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WWUS82 KCAE 132045
SPSCAE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
445 PM EDT THU AUG 13 2026
GAZ040-063-064-132130-
MCDUFFIE GA-LINCOLN GA-COLUMBIA GA-
445 PM EDT THU AUG 13 2026
...A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF
MCDUFFIE, COLUMBIA AND SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTIES THROUGH 530 PM
EDT...
AT 444 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS NEAR WRIGHTSBORO, OR 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WASHINGTON,
MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR DAMAGE TO OUTDOOR OBJECTS IS
POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EVANS, THOMSON, HARLEM, LINCOLNTON, APPLING, RIVERWOOD, MISTLETOE
STATE PARK, THOMSON-MCDUFFIE COUNTY AIRPORT, WRIGHTSBORO, DEARING,
WINFIELD, SWEETWATER PARK, ARTIES POND PUBLIC FISHING AREA, MCDUFFIE
COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT, ADAMSVILLE, THOMSON FIRE DEPARTMENT, MCDUFFIE
REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, WHITE OAK CAMPGROUND, AUTNEY, AND BONEVILLE.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 20 IN GEORGIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 167 AND
189.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
THIS CLUSTER OF STORMS 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 3364 8261 3363 8258 3365 8258 3364 8256
3366 8251 3365 8249 3380 8258 3383 8260
3385 8258 3387 8260 3376 8232 3353 8216
3335 8230 3331 8236 3336 8255 3341 8255
3346 8259 3361 8264
TIME...MOT...LOC 2044Z 338DEG 21KT 3362 8265
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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