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WWUS82 KCAE 061820
SPSCAE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
220 PM EDT THU AUG 6 2026
GAZ040-063>065-SCZ018-025-030-061915-
RICHMOND GA-MCDUFFIE GA-LINCOLN GA-COLUMBIA GA-AIKEN SC-MCCORMICK SC-
EDGEFIELD SC-
220 PM EDT THU AUG 6 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF MCDUFFIE, COLUMBIA,
LINCOLN, RICHMOND, WESTERN EDGEFIELD, WEST CENTRAL AIKEN AND EASTERN
MCCORMICK COUNTIES THROUGH 315 PM EDT...
AT 220 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
MISTLETOE STATE PARK, OR 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF EVANS, MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
..BOATERS ON LAKE STROM THURMOND SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR
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...
NORTH AUGUSTA, GROVETOWN, EVANS, THOMSON, FORT GORDON, AUGUSTA,
CLEARWATER, MARTINEZ, BELVEDERE, HEPHZIBAH, MCCORMICK, HARLEM,
LINCOLNTON, GLENDALE, SOUTH AUGUSTA, CLARKS HILL RECREATION AREA,
ELIJAH CLARK STATE PARK, MISTLETOE STATE PARK, SUMMERVILLE, AND
WRIGHTSBORO.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 20 IN GEORGIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 166 AND 201.
INTERSTATE 20 IN SOUTH CAROLINA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 6.
INTERSTATE 520 IN GEORGIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 15.
INTERSTATE 520 IN SOUTH CAROLINA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 16 AND 23.
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 3380 8258 3398 8219
3398 8210 3339 8183 3327 8228 3331 8234
3331 8239 3334 8244 3335 8255 3341 8255
3346 8259 3360 8265
TIME...MOT...LOC 1820Z 233DEG 13KT 3369 8233
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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