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WWUS82 KCAE 061659
SPSCAE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
1259 PM EDT THU AUG 6 2026
SCZ021-022-027-028-037-061800-
FAIRFIELD SC-LEXINGTON SC-CALHOUN SC-RICHLAND SC-KERSHAW SC-
1259 PM EDT THU AUG 6 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN
FAIRFIELD, NORTHWESTERN CALHOUN, CENTRAL LEXINGTON, WESTERN RICHLAND
AND WEST CENTRAL KERSHAW COUNTIES THROUGH 200 PM EDT...
AT 1259 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING MULTIPLE STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS OVER LEXINGTON AND RICHLAND COUNTIES, MOVING NORTH AT
15 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, LEXINGTON, WEST COLUMBIA, CAYCE, IRMO, FOREST ACRES,
WINNSBORO, SPRINGDALE, ST. ANDREWS, DENTSVILLE, OAK GROVE, HIGHWAY 6
AT LAKE MURRAY DAM, RED BANK, SOUTH CONGAREE, PINE RIDGE, ARCADIA
LAKES, COLUMBIA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HARBISON STATE FOREST,
SESQUICENTENNIAL STATE PARK, AND SC STATE FAIR GROUNDS.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 126 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 3.
INTERSTATE 20 IN SOUTH CAROLINA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 50 AND 78.
INTERSTATE 26 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 95 AND 122.
INTERSTATE 77 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 39.
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.
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY, SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3383 8097 3392 8131 3444 8122 3433 8078
TIME...MOT...LOC 1659Z 194DEG 15KT 3401 8114
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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