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WWUS82 KCAE 050009
SPSCAE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
809 PM EDT TUE AUG 4 2026
SCZ028-050045-
RICHLAND SC-
809 PM EDT TUE AUG 4 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF CENTRAL RICHLAND
COUNTY THROUGH 845 PM EDT...
AT 809 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
HOPKINS, OR 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CAYCE, MOVING NORTH AT 10 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...
COLUMBIA, CAYCE, FOREST ACRES, DENTSVILLE, ST. ANDREWS, ARCADIA
LAKES, RIVERBANKS ZOO, WOODFIELD, SESQUICENTENNIAL STATE PARK, SC
STATE FAIR GROUNDS, HOPKINS, FORT JACKSON, COLUMBIA INTERNATIONAL
UNIVERSITY, FIVE POINTS, HORREL HILL, OLYMPIA, ROSEWOOD, FORT JACKSON
WILDCAT ROAD, EAU CLAIRE, AND FORT JACKSON CANTONMENT AREA.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 126 NEAR MILE MARKER 0, AND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 2 AND 3.
INTERSTATE 20 IN SOUTH CAROLINA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 65 AND 80.
INTERSTATE 26 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 107 AND 108.
INTERSTATE 77 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 4 AND 21.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND MAY LEAD TO
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 3383 8084 3383 8094 3384 8095 3386 8100
3388 8100 3388 8102 3391 8101 3392 8103
3393 8102 3399 8104 3403 8111 3406 8112
3414 8094 3407 8079
TIME...MOT...LOC 0009Z 177DEG 8KT 3390 8095
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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