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WWUS82 KCAE 222350
SPSCAE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
750 PM EDT FRI MAY 22 2026
GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ018-025-030-035-230030-
BURKE GA-RICHMOND GA-MCDUFFIE GA-LINCOLN GA-COLUMBIA GA-BARNWELL SC-
AIKEN SC-MCCORMICK SC-EDGEFIELD SC-
750 PM EDT FRI MAY 22 2026
...ANOTHER LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF
MCDUFFIE, COLUMBIA, LINCOLN, BURKE, RICHMOND, SOUTHWESTERN
EDGEFIELD, SOUTHWESTERN BARNWELL, SOUTHWESTERN AIKEN AND MCCORMICK
COUNTIES THROUGH 830 PM EDT...
AT 749 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF
LINCOLNTON TO NEAR WARRENTON TO 8 MILES NORTH OF HERNDON. MOVEMENT
WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
..BOATERS ON LAKE THURMOND SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR
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...
NORTH AUGUSTA, GROVETOWN, EVANS, THOMSON, WAYNESBORO, FORT GORDON,
AUGUSTA, CLEARWATER, MARTINEZ, PLANT VOGTLE, BELVEDERE, HEPHZIBAH,
MCCORMICK, HARLEM, JACKSON, LINCOLNTON, GLENDALE, GOUGH, SOUTH
AUGUSTA, AND CLARKS HILL RECREATION AREA.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 20 IN GEORGIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 166 AND 201.
INTERSTATE 20 IN SOUTH CAROLINA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 8.
INTERSTATE 520 IN GEORGIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 15.
INTERSTATE 520 IN SOUTH CAROLINA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 16 AND 23.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
IF ON OR NEAR LAKE THURMOND, GET OUT OF THE WATER AND MOVE INDOORS
OR INSIDE A VEHICLE. REMEMBER, LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE OUT TO 10 MILES
FROM THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER, YOU ARE CLOSE
ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER NOW! DO NOT
BE CAUGHT ON THE WATER IN A THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 3365 8258 3365 8249 3391 8262 3397 8259
3396 8256 3399 8258 3407 8253 3406 8233
3397 8231 3402 8224 3377 8197 3308 8165
3292 8197 3292 8208 3287 8213 3300 8228
3323 8223 3331 8234 3336 8255 3360 8265
TIME...MOT...LOC 2349Z 207DEG 25KT 3384 8257 3339 8270 3294 8211
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
CAL
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