694  
WWUS82 KCAE 042034  
SPSCAE  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC  
434 PM EDT TUE AUG 4 2026  
 
SCZ025>027-030-042115-  
LEXINGTON SC-AIKEN SC-SALUDA SC-EDGEFIELD SC-  
434 PM EDT TUE AUG 4 2026  
 
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN  
EDGEFIELD, WEST CENTRAL LEXINGTON, SALUDA AND NORTH CENTRAL AIKEN  
COUNTIES THROUGH 515 PM EDT...  
 
AT 434 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER  
EDGEFIELD COUNTY AIRPORT, OR 15 MILES NORTH OF AIKEN, MOVING NORTH 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...  
EDGEFIELD, SALUDA, JOHNSTON, RIDGE SPRING, SALUDA COUNTY AIRPORT,  
EDGEFIELD COUNTY AIRPORT, MONETTA, TRENTON, WARD, STROM THURMOND HIGH  
SCHOOL, SALUDA CO SHERIFF'S OFFICE, HARMONY, HOLLYWOOD ELEMENTARY  
SCHOOL, EMORY, SCURRY AIRPORT, CIRCLE FIRE STATION, HICKORY GROVE,  
DELMAR, EDGEFIELD FEDERAL CORRECTION INSTITUTION, AND SALUDA HIGH  
SCHOOL.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3365 8175 3371 8195 3413 8182 3405 8147  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2034Z 201DEG 18KT 3375 8182  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH  
 
 
 
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