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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
712 PM EDT MON JUL 27 2026
SCZ027-035-037-041-135>137-280000-
CENTRAL ORANGEBURG SC-LEXINGTON SC-BARNWELL SC-
SOUTHEASTERN ORANGEBURG SC-CALHOUN SC-BAMBERG SC-
NORTHWESTERN ORANGEBURG SC-
712 PM EDT MON JUL 27 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL
CALHOUN, EAST CENTRAL BARNWELL, NORTHWESTERN BAMBERG, SOUTHEASTERN
LEXINGTON AND WESTERN ORANGEBURG COUNTIES THROUGH 800 PM EDT...
AT 711 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11
MILES SOUTH OF SANDY RUN, OR 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF BROOKDALE, MOVING
SOUTH AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ORANGEBURG, BAMBERG, BROOKDALE, BLACKVILLE, ST. MATTHEWS, GASTON,
ORANGEBURG COUNTY AIRPORT, CLAFLIN COLLEGE, EDISTO GARDENS, SOUTH
CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY, SWANSEA, NORTH, NEESES, NORWAY,
ROWESVILLE, WOODFORD, CORDOVA, LIVINGSTON, COPE, AND WILKINSON
HEIGHTS.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 26 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 126 AND 150.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND MAY LEAD TO
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
THIS STORM 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 3383 8110 3374 8077 3329 8078 3335 8128
TIME...MOT...LOC 2311Z 001DEG 15KT 3364 8098
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
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