE  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC  
541 PM EDT SUN JUL 12 2026  
 
SCZ026-027-030-122230-  
LEXINGTON SC-AIKEN SC-SALUDA SC-  
541 PM EDT SUN JUL 12 2026  
 
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN  
LEXINGTON, SOUTHEASTERN SALUDA AND NORTH CENTRAL AIKEN COUNTIES  
THROUGH 630 PM EDT...  
 
AT 541 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER  
SALUDA COUNTY AIRPORT, OR 14 MILES WEST OF BATESBURG-LEESVILLE,  
MOVING EAST AT 20 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, SALUDA, RIDGE SPRING, SALUDA COUNTY AIRPORT,  
GILBERT, SUMMIT, MONETTA, WARD, SOUTH SHORE MARINA, SALUDA CO  
SHERIFF'S OFFICE, FREDONIA, MURRAY, EMORY, CAMP KINARD, DELMAR,  
HIBERNIA, STEEDMAN, KNEECE, SAMARIA FIRE STATION, AND SALUDA HIGH  
SCHOOL.  
 
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 20 IN SOUTH CAROLINA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 36  
AND 45.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR  
CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3402 8186 3402 8136 3376 8139 3388 8185  
3389 8187  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2141Z 276DEG 19KT 3393 8179  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH  
 
 
 
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