599  
WUUS52 KCAE 201713  
SVRCAE  
SCC003-017-063-075-201800-  
/O.NEW.KCAE.SV.W.0123.260820T1713Z-260820T1800Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC  
113 PM EDT THU AUG 20 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...  
NORTHWESTERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...  
SOUTHEASTERN LEXINGTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...  
NORTHEASTERN AIKEN COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...  
NORTH CENTRAL ORANGEBURG COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...  
 
* UNTIL 200 PM EDT.  
 
* AT 113 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GASTON, OR 10  
MILES SOUTH OF RED BANK, MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWERLINES.  
 
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
GASTON, SANDY RUN, SWANSEA, NORTH, PELION, WOODFORD, THOR,  
LEXINGTON COUNTY AIRPORT AT PELION, AND PEACHTREE ROCK.  
 
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 26 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 125 AND 135.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A  
BUILDING.  
 
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM, AND MAY LEAD TO  
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3371 8145 3387 8130 3378 8084 3359 8098  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1713Z 282DEG 21KT 3377 8121  
 
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH  
 
 
 
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