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WWUS82 KCAE 061721
SPSCAE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
121 PM EDT THU AUG 6 2026
SCZ031-037-038-136-137-061815-
CENTRAL ORANGEBURG SC-SOUTHEASTERN ORANGEBURG SC-CALHOUN SC-
CLARENDON SC-SUMTER SC-
121 PM EDT THU AUG 6 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN
CALHOUN, SOUTHWESTERN CLARENDON, SOUTH CENTRAL SUMTER AND
SOUTHEASTERN ORANGEBURG COUNTIES THROUGH 215 PM EDT...
AT 121 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
HOLLY HILL, OR 16 MILES NORTHEAST OF SAINT GEORGE, MOVING NORTHWEST
AT 20 MPH.
..BOATERS ON LAKE MARION SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND NUMEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING STRIKES.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ORANGEBURG, MANNING, BROOKDALE, HOLLY HILL, SUMMERTON, BOWMAN,
ELLOREE, SANTEE STATE PARK, SANTEE COOPER REGIONAL AIRPORT, CLAFLIN
COLLEGE, SOUTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY, SANTEE, CAMERON,
EUTAWVILLE, PAXVILLE, VANCE, POPLAR CREEK LANDING, RIMINI, STUMPHOLE
LANDING, AND EAUTAW SPRINGS.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 26 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 148 AND 169.
INTERSTATE 95 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 85 AND 120.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 3348 8015 3346 8013 3345 8015 3346 8016
3345 8020 3344 8020 3345 8022 3330 8025
3326 8032 3328 8035 3326 8036 3326 8043
3328 8048 3333 8050 3328 8060 3350 8086
3382 8028 3351 8009
TIME...MOT...LOC 1721Z 151DEG 19KT 3330 8033
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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