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WWUS82 KCAE 051929
SPSCAE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
329 PM EDT WED AUG 5 2026
SCZ020-026-027-052000-
LEXINGTON SC-NEWBERRY SC-SALUDA SC-
329 PM EDT WED AUG 5 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN
NEWBERRY, NORTHWESTERN LEXINGTON AND NORTHEASTERN SALUDA COUNTIES
THROUGH 400 PM EDT...
AT 329 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
DREHER ISLAND STATE PARK, OR 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF
BATESBURG-LEESVILLE, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
..BOATERS ON LAKE MURRAY SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR DAMAGE TO OUTDOOR OBJECTS IS
POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LEXINGTON, BATESBURG-LEESVILLE, HIGHWAY 6 AT LAKE MURRAY DAM, RED
BANK, PROSPERITY, DREHER ISLAND STATE PARK, CHAPIN, GILBERT, SUMMIT,
LITTLE MOUNTAIN, CEDAR GROVE FIRE STATION, SOUTH SHORE MARINA, OSWALD
PARK, BUNDRICK ISLAND, PUTNAM'S LANDING, ROCKY POINT RECREATION AREA,
MURRAY, HOLLYWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, CAMP KINARD, AND DELMAR.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 20 IN SOUTH CAROLINA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 38 AND 55, AND
BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 58 AND 61.
INTERSTATE 26 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 78 AND 81.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
LAT...LON 3428 8152 3401 8115 3380 8147 3404 8172
TIME...MOT...LOC 1929Z 244DEG 16KT 3402 8147
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
MG
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