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WWUS82 KCAE 061748
SPSCAE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
148 PM EDT THU AUG 6 2026
GAZ040-063>065-061815-
RICHMOND GA-MCDUFFIE GA-LINCOLN GA-COLUMBIA GA-
148 PM EDT THU AUG 6 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF MCDUFFIE,
SOUTHWESTERN COLUMBIA, SOUTH CENTRAL LINCOLN AND WESTERN RICHMOND
COUNTIES THROUGH 215 PM EDT...
AT 148 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
CAMAK, OR NEAR WARRENTON, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
THOMSON, HARLEM, THOMSON-MCDUFFIE COUNTY AIRPORT, WRIGHTSBORO,
DEARING, LOCE, LEITNER LAKE CONFERENCE CENTER, WINFIELD, SWEETWATER
PARK, ARTIES POND PUBLIC FISHING AREA, MCDUFFIE COUNTY FIRE
DEPARTMENT, ADAMSVILLE, THOMSON FIRE DEPARTMENT, MCDUFFIE REGIONAL
MEDICAL CENTER, CLAY HILL CAMPGROUND, UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MCDUFFIE,
WHITE OAK CAMPGROUND, WOODLAWN, AUTNEY, AND BONEVILLE.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 20 IN GEORGIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 166 AND
183.
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 3364 8261 3363 8258 3365 8258 3364 8256
3366 8251 3365 8249 3372 8253 3376 8246
3336 8223 3331 8234 3331 8239 3334 8244
3334 8250 3336 8255 3341 8255 3346 8259
3360 8265
TIME...MOT...LOC 1748Z 244DEG 11KT 3349 8262
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
PL
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