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WWUS82 KCAE 061822
SPSCAE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
222 PM EDT THU AUG 6 2026
SCZ027-030-037-135-136-061915-
CENTRAL ORANGEBURG SC-LEXINGTON SC-AIKEN SC-CALHOUN SC-
NORTHWESTERN ORANGEBURG SC-
222 PM EDT THU AUG 6 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN
CALHOUN, SOUTHEASTERN LEXINGTON, EAST CENTRAL AIKEN AND NORTHWESTERN
ORANGEBURG COUNTIES THROUGH 315 PM EDT...
AT 222 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10
MILES SOUTHWEST OF GASTON, OR 15 MILES SOUTH OF RED BANK, MOVING
NORTH AT 15 MPH.
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...
LEXINGTON, WEST COLUMBIA, CAYCE, RED BANK, OAK GROVE, SOUTH CONGAREE,
PINE RIDGE, GASTON, SC STATE FARMER'S MARKET, COLUMBIA METRO AIRPORT,
SANDY RUN, SWANSEA, NORTH, PELION, PERRY, WOODFORD, THOR, DIXIANA,
LEXINGTON COUNTY AIRPORT AT PELION, AND LEXINGTON ACRES POND.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 20 IN SOUTH CAROLINA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 51 AND 59.
INTERSTATE 26 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 111 AND 117, AND BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 124 AND 131.
INTERSTATE 77 NEAR MILE MARKER 0.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
LAT...LON 3354 8104 3364 8135 3401 8128 3398 8108
3382 8102 3380 8090
TIME...MOT...LOC 1822Z 194DEG 11KT 3370 8122
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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