964  
WUUS52 KCAE 161415  
SVRCAE  
SCC017-025-055-061-079-085-161500-  
/O.NEW.KCAE.SV.W.0015.260316T1415Z-260316T1500Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC  
1015 AM EDT MON MAR 16 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...  
LEE COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...  
CENTRAL CALHOUN COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...  
SOUTH CENTRAL CHESTERFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...  
NORTHERN SUMTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...  
SOUTHEASTERN RICHLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...  
CENTRAL KERSHAW COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...  
 
* UNTIL 1100 AM EDT.  
 
* AT 1015 AM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE  
EXTENDING FROM GOODALE STATE PARK TO NEAR GADSDEN, MOVING NORTHEAST  
AT 45 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWERLINES.  
 
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
COLUMBIA, SUMTER, CAMDEN, BISHOPVILLE, SOUTH SUMTER, SHAW AIR BASE,  
EASTOVER, LUGOFF, OAKLAND, MULBERRY, CASSATT, ELLIOTT, LEE STATE  
PARK, CAROLINA SANDHILLS WILDLIFE REFUGE, SUMTER COUNTY AIRPORT,  
MILLWOOD, POINSETT STATE PARK, GOODALE STATE PARK, MCBEE, AND  
MAYESVILLE.  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...  
INTERSTATE 20 IN SOUTH CAROLINA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 91 AND 126.  
INTERSTATE 95 NEAR MILE MARKER 146.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A  
BUILDING.  
 
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL SOUTH  
CAROLINA.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3369 8079 3441 8066 3468 8011 3449 8006  
3436 8029 3432 8024 3437 8018 3432 8017  
3423 8011 3420 8011 3416 8016 3412 8013  
3403 7997  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1415Z 236DEG 39KT 3430 8054 3378 8070  
 
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH  
 
 
 
MG  
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