538  
WWUS82 KCAE 050420  
SPSCAE  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC  
1220 AM EDT SUN JUL 5 2026  
 
SCZ020-021-050445-  
FAIRFIELD SC-NEWBERRY SC-  
1220 AM EDT SUN JUL 5 2026  
 
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN  
FAIRFIELD AND NORTHEASTERN NEWBERRY COUNTIES THROUGH 1245 AM EDT...  
 
AT 1220 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR  
NEWBERRY, MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND  
UNSECURED OBJECTS.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
WHITMIRE, BLAIR, HENDERSON ISLAND, ENOREE RANGER DISTRICT OFFICE,  
MAYBINGTON FIRE STATION, AND US-176 AND SC-34 CROSSROADS.  
 
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 26 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 70 AND 75.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3427 8144 3432 8163 3453 8165 3449 8158  
3447 8155 3445 8155 3445 8154 3449 8149  
3449 8146 3450 8142 3457 8142 3457 8134  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0420Z 198DEG 11KT 3432 8154  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH  
 

 
 
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