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WWUS82 KCAE 201416
SPSCAE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
916 AM EST FRI FEB 20 2026
GAZ063>065-201500-
RICHMOND GA-MCDUFFIE GA-COLUMBIA GA-
916 AM EST FRI FEB 20 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF MCDUFFIE, CENTRAL
COLUMBIA AND NORTHWESTERN RICHMOND COUNTIES THROUGH 1000 AM EST...
AT 915 AM EST, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
THOMSON, MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GROVETOWN, EVANS, THOMSON, FORT GORDON, MARTINEZ, HEPHZIBAH, HARLEM,
APPLING, RIVERWOOD, THOMSON-MCDUFFIE COUNTY AIRPORT, WRIGHTSBORO,
BLYTHE, DEARING, LIBERTY PARK COMMUNITY CENTER, SWEETWATER PARK,
ARTIES POND PUBLIC FISHING AREA, MCDUFFIE COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT,
THOMSON FIRE DEPARTMENT, ADAMSVILLE, AND BATH-EDIE.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 20 IN GEORGIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 167 AND
195.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
LAT...LON 3358 8212 3330 8207 3335 8252 3336 8253
3335 8255 3341 8255 3346 8259 3355 8262
TIME...MOT...LOC 1415Z 268DEG 34KT 3347 8257
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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